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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is working furiously behind the scenes to put pressure on President Biden to reconsider his place at the top of the 2024 ticket, according to a number of Democratic lawmakers familiar with her efforts.
The Speaker emerita is talking to a broad swath of House Democrats — from front-liners in tough districts to hardened veterans with institutional clout — to pump the brakes on the notion that Biden should definitively be the party’s nominee heading into November, these lawmakers said.
Pelosi has not said Biden should exit the race, but the lawmakers said she harbors deep concerns about Biden’s ability to defeat former President Trump, and she’s fighting to prevent the party from rubber-stamping Biden’s candidacy before there’s a broader discussion about the potentially damaging consequences of that decision.
Note: This is a “breaking” story, as in, its been leaked and is just now showing up on multiple outlets.
Enough time for what? There’s no way to put together another primary. So who in the Democratic party gets to play kingmaker?
The same party insiders who’ve played kingmaker during the last two primaries
Pretty fuckin scary just how literal that word is now, after the immunity ruling.
Idgaf. Let them pick a king and then I’ll vote for him so we don’t get Trump
Just so we’re clear, what if the king is a woman?
I would definitely vote for King Margo. “Ovary up, bitch.”
I would absolutely vote for King Margo.
Oh, you don’t like it?
How the fuck about that.
If you’re going to complain about the DNC playing kingmaker, I hope you’re equally outraged about Hillary’s campaign being given financial control of the party before the 2016 primary, or Obama convincing multiple candidates to drop out and give Biden enough room to beat Bernie in 2020, or the DNC making the South Carolina primary the first on the calendar to sure up support for Biden in 2024. If that doesn’t outrage you, you might consider the possibility that you don’t actually care that the Democrats pick kings, just that your preferred candidate might not be crowned.