Pelosi punts on Biden discussions until after NATO summit
By
Jack Birle
July 10, 2024 9:15 am
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is telling Democrats to wait until after the NATO summit to continue discussion on whether President Joe Biden should step aside from the campaign.
Biden is hosting the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., in celebration of the alliance’s 75th anniversary, and Pelosi, who has not called on the president to step aside, argued on MSNBC’s Morning Joe that Democratic Party discussions about the president’s candidacy should be halted until after the summit has concluded.
“I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that’s the way it is. Whatever he decides to go with, I think it’s really important, and I would hope everyone would join in to let him deal with this NATO conference. This is a very big deal,” Pelosi said while discussing the significance of the meeting this week in the nation’s capital.
“And I’ve said everyone, let’s let’s just hold off whatever you’re thinking. Either tell somebody privately, but you don’t have to put that out on the table until we see how we go this week,” Pelosi added.
Biden has been adamant he has no plans to step aside. And Pelosi didn’t give a clear answer about whether she believes he should. But she made it clear that if it was going to happen, it needs to be sooner rather than later.
“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We’re all encouraging him to make that decision,” she said. “Because time is running short.”
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