{"id":2383615,"date":"2024-12-26T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-friends-biden-lost-this-year\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T06:31:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T11:31:51","slug":"the-friends-biden-lost-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-friends-biden-lost-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The friends Biden lost this year"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fthe-friends-biden-lost-this-year%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=2383615&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>The article discusses President Joe Biden&#8217;s challenges and \u200bthe political\u200c friendships he\u200d lost during a tumultuous year leading \u200dup to\u200d the 2024 election. Initially, Biden had a strong start with a commendable\u200b State of the Union address; though, \u2062by \u2064summer, his performance at a presidential debate led\u2063 to concerns about\u2062 his mental acuity among democrats. Prominent Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Lloyd doggett and\u200b Sen.Peter Welch, were \u200camong the \u2063first to publicly call\u200c for\u2063 him to withdraw from the race. <\/p>\n<p>As calls for him to drop out \u2064increased, Biden ultimately stepped back in July, endorsing vice President Kamala Harris as his successor, who \u2064later lost the election to Donald Trump. Post-election, frustration within the Democratic \u200dParty grew, with some blaming\u200d Biden for the defeat and criticizing his decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>A key relationship highlighted in the article is with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Although Biden honored her\u200b with\u2063 the Presidential \u200bMedal of Freedom earlier in the year, their relationship soured following his withdrawal from the race. \u2062Pelosi confirmed she\u200b hadn&#8217;t spoken to Biden since July and expressed her belief that\u200d an earlier decision to drop out could have allowed for a more open primary for \u200dthe Democratic nomination. The article also mentions other Democrats distancing themselves from Biden as he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">faced increasing\u200d scrutiny<\/a>. the \u200bnarrative portrays Biden&#8217;s \u200bdiminishing political clout and the fallout \u200bfrom his withdrawal from the \u2063race.  <\/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\">The friends Biden lost this year<\/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_1910551\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s final year in office took a turn after a disastrous debate performance left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> scrambling to find a path forward just months before the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The year started on a good note for the president, with what many Democrats viewed as a strong State of the Union performance. Over the year, however, many observers began to question his mental acuity for another four years on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s political future nosedived in the summer after the June presidential debate, in which his often rambling answers and confused looks gave Democrats grave cause for concern about the future of his candidacy. The first Democratic lawmaker to call for him to drop out was Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and the first senator was Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a marked difference in the president from the spring to the summer,&rdquo; one senior Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/11\/politics\/joe-biden-age-decline-democrats-angry\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> CNN in July. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just not the same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After calls to exit the race began piling on from Democrats and a few weeks of defiance, Biden dropped out in July and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee. She lost the race to President-elect Donald Trump by a little over 2 million votes nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Following the election, some Democrats are still blaming Biden for the Democrats&rsquo; loss this year.&nbsp;The president&rsquo;s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, has also sparked backlash from a large number of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the friends the president lost along the way:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Earlier this year, Biden honored Speaker Emerita&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>&nbsp;(D-CA) by awarding her the Presidential <\/span>Medal of Freedom, saying she would be remembered as the &ldquo;greatest speaker of the House of Representatives in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She used her superpower to pass some of the most significant laws in our nation&rsquo;s history,&rdquo; Biden said in May. &ldquo;On Jan. 6, Nancy stood in the breach defending democracy. &hellip; Nancy is a brilliant, practical, principled, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-may-be-running-out-to-defend-taiwan\/\" title=\"Time May Be Running Out to Defend Taiwan\">determined leader<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But at the end of the year, Pelosi is perhaps the most significant friend Biden has lost this year. After Biden exited the race in July, Pelosi confirmed in August she had not spoken with the president since his exit.<\/p>\n<p>Some speculated that Pelosi, oftentimes seen as &ldquo;the Godmother&rdquo; of the Democratic Party, was pulling the strings to get lower-ranked members of the party and her close allies, including then-Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), to call upon Biden to drop out. She rejected these claims.