"Pelosi, describing Harris as brilliantly astute and expressing full confidence that she could defeat then-Republican nominee Donald Trump, made her move less than 24 hours after Biden announced he would not seek re-election. Karl writes in his new book, Retribution, that Obama, who had urged senior Democrats to let a process unfold before rallying behind any successor, was not happy."
"So the two of them had been basically working to try to get, you know, Biden out of the race. And they had been and they had been adamant that when he gets out, we need to have some kind of a process, whether it be a mini flash primary something, a meeting of delegates, something, something. And don't just hand it over to Kamala Harris. And they had had a pact on this, he told the"
Nancy Pelosi endorsed Kamala Harris less than 24 hours after Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election. Pelosi described Harris as brilliantly astute and expressed full confidence that Harris could defeat Donald Trump. Barack Obama had urged senior Democrats to let a selection process unfold and had privately agreed with Pelosi to avoid early endorsements. Pelosi's swift endorsement prompted a direct phone call from Obama and provoked anger among the Obamas, according to a Pelosi confidant. Biden promptly backed Harris. Accounts differ on whether Obama's reaction was good-natured ribbing or genuine irritation.
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