Pelosi has lost the Speaker’s gavel and with it, her mind. But even this is beyond the pale for her.
And Nancy Pelosi has lost all grip on reality with one boneheaded announcement.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi floated the idea on Sunday morning that President Biden could be added to Mount Rushmore after choosing to step out of the 2024 race.
CBS journalist Lesley Stahl questioned Pelosi, D-Calif., about reports suggesting she spearheaded efforts to remove Biden from the presidential ticket following his disastrous debate against former President Trump.
Pelosi, trying to distance herself from any such initiative, claimed Biden was at “the top of his game” before deciding to leave the race.
She even suggested that Biden’s decision warranted him a place among the revered presidents on Mount Rushmore.
“He was in a good place to make whatever decision – the top of his game,” Pelosi stated.
“Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States.”
Stahl pressed, “Are you really saying that he belongs up there on Mount Rushmore? Lincoln and Joe Biden?”
“Well, you got Teddy Roosevelt up there, and he’s wonderful,” Pelosi retorted.
“I don’t say take him down. But you can add Biden.”
Pelosi adamantly reiterated that she wasn’t involved in any pressure campaign to push Biden out of the race.
“No, I wasn’t the leader of any pressure [campaign],” Pelosi insisted to CBS.
“Let me say things that I didn’t do: I didn’t call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, ‘I never called anybody.'”
Despite Pelosi’s public denials, multiple reports emerged in the days leading up to Biden’s decision not to run again, suggesting she pressured him to step down due to fears he would lose against Trump.
Nonetheless, Pelosi continued to publicly support Biden, emphasizing that the decision was ultimately his, even as he insisted he would run again.
“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” Pelosi told MSNBC at the time.
“We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. The, I think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it’s not for me to say. I’m not the head of the caucus anymore, but he’s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. Not me.”
Nancy Pelosi just told CBS Sunday Morning that Joe Biden should be added to Mt. Rushmore 🤣
I kid you not.
Even liberal anchor Lesley Stahl was like “what the hell?” 😂 pic.twitter.com/CpdcFXRQms
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 4, 2024
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