Posted on 11/06/2024 10:22:01 AM PST by EBH
Nancy Pelosi's efforts to install Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee deserves blame for the vice president's loss against Donald Trump, according to former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
Harris became the Democratic candidate in August following the withdrawal of President Joe Biden on July 21. She secured the 1,976 party delegates needed to clinch the nomination without having to compete in a primary election as is conventional for a presidential nominee.
McCarthy has touted this, and the belief that Biden was pushed out by his own party, as a reason for Harris' loss.
"You've got to blame Nancy Pelosi," the Republican told Fox News on Wednesday morning. "Remember the celebration when she went around democracy and said, 'I don't care if people picked you, I'm going to pick someone else'?"
Newsweek has reached out to Pelosi for a response to McCarthy's statements and to McCarthy for additional comment.
Pelosi, who herself served as House Speaker from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023, has been widely viewed as the primary force behind Biden quitting the presidential race following the incumbent's poor performance in the June 27 presidential debate.
While she never publicly called for his exit, Pelosi made several comments expressing her dissatisfaction with the president's campaign and several reports have emerged that she worked behind the scenes to bring about his withdrawal.
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I’ll be happy if the Democrats sort out the blame themselves.
Today I will savor a Trump victory with more expensive wine than my usual.
From the pussy who couldn’t even kick the bitch out of the Speaker’s office while he was Speaker. It was McCarthy’s buddy Acting-Speaker McHenry who finally did it, but only after McCarthy had resigned.
He’s forgetting the Kenyan in the woodpile. The coup against Biden had Obama’s fingerprints all over it.
Yes, she largely is responsible.
Seems like he’s a Never-Trumper icon.
They are still sore about his ouster.
Well, you degenerate Marxist Democrats know how to "get even" with fellow Commies that cause internal problems with your Socialist Tyrannies.
Angry Democrats should consult the Jim Jones Democrat Playbook.
McCarthy will never get over it until he realizes what a freaking, useless Rino he was, and that will never happen.
Who thought it was a good idea to give Colin Allred $100+ million?
About as stupid as giving money to Larry Hogan’s campaign.
He’s forgetting the Kenyan in the woodpile.
They wanted Biden gone, followed by a mini-convention, where a leader would be democratically elected. Their dream ticket was Whitmer/Newsom.
It was Biden, who upset the apple cart. More specifically, it was a scorned Jill Biden. She was madder than a wet hen over what had been done to Joe.
Joe's public letter withdrawing from the race was supposed to be all he put out.
But then 20 minutes later, he puts out a sentence endorsing Cackles, and Jill and Joe got their revenge. They thought if the Democrat party was going to kick them to the curb, then they would lose with Cackles. No thought to what was best for the party. They were only nursing their own damaged pride.
Now they can say that the coup was wrong -- that Joe could have beaten Trump.
HOW DELICIOUS!!!
yeah, but is that true? Or just his speculation?
I am weary (and wary) of articles that essentially say “Here’s what [someone] else thinks” without announcing if its speculation (on their part) or known factual info (with sources)
Trump and pecker puss Pelosi are in a death match. She tried to kill the king and failed. I hope Trump’s next move is to appoint a special persecutor to investigate Pelosi’s insider trading. That would be fun.
87th dimension chess. Newt recruited Pelosi for the white hats. Pelosi tore up the SOTU speech to allay suspicion.
And now it's time to crowdfund the statue.
Right in front of Nanzi's manse...
"If I had a hammer.." -David DePape
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