Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California clashed with reporter Katie Couric during an interview when she was asked about Democrats’ “transparency” about President Joe Biden’s health.
Couric cited a section in Pelosi’s new book in which she warns that as former President Trump claims to be elected in 2020, there should be “intervention” to stop his re-election bid. Couric wondered whether Democrats should refrain from interfering with Biden, who dropped his reelection bid last month under pressure from Pelosi and other top Democrats over concerns about his mental health and defeating former President Trump. Trump’s ability.
“But with all due respect, when I read this, I wondered, ‘Can’t the same thing be said about President Biden?'” Couric posed for Pelosi. “Should people have decided earlier that he might not have the stamina to withstand a re-election campaign and put the Democratic Party in a better position going into this election?”
Reporter Katie Couric presses former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Democrats’ transparency over President Joe Biden’s age. (Getty Images)
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In the weeks after Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump, Pelosi and other top Democrats reportedly privately begged Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, saying polls showed he would lose and hurt Democrats at the ballot box. opportunity. Biden ultimately withdrew on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
Pelosi told Couric in a video tagged by The Daily Caller that the two situations are “completely different.”
“Do you think you have the stamina to run again and serve for four years, versus [the question of] “Are you destroying our democracy,” she responded. “This is about the harm he has done to the country, the instability he has brought to the country, and his anti-patriotic attitude.” The question is not whether he [physically] Healthy enough to do this and that…that’s why he misrepresents the truth and how he misrepresents it to the public.
“Two completely different situations. If it’s just a matter of whether a person has the stamina [serve] We’ve been working on this problem for four years. they do not.
President Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race on July 21 after weeks of pressure from members of his own party.
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Couric again asked Democrats if they should provide “more transparency” about Biden’s health.
Pelosi reiterated twice that the situations were not “equivalent,” but Couric pushed back.
“But that doesn’t answer the question of whether there should be more transparency,” Couric said. “Given that the election is less than 100 days away, is President Biden being overprotected and out of touch with the public for too long, putting Democrats at a disadvantage?”
Pelosi again dodged the question, repeating: “He’s not the candidate.”
“Should it be dealt with earlier?” Couric pressed.
Katie Couric pressed Nancy Pelosi on Democrats’ “transparency” issue regarding President Joe Biden’s health in the 2024 race.
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Pelosi said Biden had been “excellent” before and after the debate, pointing to last week’s successful prisoner exchange that brought home journalist Evan Gershkovich and others.
The 84-year-old Democrat has repeatedly defended Biden in media interviews against criticism of his age. She told Couric that the June debate was the first time she had witnessed the decline.
“Whatever the family decision is — I’ve worked with Biden a lot of times. I’ve never seen that because I usually work with Biden [him] Earlier that day, he was more responsible than I saw that night. that night [of the debate] This is the first time I’ve seen it… [But] He wasn’t running, another guy was running,” she argued.
