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Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit
NY Post ^ | 8/11/24 | Ryan King

Posted on 08/11/2024 9:35:03 AM PDT by Libloather

resident Biden admitted he was pushed out of the presidential race by Democratic Party elites and specifically name-dropped former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of the perpetrators in his first TV interview since the tectonic news last month.

Biden said that Dems in the House and Senate were worried that he’d drag down their chances of being reelected. He said he believed his reelection bid would face too many distractions if he carried on.

“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something] … and I thought it’d be a real distraction,” he told “CBS News Sunday Morning.”

“When I ran the first time, I thought of myself as being a transition president. I can’t even say how old I am — it’s hard for me to get out of my mouth,” he went on, adding that it was a combination of those factors and a key priority of “maintaining this democracy” that underpinned his decision.

The incumbent president, 81, faced a public mutiny by numerous Democrats during the aftermath of his shocking debate performance against Trump at the end of June.

After dropping out of the race, Biden promptly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris who has since gained ground against former President Donald Trump in the polls.

Biden did not elaborate on any potential beef with Pelosi during his interview, however, Pelosi was widely reported to have orchestrated the push to oust Biden — a claim she has not exactly denied.

Pelosi (D-Calif.), 84, initially defended Biden the Democratic revolt began among Democrats...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: anotherdhscoup; arrestpelosi; biden; coup; democrats; insurrectionist; interview; pelosi; r; race
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Nancy said she called no one. Someone is fibbing. Let's go Brandon.
1 posted on 08/11/2024 9:35:03 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

2 posted on 08/11/2024 9:41:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Libloather
That's what I remember, too...."Not call one person"

However, when Obama and Hillary and....and.....and... did lunch...we did rock scissors paper...and Brandon lost.

3 posted on 08/11/2024 9:45:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SunkenCiv

Knowing this arrogant, vindictive POS, he’s probably seething with rage over being forced out.


4 posted on 08/11/2024 9:46:08 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

He has been paid off to keep quiet and not rock the boat.


5 posted on 08/11/2024 9:49:37 AM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit may not solve our problems now but is a good start. )
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To: Libloather

I didn’t watch the interview so I don’t know if he name-checked Pelosi elsewhere, but the quote provided doesn’t support the article title:

“you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something]”

He’s saying the questions he would get if he were still running would be about the inner workings of the Dem party, not that Pelosi told him to get out.

I did see a bit where Biden supported the Walz and Harris team, so the fantasy that he will say something negative at the convention seems to be a dream. I don’t know where that idea came from, but it never made sense to me.


6 posted on 08/11/2024 9:50:45 AM PDT by CrazyCatChick (DEATH POKE!)
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To: NFHale

“he’s probably seething with rage over being forced out”

According to DJT he is.....and he’s been known to blurt out the truth at the most inconvenient time.....this could get good.


7 posted on 08/11/2024 9:52:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: NFHale

He ought endorse Trump out of spite


8 posted on 08/11/2024 10:02:38 AM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: Libloather

14 million voters cast votes for Biden in a nationwide primary election season.

But Nancy wanted him out.

So he’s out.

Because saving democracy is THAT important.


9 posted on 08/11/2024 10:05:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I think women should get out of women's sports before they get hurt.)
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To: Mouton

He and Jill get big book deals, his presidential and senate retirement pensions, SS, and god knows what else.


10 posted on 08/11/2024 10:12:01 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: CrazyCatChick

Except biden has a history o blurting stuff out that he shouldn’t say.


11 posted on 08/11/2024 10:13:50 AM PDT by Leep (Walz oozes weird. And not the good kind of weird.)
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To: DownInFlames

And he goes down in the annals of fracture fairy tales ..as a statement.


12 posted on 08/11/2024 10:15:19 AM PDT by Leep (Walz oozes weird. And not the good kind of weird.)
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To: Libloather

“”When I ran the first time,””

Does he mean in 1988?? I would be surprised if he remembers the year he FIRST ran for president.


13 posted on 08/11/2024 10:15:58 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Leep

Maybe, but his muscle memory is from being in this game for a long time.

I’m not going to be watching the convention, so I’ll wait and see how it plays out here and in other news, I guess.


14 posted on 08/11/2024 10:17:11 AM PDT by CrazyCatChick (DEATH POKE!)
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To: Libloather

What’s happened to his press secretary, Katrina, aka little Miss Cotton-Top? I guess she’s effectively out of a job now.
I tend to doubt that she will be as in demand on the talk shows as Psaki. Not as articulate.


15 posted on 08/11/2024 10:18:00 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: NFHale
Knowing this arrogant, vindictive POS, he’s probably seething with rage over being forced out.

He shouldn't be forced out. They voted for him in the primaries. That was done deal.

My guess is that they were going to put Hunter in prison after January 2025. So Joe had no choice but to quit if he wants his son to remain free.

16 posted on 08/11/2024 10:18:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Libloather
You all know, you are watching a scripted 'movie'. Quite literally. Trump knows; Trump foreshadows; Trump hints from a unique perspective, as the titular head of not just draining the swamp, but effectively slitting the swamp's throat; blowing up the Swamp; killing the Swamp with tons of bullets at point-blank-range (see Nessun Dorma).


17 posted on 08/11/2024 10:18:58 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: DownInFlames

And he goes down in the annals of fracture’d fairy tales ..as a Statesment.


18 posted on 08/11/2024 10:26:48 AM PDT by Leep (Walz oozes weird. And not the good kind of weird.)
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To: Mouton

“He has been paid off . . . “

I suspect he dropped because he doesn’t want to be unalived.


19 posted on 08/11/2024 10:31:26 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Libloather

I still want him to get angry, then vengeful, then loquacious about the skeletons in the closet he knows about during nearly 50 years of “public service.”

Nancy to two large associates: “Joey is starting to sing. Shut down his vocal career permanently.”


20 posted on 08/11/2024 10:34:47 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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