A new exclusive report by the New York Post revealed that former President Obama did not originally want to endorse Kamala Harris but wanted a mini-primary.
The report stated that Obama told Biden “to allow delegates at next month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago to decide a new candidate.”
Biden, however, quickly endorsed Kamala Harris, which led several other prominent Democrats to do the same.
A Biden insider claimed it was Joe’s “big f*** you” to Obama.
Democrat insiders further told the New York Post that “Obama had wanted Arizona Senator and former astronaut Mark Kelly at the top of the ticket.”
🚨 BREAKING: Biden insiders have informed the New York Post that Joe Biden’s decision to IMMEDIATELY endorse VP Kamala Harris after he opted to suspend his Presidential campaign was done in defiance of former President Barack Obama and other top Democrats.https://t.co/3IBwYyzXFk
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A great summary of why Obama, Pelosi and Schumer wanted a mini primary at the DNC. They know what sells and what does not.
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Here’s what the New York Post reported:
There’s buzz swirling within the Biden camp that the president’s swift endorsement of Kamala Harris was his revenge on prominent party leaders — including Barack Obama — who pressured him to bow out of the race against his will, sources told The Post.
Joe Biden, who said he was dropping out “in defense of democracy” during his public address Wednesday, had been told by Obama to allow delegates at next month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago to decide a new candidate, a source close to the Biden family claimed.
“It was Joe’s big f–k you,” the source said. “Joe said, ‘If I’m out, then I am endorsing her.’”
Talk among insiders is that Biden saw this as a final way to assert some control over his ouster.
A well-placed Democratic Party source said they have heard the same, telling The Post that Obama, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and New York Senator Chuck Schumer wanted to hold “a mini primary” which Obama believed Harris would not win.
Multiple sources told The Post that Obama had wanted Arizona Senator and former astronaut Mark Kelly “at the top of the ticket” at the convention.
On Sunday, Biden resigned from the 2024 presidential campaign in a statement posted to X and almost immediately followed up with a social-media endorsement of Vice-President Harris as the Democratic nominee.
Joe Biden Outmaneuvered Barack Obama
Biden ruined Obama’s master plan of electing AZ Sen. Mark Kelley as the Democratic nominee by endorsing Kamala Harris. #freeforallfriday
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