Pelosi confirms she spoke to Biden, fielded calls from disgruntled Dems before ouster
House Speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi confirmed that she spoke with President Biden and fielded worried calls from Democrats, many of whom were disgruntled about their 2024 election odds, before he quit the race.
“It was always about him,” the former House speaker claimed. “And why I said I didn’t make calls, because people said I was burning up the airways. No, I wasn’t.”House Speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi confirmed that she spoke with President Biden and fielded worried calls from Democrats, many of whom were disgruntled about their 2024 election odds, before he chose to exit the race.“The only person that I spoke to about this was the president.
“We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short,” Pelosi went on. “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.” While Schumer traveled to the president’s Rehoboth Beach, Del., vacation home to convey sympathy, Pelosi unloaded on Biden about his flagging polling numbers in a private phone call, according to reports by CNN and Politico.
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