Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman sounded off on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday for “blaming” President Joe Biden for her party’s losses in the 2024 election despite calling on him to drop out.
Pelosi suggested in a recent interview with The New York Times that either Vice President Kamala Harris or another Democratic candidate would have been better equipped to make their case to the American people and possibly win the election if Biden had dropped out of the race sooner. Fetterman criticized Pelosi for placing blame on the president despite being an “enforcer” of the Democratic Party in an interview with Politico.
“People like Pelosi, she really tried to — what’s the word I’m looking for? — she embraced this ‘she’s the godmother, she’s the enforcer.’ And now she’s blaming Biden. Well, you can’t have it both ways. You got what you wanted, and now you’re still blaming Biden,” Fetterman told Politico.
“I think it’s really ironic that you have a woman at age 84 and she is still hanging on. Why not give a younger generation an opportunity to occupy that seat?” the senator continued.
Pelosi reportedly worked behind the scenes to join Democrats’ efforts to push Biden out of the 2024 presidential race following his disastrous performance during the June 27 debate against then-Republican nominee Donald Trump. The former House Speaker denied reports that she spearheaded this push during an Aug. 6 interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, before admitting that she had not spoken to the president since his decision to drop out on July 21.
Thirty-six Democrats, alongside Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, called on Biden to drop out of the race after the infamous debate. Pelosi did not give a direct answer when “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist asked her if she supports Biden dropping her during a July 10 interview; she instead told the host that it was the president’s decision.
Trump defeated Harris in the Nov. 5 election by securing 312 electoral votes and becoming the first Republican nominee to win the popular vote since 2004. Republicans further gained control of the U.S. Senate and retained control of the House of Representatives.
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