{"id":2369509,"date":"2024-11-15T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-slams-godmother-pelosi-for-playing-blame-game-with-biden-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:07:08","slug":"fetterman-slams-godmother-pelosi-for-playing-blame-game-with-biden-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-slams-godmother-pelosi-for-playing-blame-game-with-biden-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman slams \u2018godmother\u2019 Pelosi for playing blame game with Biden &#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%2Ffetterman-slams-godmother-pelosi-for-playing-blame-game-with-biden-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=2369509&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>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) has \u2064publicly\u2064 criticized former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for blaming President Joe Biden\u200c for the Democratic Party&#8217;s recent electoral\u2064 losses. Following the elections, Pelosi\u200b pointed \u2062fingers at \u200dBiden for the party&#8217;s defeat, a move that Fetterman\u2062 rebuffed during an interview with\u2062 Politico. He referred to \u200cPelosi as the &#8220;godmother&#8221; of the\u2062 party and expressed that she cannot blame Biden \u2062while also having supported\u200d the \u200dleadership decisions that led to those losses. Fetterman emphasized the need for the party to allow younger leaders to take charge, questioning Pelosi&#8217;s decision to seek a 21st term at the age of\u2062 84. His\u200b comments signal a growing tension within the Democratic Party as\u2062 he positions \u200bhimself as a\u2062 voice for change\u200c and \u200bcritique \u2063of established party \u200cleadership.  <\/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\">Fetterman slams &lsquo;godmother&rsquo; Pelosi for playing blame game with Biden<\/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_1767112\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) criticized Speaker Emerita <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) after she heaped the blame on President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> for the Democratic Party&rsquo;s sweeping losses last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With voters delivering President-elect Donald Trump the White House over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, Pelosi was quick to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3224520\/pelosi-blame-biden-anointing-harris-stepping-aside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"point the finger\">point the finger<\/a> at Biden, the Democratic incumbent in the White House, for Democrats&rsquo; bad night.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman begged to differ, taking a swipe at &ldquo;godmother&rdquo; Pelosi during an interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/14\/john-fetterman-democratic-party-trump-00189595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Politico<\/a><\/em>  released Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People like Pelosi, she really tried to &mdash; what&rsquo;s the word I&rsquo;m looking for? &mdash; she embraced this &lsquo;She&rsquo;s the godmother, she&rsquo;s the enforcer.&rsquo; And now she&rsquo;s blaming Biden,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;Well, you can&rsquo;t have it both ways. You got what you wanted, and now you&rsquo;re still blaming Biden.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden, center, is greeted by Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), right, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, upon arriving at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh to attend a campaign event. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pelosi has spent nearly five decades in politics, starting out in her native California before rising to become the top House Democrat. She was elected speaker of the House in 2007 and assumed the position for a second time in 2019. Although she ceded the top role after Republicans won back the majority in the lower chamber three years later, Pelosi has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">retained elder status<\/a> in the House and was among those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3140270\/pelosi-insists-people-make-their-own-decisions-while-laughing-biden-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pressuring<\/a> Biden to drop his reelection bid this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi&rsquo;s, at best, lackluster enthusiasm for Biden in June and July came after she had enthusiastically backed his plans to campaign for a second term when he announced his intention to do so in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Downplaying concerns about Biden&rsquo;s age as &ldquo;sidebar stuff,&rdquo; Pelosi said last year that she was &ldquo;very excited about the president announcing,&rdquo; and pushed back against questions some Democrats had about his chances of winning reelection.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Speaker Emerita <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a> speaks on Joe Biden&#8217;s presidential bid at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TIME100?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TIME100<\/a> Summit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jxe6mM0UQ9\">https:\/\/t.co\/Jxe6mM0UQ9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sx4ibslKUV\">pic.twitter.com\/sx4ibslKUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/1651368928197607424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2023<\/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> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fetterman is at least one congressional Democrat who has indicated that he would be glad to see Pelosi lose her grip over the party and leave the House.<\/p>\n<p>During his <em>Politico<\/em> interview Thursday, he criticized the congresswoman&rsquo;s recent move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3230330\/nancy-pelosi-paperwork-2026-reelection-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">file<\/a> a statement of candidacy for her 21st term in the lower chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&nbsp;think it&rsquo;s really ironic that you have a woman at age 84 and she is still hanging on,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Why not give a younger generation an opportunity to occupy that seat?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman&rsquo;s comments come as he has emerged as a top critic within the Democratic Party, challenging in particular how party chiefs and Harris ran her unsuccessful presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Over the fall, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3161716\/fetterman-sounds-alarm-pennsylvania-trump-strong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">repeatedly warned<\/a> the Democratic Party that Trump had made headwinds in his home state of Pennsylvania, which was key to delivering Republicans a victory on Election Day. During several postelection interviews, Fetterman has also criticized his party for how it treats men. He has frequently given negative feedback for Harris&rsquo;s election-eve decision not to go on the&nbsp;<em>Joe Rogan Experience<\/em>, which has broad appeal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">male voters<\/a>, after Trump made a popular appearance on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a challenge,&rdquo; the Pennsylvania senator said during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/08\/2024\/was-it-even-a-winnable-cycle-john-fetterman-reckons-with-red-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Semafor<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;We have our own kind of &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-childless-cat-ladies-comment-taken-out-of-context-and-blown-up-by-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance says \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 comment taken out of context and blown up by Democrats - Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies&#038;rsquo<\/a>; situation: &lsquo;Bros.&rsquo; People refer to these young guys as bros, and clearly that&rsquo;s not a positive term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman continued to lament on Thursday: &ldquo;Forty-two million people witnessed the Trump interview [with Rogan]. The power that the platform that he created &mdash; to ignore that, I can&rsquo;t imagine why anyone would do that.&rdquo;<\/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_1767112\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1767112\"}});<\/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>Fetterman criticizes Pelosi for blaming Biden after losses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2369510,"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\/FB-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,44508,7921,3928,32076],"class_list":["post-2369509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-blame-game","tag-fetterman","tag-pelosi","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369509","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=2369509"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369514,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369509\/revisions\/2369514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}