<\/p>\n<p>Before the election and shortly after Biden dropped out, Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/nancy-pelosis-art-of-power?utm_source=twitter&amp;mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_brand=tny&amp;utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>New Yorker<\/em> that she had concerns about the election and Biden&rsquo;s chance of winning. She emphasized that she remained focused on keeping Trump out of office, noting any actions she took were to make sure &ldquo;that Donald Trump would never set foot in the White House again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But my concern was: <em>This<\/em> ain&rsquo;t happening, and we have to make a decision for this to happen,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The president has to make the decision for that to happen. People were calling. I never called one person. I kept true to my word. Any conversation I had, it was just going to be with him. I never made one call. They said I was burning up the lines, I was talking to [Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)]. I didn&rsquo;t talk to Chuck at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the election, Pelosi blamed Biden for the Democrats&rsquo; loss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/us\/politics\/pelosi-harris-biden-open-primary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">telling<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>, &ldquo;Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also said she anticipated an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-withdraws-resolution-to-declare-trump-nominee-following-backlash\/\" title=\"RNC backs down on resolution to declare Trump nominee after criticism\">open primary process<\/a> to choose the next candidate but that Biden&rsquo;s near-immediate endorsement of Harris made those plans difficult.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary,&rdquo; she said, adding that Harris would have done well in such a primary process, which would have made her &ldquo;stronger going forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But we don&rsquo;t know that,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That didn&rsquo;t happen. We live with what happened. And because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time. If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rank-and-file and high-ranking Democrats<\/h2>\n<p>Other Democratic incumbents running for reelection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/06\/28\/tammy-baldwin-distances-herself-from-biden-after-debate-night-stumbles\/74245685007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">including<\/a> Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), started not to campaign with Biden between the debate and his exit from the race.<\/p>\n<p>By the time of Biden&rsquo;s exit from the race, 40 House Democrats and five Senate Democrats, as well as outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), had called for him to drop out.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a Pelosi ally,&nbsp;told the president she presented him with data &ldquo;indicating that you in all likelihood will lose the race for President.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Simply put, your candidacy is on a trajectory to lose the White House and potentially impact crucial House and Senate races downballot,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>When he left the race, Democrats, by and large, applauded&nbsp;his decision, but after Harris lost, some began blaming Biden for the loss. Besides Pelosi&rsquo;s comments, other Democrats sourced Biden as part of the party&rsquo;s problem.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He shouldn&rsquo;t have run,&rdquo; Jim Manley, a top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/democrats-blame-biden-trump-win-00188092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. &ldquo;This is no time to pull punches or be concerned about anyone&rsquo;s feelings. He and his staff have done an enormous amount of damage to this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She ran an extraordinary campaign with a very tough hand that was handed to her,&rdquo; said Mark Longabaugh, a Democratic strategist and former adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). &ldquo;The truth of the matter is Biden should have stepped aside earlier and let the party put together a longer game plan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One Democratic donor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/after-harris-loss-angry-democrats-blame-her-boss-biden-2024-11-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Reuters<\/em>, &ldquo;Why did Joe Biden hold on for as long as he did? He should have not concealed his [health] and dropped out a lot sooner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harris staffers<\/h2>\n<p>Some staffers who worked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s presidential campaign also dissed Biden after she lost the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We ran the best campaign we could, considering Joe Biden was president,&rdquo; one anonymous aide told <em>Politico<\/em>. &ldquo;Joe Biden is the singular reason Kamala Harris and Democrats lost tonight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One Democrat familiar with the White House&rsquo;s dynamics blamed Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-nations-poured-millions-into-university-that-houses-biden-institute\/\" title=\"Foreign Nations Poured Millions Into University That Houses Biden Institute\">top political aides<\/a>, for the loss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-advisers-blame-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">telling<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>, &ldquo;Mike and Steve will have a lot to answer for &mdash; having him run&rdquo; for reelection after turning 80.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another person involved with Harris&rsquo;s team said, &ldquo;The 107-day Harris campaign was nearly flawless. The Biden campaign that preceded it was the opposite.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the matter, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said, &ldquo;Anyone criticizing the vice president&rsquo;s campaign is at odds with President Biden.&rdquo;<\/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_1910551\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1910551\"}});<\/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>Biden&#8217;s friendships faded this year after a poor debate performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2383616,"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\/12\/biden-and-pelosi.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,6071,6169,5894,18873],"class_list":["post-2383615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-friends","tag-loss","tag-politics","tag-relationships"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/biden-and-pelosi.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383615","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383619,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383615\/revisions\/2383619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}