John Fetterman slams Nancy Pelosi for her ongoing blame game on Biden after pushing him out of 2024 race

Senator John Fetterman criticized Rep Nancy Pelosi for her involvement in pressuring Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race
John Fetterman ripped Nancy Pelosi for holding Biden accountable while portraying herself as a dominant force in the Democratic Party (Andrew Harnik, John Lamparski/Getty Images)
John Fetterman ripped Nancy Pelosi for holding Biden accountable while portraying herself as a dominant force in the Democratic Party (Andrew Harnik, John Lamparski/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) has blasted Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for her continuous bashing of President Joe Biden even after forcing him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.

The senator said, “We can both agree that he had a rough debate,” referring to Biden and Trump’s June 27 presidential debate, as reported by Mediaite.

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with members of his cabinet as they meet about the ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. President Biden will travel to North and South Carolina this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which after hitting Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, tore through Georgia and the Blue Ridge Mountains, causing landslides, road washouts, and widespread outages. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden meets with members of his cabinet as they meet about the ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 1, 2024 in Washington, DC (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

But he then mentioned, “People like [Nancy] 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.”

“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?” Fetterman added.

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris at Erie Insurance Arena on October 14, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Fetterman and Harris were stumping in this bellwether county of a battleground state in which a recent New York Times/Siena College poll showed her leading, but within the margin of error. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris at Erie Insurance Arena on October 14, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi targets Biden and Kamala Harris for 2024 election result

During a recent interview, Nancy Pelosi blamed Biden for Donald Trump’s win.

She said, “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race. The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary,” as per Mediaite.

She continued, “And as I say, Kamala may have, I think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward. But we don’t know that. That didn’t happen. We live with what happened."

“And because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time. If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.”

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greets White House staff as she returns to the White House on November 12, 2024, in Washington, DC. Harris had lunch with President Joe Biden at the White House. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Vice President Kamala Harris greets White House staff as she returns to the White House on November 12, 2024, in Washington, DC. Harris had lunch with President Joe Biden at the White House (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Also, in August, the former House Speaker had claimed, “I’ve never been that impressed with his [Biden] political operation. They won the White House. Bravo. But my concern was: this ain’t happening, and we have to make a decision for this to happen. The president has to make the decision for that to happen.”

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during Nancy Pelosi in conversation with Katie Couric at 92NY on October 24, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during Nancy Pelosi in conversation with Katie Couric at 92NY on October 24, 2024 in New York City (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Dems believe Joe Biden 'hung on too long' that cost 2024 election

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the Classroom to Career Summit in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. According to the White House, the summit brought 200 education and workforce leaders together with administration officials with the goal of expanding high-quality free community college programs and other educational training in high-demand fields. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden addresses the Classroom to Career Summit in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

However, it was not only Nancy Pelosi who was critical of Joe Biden.

Following the November 5 election that saw Trump taking over the Oval Office for the second time, many democrats held Biden responsible.

Jim Manley, a top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said, as per Politico, "He shouldn’t have run. This is no time to pull punches or be concerned about anyone’s feelings. He and his staff have done an enormous amount of damage to this country."

Praising Harris, Mark Longabaugh, ex-adviser to Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), added, "She ran an extraordinary campaign with a very tough hand that was handed to her. The truth of the matter is, Biden should have stepped aside earlier and let the party put together a longer game plan."

Also, James Zogby, a veteran of the Democratic National Committee, asserted, "There was a Biden weariness. And he hung on too long."

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