Obama And Pelosi Secretly Expressed Concerns Over Biden

CNN has reported that former President Barack Obama and Rep. Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about the future of Joe Biden.

The talks between Obama and Pelosi come as Obama received a call from actor George Clooney just hours before the New York Times published an op-ed by Clooney calling for Biden to step down.

According to CNN, Obama and Pelosi expressed concerns about Biden’s ability to defeat Trump in the 2024 election.

CNN’s report comes a day after Politico reported that the Biden Campaign believes Obama is behind the campaign to replace Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.

CNN says Obama and Pelosi are speaking and both believe Biden is in trouble but neither knows what to do. I’m not kidding, Republicans should cancel the RNC and let Democrats keep twisting in the wind: https://t.co/HzsUQQezTP

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 12, 2024

CNN broke the story:

Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about Joe Biden and the future of his 2024 campaign. Both the former president and ex-speaker expressed concerns about how much harder they think it’s become for the president to beat Donald Trump. Neither is quite sure what to do.

Democrats are desperate for the dispiriting infighting to end so they can get back to trying to beat the former president. And they’re begging either Obama or Pelosi to help them get there, aware that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the trust of Biden and that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries doesn’t have the depth of relationship to deliver the message.

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CNN spoke with more than a dozen members of Congress, operatives and multiple people in touch with both Obama and Pelosi, many of whom say that the end for Biden’s candidacy feels clear and at this point it’s just a matter of how it plays out, even after Thursday night’s news conference.

And if those two feel otherwise, several leading Democrats say, they need to say that clearly as soon as possible before even more damage is done less than four months before the election.

Many of Pelosi’s colleagues are hoping that she can bring an end to the turmoil that has engulfed Democrats for the last two weeks. And to a good chunk of them, that end can come if and when she tells Biden that he has to drop out.

Pelosi has spoken to Biden since the debate, but in the time since, the California Democrat has made clear that she does not see Biden’s decision to stay in the race as final. But she, through an aide, declined to comment further.

🚨New: Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about Joe Biden's campaign. Both have expressed concerns that he will lose to President Trump but neither is sure what to do.

Via: CNN pic.twitter.com/owcJTVmmKw

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) July 12, 2024

Per The New York Post:

Former President Barack Obama and ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke privately this week about their growing concerns for President Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign — as a growing number of “very connected Democrats” plot to get him to drop out quickly, according to reports.

Obama and Pelosi are said to have discussed how much harder they think it has become for the embattled 81-year-old president to beat his GOP rival, former President Donald Trump, but neither is sure what to do, sources told CNN.

A slew of Democrats have also been begging Obama and Pelosi behind the scenes to help quickly end the turmoil before even more damage is done just four months before the election, the sources added.

Obama, Pelosi have spoken privately about Biden concerns as growing number of Dems plot to have him drop out https://t.co/DOFxVG6P2p pic.twitter.com/MgGOA3N8E3

— New York Post (@nypost) July 12, 2024