Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went full scorched earth on Friday, blaming Vice President Kamala Harris’s stunning loss on Joe Biden’s late exit from the presidential race.
In an interview with The New York Times, Pelosi suggested that Biden had crippled the Democratic Party’s chances at keeping Donald Trump out of the White House.
“Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” Pelosi said. “And as I say, Kamala may have, I think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward. But we don’t know that. That didn’t happen. We live with what happened.”
Pelosi also blamed Biden for not making way in time for an open primary, which could have created momentum around a new candidate who would have performed better with the Democratic base.
“And because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time,” Pelosi said. “If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.”
Pelosi’s public comments about Biden’s candidacy […]
Although Polosi is correct on the facts of the case her analysis is flawed. Team Blue made a tactical decision to allow no competition in the form of Primaries. Not that competition didn’t exist, it just wouldn’t be permitted. A clearer non-democratic message, with disrespect for voters could not have been made. As such, it drove many democrats from the party. Polosi’s analysis that this outcome is not fundementally economic but is really a continuation of racism and sexism is false, and self serving. As with the first Trump victory, this analysis externalizes all the blame. No need to change the Democratic party, we just need to change those deplorables who vote the other way. The Democrats got what the well earned. If they are really smart they will start selling a constitutional amendment fostering a multi-party system. Not that they would implement that promise there’s too much money at stake. In evaluations between Polosi and Sanders, go with Sanders 100% of the time. Polosi is part of the corrupt central core of the party. Jesus, just the amount of money she’s made with insider trading over the past decades……