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【Text/Observer.com Lv Yizheng】

Since Biden's extremely poor performance in the TV debate with Trump, voices within the Democratic Party have begun to call for Biden to give up the election. This trend peaked after Trump was assassinated and Biden was infected with the new coronavirus again. According to NBC, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the key "behind-the-scenes person" who is pushing Biden to withdraw from the election.

Although Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Pelosi's protégé, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, also expressed to Biden the Democratic Party's concerns about his continued campaign prospects, according to NBC, three sources said that whenever the voices within the Democratic Party calling for Biden to withdraw from the election began to subside, they believed that Pelosi was fanning the flames and putting pressure on Biden again.

Pelosi never publicly called on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, which could have angered Biden and made him stubborn. Instead, Pelosi chose to put pressure on Biden behind the scenes, talking to dozens of ordinary lawmakers, her former leadership team, and her huge Democratic donor network. These behind-the-scenes conversations eventually turned into a "fatal blow" to Biden after the Republican convention last Friday.

Last Friday, one day after the Republican National Convention, more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers, including New Mexico Democratic Senator Martin Heydrich and Pelosi's close ally California Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, collectively called on Biden to withdraw from the race, bringing the number of Democratic lawmakers in Congress calling for Biden to withdraw to more than 30.

According to CNN, two unnamed Democratic House members who are close to Pelosi said that Friday's joint statement by the members and Lofgren's open letter to Biden were both completed at the urging of former Speaker Pelosi.

In addition to pushing Democratic lawmakers and donors to put pressure on Biden behind the scenes, Pelosi used her personal relationship with Biden to privately "warn" Biden about the reality of the 2024 election: that he might lose to their common political enemy, Republican Donald Trump, or that he might even harm the Democratic Party on the ballot, potentially causing the Democratic Party to lose control of the House and Senate.

NBC News reported that Biden was angry when he found out that Pelosi, Obama and other Democratic leaders refused to support him. But when Biden finally announced his withdrawal from the race last Sunday, Pelosi quickly issued a magnanimous statement, praising: "President Joe Biden is a patriotic American who always puts our country first. His vision, values ​​and leadership make him one of the most important presidents in American history." "God has blessed America with the greatness and kindness of Joe Biden."

After Biden gave up his re-election bid, he quickly nominated Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic presidential candidate.

"Pelosi is still our political leader," said a Democratic congressman. "Only she can ensure Harris' success."

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