Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants to build a legacy for President Joe because he just accomplished so much. [insert eye roll]
During an interview on CBS News, Pelosi suggested that Biden should be added to Mount Rushmore despite destroying the entire country with his reckless policies.
"He was in a good place to make whatever decision – the top of his game," Pelosi said. "Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States."
CBS host Lesley Stahl seemed shocked at Pelosi's suggestion, asking the Democrat if she really thought Biden deserved to be on Mount Rushmore.
"Are you really saying that he belongs up there on Mount Rushmore? Lincoln and Joe Biden?" Stahl asked.
"Well, you got Teddy Roosevelt up there, and he's wonderful," Pelosi responded. "I don't say take him down. But you can add Biden."
Crazy Nancy's delusions have reached a new level — saying Biden should be added to Mt. Rushmore pic.twitter.com/ZF32Bg3NAW
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 4, 2024
Later in the interview, Pelosi denied that she had anything to do with Biden's ousting. We all know Biden didn’t have much of a say in whether he would continue running in the 2024 race.
“No, I wasn’t the leader of any pressure [campaign]," Pelosi said during an interview with CBS. “Let me say things that I didn’t do: I didn’t call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, ‘I never called anybody.’"
“I did not call one person.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with Lesley Stahl about her role in President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race. https://t.co/BtvgDUKdYf pic.twitter.com/cnJ8ywR5sU
— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) August 3, 2024
However, last month, CNN reported that Pelosi privately told Biden that he would not be able to defeat former President Donald Trump, citing bad poll numbers. She also reportedly told him that if stays in the race, he would jeopardize the Democrat Party’s chances of staying in power.
She also refused to admit that the 81-year-old president needed to drop out of the race after MSNBC questioned Pelosi on whether she thinks Biden should give up his throne.
“I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that’s the way it is,” she replied. “Whatever he decides, we go with.”
It is unclear if this conversation was in-person or on the phone, but it is worth noting that she was on the receiving end of phone calls to Biden with Obama and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
