US House Speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi reportedly played a significant role in advising then-US President Joe Biden against debating then-Republican candidate Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election, according to a new book,” Struggle: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House” by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes.
The guide details how Pelosi, a long-standing critic of Trump, lobbied Biden to prevent the conversation, warning that it would detract from his standing. ” Pelosi went to him and tried to play to his personality, saying,” You shouldn’t lower yourself, you shouldn’t lower Donald Trump’s presidency,” Allen said.
Biden, who reportedly relishes the issue, insisted on facing Trump despite her work. Nevertheless, his lackluster conduct in the discussion caused a Democrat Party crisis of faith.
Pelosi initially believed Biden was recover, but in the end concluded that he could not beat Trump and played a significant role in getting him to withdraw from the race.
Another close friends, including ex-White House staffer Anita Dunn, were also given advice against the debate, according to Fox News, but the plan struggled as Biden’s poll numbers fell. Pelosi had officially stated a month prior to the conversation that she would “never recommend” Trump conversation Trump, even though she acknowledged the setup was” a good one.”
In July, US Vice President Kamala Harris was chosen as the Democratic nomination after Biden vehemently abdicated the contest. In the November vote, Trump finally defeated her.
Pelosi’s role in Biden’s choice to step down was highlighted in Jonathan Alter’s publication,” American Reckoning: Inside Trump’s Trial—and My Own.” It describes how Pelosi persuaded Biden that the risk of losing the House was also great after drawing on her decades-long connection with her. ” Pelosi is an institutionalist, she loves the House, and her dream of never regaining control of that room seemed to be coming true,” Alter wrote.
