Stunning new revelations say that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi played the key role in President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race — a moment historically unprecedented in modern politics.
Multiple sources claim that Pelosi issued an ultimatum to Biden — a stunning “come to Jesus” moment — where she threatened to publicly criticize him and mock his chances against former President Donald Trump if he didn’t immediately end his reelection bid.
Withdraw… or else.
According to reports from The Daily Mail and multiple other outlets, Pelosi sent an urgent message to Biden while he was recuperating from COVID-19 at his Delaware beach house basement in June.
Four sources close to the campaign independently confirmed that Pelosi threatened to go public against Biden, with one stating that a phone call took place where Pelosi said she would release damaging polling data showing Trump in a commanding lead.
The demand was reportedly so forceful that it sparked what insiders described as a “come to Jesus moment” for the president, prompting him to begin drafting his withdrawal letter.
In his first TV interview since leaving the race, Biden acknowledged the pressure from within his party.
“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races,” Biden told “CBS News Sunday Morning.”
“I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something] … and I thought it’d be a real distraction,” he said.
Pelosi, 84, has confirmed that she spoke with Biden after she fielded calls from worried Democrats about their 2024 election prospects. However, both Pelosi’s office and the White House have officially denied that she delivered a political ultimatum the Saturday before Biden’s announcement.
The fallout from this intervention has strained the long-standing relationship between Biden and Pelosi. Sources close to the Biden family suggest that First Lady Jill Biden and the president’s troubled son Hunter are particularly upset by what they view as a betrayal.
“You know, clearly there were leaders of the party who decided to go ahead and go very public. And that gave permission to other people to go public,” Former White House senior adviser on communications Anita Dunn said about the unprecedented situation.
Dunn also criticized the process as “a very donor-driven thing.”
As the Democratic Party prepares to officially nominate Vice President Kamala Harris at the upcoming convention in Chicago, Biden is reportedly focusing on “cementing his legacy.”
As one of his last acts as head of the Democratic Party, Biden will briefly address the DNC on Monday night before handing over center stage — and the crown — to Harris for the remainder of the week.