Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has ripped into former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif) stance that President Joe Biden should drop out of the presidential race.
Fetterman questioned Pelosi’s knowledge of running for president given she spent her career in the House of Representatives, per The Hill.
“I would say, as far as I know, she’s never run for any office outside of the House, and she’s never run for the president, and she’s certainly never won that, as well,” Fetterman said to CNN’s Erin Burnett.
Fetterman said he is frustrated that Pelosi id second-guessing the Biden’s run to retain the White House.
“He has already made his decision. Joe Biden has made that decision,” Fetterman said. “He is staying in this race, and he’s going to take this through to the convention and to November, and I’m going to back him on that. If I have any advice for Joe Biden, stay in if that’s what you believe, and I have his back 100 percent.”
Pelosi appeared on NBC’s “Morning Joe” and said Biden should reconsider running for a second term.
“It’s up to the president to decide if he’s going to run. We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short,” Pelosi said.
Biden has said he plans to keep in the race.
“I want you to know that despite all the speculation in the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump,” Biden wrote in a letter.
“Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us. It is time to come together, move forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump,” he wrote.
