{"id":2366274,"date":"2024-11-08T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-piles-blame-on-biden-for-anointing-harris-and-not-stepping-aside-sooner-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T16:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:38:53","slug":"pelosi-piles-blame-on-biden-for-anointing-harris-and-not-stepping-aside-sooner-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-piles-blame-on-biden-for-anointing-harris-and-not-stepping-aside-sooner-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi piles blame on Biden for anointing Harris and not stepping aside sooner &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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-piles-blame-on-biden-for-anointing-harris-and-not-stepping-aside-sooner-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=2366274&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 criticized President Joe Biden after Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s\u200c electoral defeat, suggesting that Biden&#8217;s decision to run\u2064 for re-election delayed an open primary that could\u200b have helped Harris \u2062perform better. She stated that if Biden had withdrawn earlier, other candidates might have emerged, potentially leading to \u200ca stronger Democratic position against \u200bDonald Trump. Pelosi&#8217;s remarks reflect a growing concern within the \u200cDemocratic\u200c Party\u2063 about Biden&#8217;s \u2062leadership, especially in light of his visible \u200bstruggles during the campaign and debate performances. Although she holds Biden partly\u200b responsible, other Democrats also acknowledge broader issues,\u200c including a \u2064disconnect with the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats&#039; Election Cheating\">working class<\/a>, which contributed to the party&#8217;s challenges in the election.  <\/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 piles blame on Biden for anointing Harris and not stepping aside sooner<\/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_1836482\" 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) pointed the finger at President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> after Vice President Kamala Harris lost on Tuesday and dashed Democratic dreams of keeping President-elect Donald Trump away from the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Pelosi is a long-standing ally of Biden, but their relationship took a turn for the worse earlier this year when his bid for reelection began to waver. In the wake of Harris&rsquo;s crushing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3210669\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">loss<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3221900\/social-media-speculates-donna-brazile-and-nancy-pelosi-animated-exchange-at-harris-concession-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California Democrat<\/a>&nbsp;had some harsh words for Biden on Friday, and took a shot at Harris in the process, arguing that if he had ended his presidential campaign and &ldquo;gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary,&rdquo; Pelosi said during an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/us\/politics\/pelosi-harris-biden-open-primary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;Kamala may have, I think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward. But we don&rsquo;t know that. That didn&rsquo;t happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She argued that if Biden had ended his bid for reelection sooner, an open primary would have ensued, allowing Harris or another Democratic candidate more time to campaign, build trust with voters, and defeat Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris delivering a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Biden, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">repeatedly exhibited visible signs<\/a> of aging and mental decline over the past few years,&nbsp;announced in April 2023 his intention to run for a second term, most elders in the Democratic Party quickly hopped on board.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although he made gaffes over the course of his campaign, it wasn&rsquo;t until Biden&rsquo;s disastrous performance during his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFpost\/status\/1806497954200526976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">debate<\/a> with Trump in June that many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3076281\/george-clooney-calls-for-biden-to-step-aside-after-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> began to weigh in publicly on his cognitive decline and pressure him to drop out of the race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden didn&rsquo;t end his presidential campaign until late July, with Pelosi being widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3090985\/shift-whether-biden-drops-out-2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rumored<\/a> to be one of the Democratic chiefs pushing him to do so behind the scenes. When Biden did concede his dreams of a second term were over, he quickly endorsed Harris, his No. 2, to take his place at the top of the ticket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although Pelosi placed the blame on Biden for the resounding blow her party received on Tuesday, other Democratic affiliates have suggested Trump led a red wave because the Left is out of touch with voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know today Democrats are going to be looking for someone to blame. Let me be the first to tell you it&rsquo;s not just one thing,&rdquo; Charlamagne tha God, who endorsed Harris, said Wednesday on <em>The Breakfast Club.&nbsp;<\/em>&ldquo;I personally feel like Donald Trump speaks to people&rsquo;s grievances better than Democrats do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who caucuses with Democrats and nearly won the party&rsquo;s nomination for president twice, echoed similar concerns following the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-can-adjust-for-2026-elections-and-2028-presidential-race\/\" title=\"How Democrats can adjust for 2026 elections and 2028 presidential race\">abandoned working class people<\/a> would find that the working class has abandoned them,&rdquo; he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1854271157135941698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;&ldquo;While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.<\/p>\n<p>While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.<\/p>\n<p>And they&rsquo;re right. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lM2gSJmQFL\">pic.twitter.com\/lM2gSJmQFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1854271157135941698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Pelosi rebutted concerns the Democratic Party might be to blame for losing to Trump during the interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  &ldquo;With all due respect, and I have a great deal of respect for him, for what he stands for, but I don&rsquo;t respect him saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-commerce-secretary-is-a-former-venture-capitalist-but-some-gopers-warn-shell-be-soft-on-china\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Is A Former Venture Capitalist, But Some GOPers Warn She\u2019ll Be \u2018Soft On China\u2019\">working-class families<\/a>,&rdquo; she said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1836482\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1836482\"}});<\/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>Pelosi blames Biden for backing Harris and not stepping down earlier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2366275,"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\/11\/pelosi-biden-blame.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,4021,5191,3928],"class_list":["post-2366274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-harris","tag-leadership","tag-pelosi"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pelosi-biden-blame.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366274","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366274"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366278,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366274\/revisions\/2366278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}