Kan Tianxia｜It turns out that she is the one who "backstabbed" Biden!
2024-08-19
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Under strong pressure from within the Democratic Party, US President Biden announced on July 21 that he would withdraw from the 2024 presidential election and support the nomination of Vice President Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate. Recently, British media revealed that Biden received a phone call the day before he announced his withdrawal, which completely cut off his idea of continuing to run for the election.
File photo of US President Biden
The US media revealed some behind-the-scenes details the night Biden announced his withdrawal from the race, saying that Biden came to the conclusion not to run for re-election on the evening of July 20 and "made up his mind" to withdraw from the race the next day. Senior staff of the Biden administration knew about his withdrawal "one minute earlier" than the public.
The report said Biden "made this decision quietly and alone" at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he was isolated due to a positive test for the new coronavirus, accompanied by his wife Jill and a few people who "have known him for decades."
Previously, dozens of people in the Democratic Party had publicly called on Biden to withdraw from the election. House Democratic Leader Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Schumer met with Biden privately separately and expressed their concerns that his continued candidacy would "lower the prospects of the November congressional elections."
Even former House Speaker Pelosi, who is considered Biden's long-time ally, has not explicitly expressed her support, instead declaring that it would be Biden's own decision, but that "time is running out."
The Capitol Building photographed in Washington, the capital of the United States, on January 3. Xinhua News Agency
According to British media reports, Biden, who was recuperating at home, received a call from Pelosi on July 20. But what he heard was not a voice of support, but her intention to publicly express her concerns that Biden could not win the election.
British media quoted a source as saying that Pelosi also told Biden on the phone that she would release a poll to support her point of view. At the end of June, on the night of Biden's first televised debate with Republican presidential candidate Trump, a live poll released by CNN showed that 67% of viewers believed that Trump won. After Trump's failed assassination attempt, his support rate soared and has surpassed Biden in all "swing states."
Pelosi, 84, lost her position as Speaker of the House of Representatives after the 2022 U.S. midterm elections and currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives. Pelosi has led House Democrats for 20 years and still has great influence in the party.
On December 12, 2019, Pelosi, then Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke at a press conference. Xinhua News Agency
Although Biden insisted on July 20 that he would win the election, he was on the verge of collapse due to factors such as alienation from his fellow comrades, withdrawal of investment from his sponsors, lagging in the polls, and poor health. Pelosi's phone call was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Biden later admitted in an interview with CBS that "some of my colleagues in the Senate and the House believe that I will affect them in the campaign." He reiterated that he had no serious health problems, but avoided whether his relationship with Pelosi was affected.
(Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point Client Zhao Shifeng)
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