{"id":2338821,"date":"2024-09-09T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T19:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-hasnt-spoken-to-biden-since-he-ended-reelection-bid-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:00:20","slug":"pelosi-hasnt-spoken-to-biden-since-he-ended-reelection-bid-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-hasnt-spoken-to-biden-since-he-ended-reelection-bid-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi hasn\u2019t spoken to Biden since he ended reelection bid &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-hasnt-spoken-to-biden-since-he-ended-reelection-bid-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2338821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that she has not spoken to President Joe Biden since he withdrew from the 2024 presidential race in mid-July. When asked about her friendship with\u200d Biden and potential\u200b hurt feelings\u2062 regarding his decision, Pelosi responded simply\u200c that they had not communicated. She\u200c emphasized \u2062that the Democratic Party\u200c needed a better campaign strategy, stating that while Biden&#8217;s decision \u200bwas patriotic and \u2063selfless, it highlighted the need\u200d for a new \u2062approach to ensure \u2064victory in future elections.\u2064 Pelosi mentioned \u200cthat Kamala\u200b Harris&#8217;s candidacy to\u2064 replace \u2063Biden in the election is \u2064an\u200c &#8220;open process,&#8221; suggesting that \u200cany \u2063candidate could enter the race, but she believes Harris is \u200ba strong choice due \u200dto\u2064 her political \u2064acuity. Additionally, Pelosi reflected on a letter Biden sent to congressional Democrats on\u200c July 8, asserting he would \u200cremain in the race, but \u200dshe \u2062found it uncharacteristic of him.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pelosi hasn&rsquo;t spoken to Biden since he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-rep-supported-democrat-gun-control-after-tragedy-he-just-ended-reelection-bid-due-to-backlash\/\" title=\"U.S. Rep Supported Democrat Gun Control After Tragedy. He Just Ended Reelection Bid Due To Backlash.\">ended reelection bid<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1746049\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) revealed Monday that she has not spoken to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> since he withdrew from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 presidential race<\/a> in mid-July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Pelosi was asked about her friendship with the president when asked if there were any &ldquo;hurt feelings&rdquo; that occurred in Biden&rsquo;s decision to drop out, with ABC&rsquo;s <em>The View <\/em>co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ana-navarro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ana Navarro<\/a> saying she had heard that first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jill-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jill Biden<\/a> and her team were &ldquo;upset&rdquo; at Pelosi. When asked if she had spoken to Joe Biden at all since he suspended his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-revelations-about-mar-a-lago-raid-unlikely-to-sway-midterm-voters-strategists-say\/\" title=\"Latest Revelations About Mar-a-Lago Raid Unlikely to Sway Midterm Voters, Strategists Say\">2024 reelection bid<\/a>, Pelosi gave a simple &ldquo;no&rdquo; before explaining why her party needed &ldquo;a better campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t see us on a path to victory, so it wasn&rsquo;t about him not running,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just, if this is the case, we have to run in a different way. The president made his decision, patriotic, selfless, the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kudlow-trump-was-a-brilliant-consequential-president\/\" title=\"Kudlow: Trump Was a \u2018Brilliant, Consequential\u2019 President\">consequential president<\/a> of modern times. This has been a great president of the United States, thank you for asking. And the decision that he made was one that has, well, you see the result of it. When we win, it&rsquo;s going to preserve his legacy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2585320&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=052da39036c81c6fe5319935b1440e5e\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pelosi also insisted that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> becoming Joe Biden&rsquo;s replacement in the 2024 election cycle was &ldquo;an open process,&rdquo; saying that any candidate could have jumped in and run to take Biden&rsquo;s place. She then said that Harris was the candidate to replace Joe Biden because Harris was &ldquo;politically astute.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Pelosi reflected on a letter Joe Biden sent to congressional Democrats on July 8, in which the president maintained he would remain in the 2024 race. The former House speaker said she did not think of it &ldquo;as anything but a letter&rdquo; and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3117951\/pelosi-biden-letter-insisting-was-staying-race-didnt-sound-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&ldquo;it didn&rsquo;t sound like Joe Biden to me.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden then dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on July 21.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the two months that have passed since Joe Biden&rsquo;s withdrawal from the 2024 election cycle, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3146908\/fetterman-insists-biden-would-have-beaten-trump-if-he-stayed-in-the-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden could have beaten Trump had he stayed in the race<\/a>. Despite this, he predicted that Harris would ultimately prevail against the former president, though the senator also predicted the election was &ldquo;going to be close.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris and Trump will both partake in the next presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-presidential-debate-live-updates-trump-harris-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a>, which will air on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. ABC News will be hosting the debate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3146441\/trump-harris-abc-debate-what-know-moderators-david-muir-linsey-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>with network anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis serving as its moderators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1746049\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746049\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) disclosed on Monday that she has not communicated with President Joe Biden since he suspended his 2024 presidential campaign in mid-July. When questioned about her relationship with Biden and whether there were any &#8220;hurt feelings&#8221; regarding his decision to withdraw, Pelosi responded simply with a &#8220;no.&#8221; She elaborated that the Democratic Party needed &#8220;a better campaign,&#8221; stating, \u201cI didn\u2019t see us on a path to victory, so it wasn\u2019t about him not running. It\u2019s just, if this is the case, we have to run in a different way.\u201d She praised Biden as a significant president and noted that his choice was made out of patriotism and selflessness. <\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also emphasized that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s potential candidacy to replace Biden in the 2024 election was an &#8220;open process,&#8221; allowing any candidate the opportunity to enter the race. She described Harris as \u201cpolitically astute\u201d and indicated her belief that Harris would be the right choice for succession.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on a letter from Biden sent to congressional Democrats on July 8\u2014where he expressed intentions to remain in the race\u2014Pelosi remarked that it did not seem characteristic of him. Ultimately, Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential race on July 21.<\/p>\n<p>In light of Biden&#8217;s exit from the election cycle over two months ago, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) suggested that had Biden remained in contention, he could have defeated Trump but predicted Harris would still come out ahead against Trump despite anticipating a close election. Both candidates are set to participate in an upcoming presidential debate hosted by ABC News at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2338822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pelosi-and-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,3928,5894,37021],"class_list":["post-2338821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-pelosi","tag-politics","tag-reelection-bid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pelosi-and-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}