Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on CBS Sunday morning that Biden’s choice to not run for re-election made him a “Mount Rushmore' kind of president.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mused Sunday morning that President Biden could be added to Mount Rushmore after choosing to step out of the 2024 race. CBS journalist Lesley Stahl asked Pelosi about reports claiming she led efforts to remove Biden from the presidential ticket following his disastrous debate against former President Trump. Pelosi denied leading any charge to oust Biden and instead remarked how he was at 'the top of his game' before making his decision to leave the race.
He was in a good place to make whatever decision – the top of his game,' Pelosi said. 'Such a consequential President of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of President of the United States.' Stahl asked, 'Are you really saying that he belongs up there on Mount Rushmore? Lincoln and Joe Biden?' 'Well, you got Teddy Roosevelt up there, and he's wonderful,' Pelosi clarified. 'I don't say take him down. But you can add Biden.
It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,' Pelosi told MSNBC at the time. 'We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. The, I think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it’s not for me to say. I’m not the head of the caucus anymore, but he’s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. Not me.
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