President Biden Reportedly Remains Angry At Pelosi, Obama, Schumer After Exiting The Race

After being forced to exit the race last month, President Joe Biden reportedly still has several misgivings against the top Democrat leaders who failed to come to his aid or worked behind the scenes to get him to leave the race. The most prominent Democrat to get Biden's ire is former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who opened the floodgates of criticism during a "Morning Joe" appearance on July 10 that permitted dozens of Democrats to come out against the sitting president's candidacy. 

According to sources close to the president, Biden views Pelosi as "ruthless" and is willing to sacrifice personal relationships that have lasted decades to ensure that the Democratic Party can survive the upcoming election and prevent Donald Trump from obtaining a second term. In a recent interview, the president told CBS News about the pressure he was feeling from congressional Democrats, like Pelosi, to exit the race. "And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic," Biden said. "You'd be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say, why did so — and — and I thought it'd be a real distraction."

Biden's close advisors also believed that if Biden decided to stay in the race past July 21, then Pelosi would be even more forceful with her demands that he leave by possibly publicly making it known that she believed he couldn't defeat Trump in November. She has asserted that she didn't make any phone calls to Democrat members about the president during the weeks after the debate but did take phone calls from members asking for advice. "I wasn't the leader of any pressure," Pelosi claimed in a recent "CBS Sunday Morning" interview. "Let me say things 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. What I'm saying is I had confidence that the president would make the proper choice for our country, whatever that would be, and I said that. Whatever that is, we'll go with."

While the former speaker has adamantly denied her involvement in forcing Biden out, she has attempted to get back in his good graces through flattery. In various interviews to advertise her new book, "The Art of Power," Pelosi has expressed her support of President Biden and his agenda, going as far as suggesting that Biden should be added to Mount Rushmore. "He was in a good place to make whatever decision, top of his game. Such a consequential president of the United States., a Mount Rushmore kind of President of the United States," she said.

According to POLITICO, Pelosi has insisted that the Pelosi and Biden families have been friends for decades and that, despite the current turmoil, their relationship would remain intact. "In our family, we have three generations of love for Joe Biden. My husband and I — of course, we've known him for a very long time — respect him, love him and Jill. He and Jill are so remarkable, and their family. Our kids have always loved them. I had pictures with him from our children growing up and now our grandchildren growing up," Pelosi recently explained to MSNBC's Jen Psaki.

In addition to Pelosi, Biden has reportedly been upset that his former boss, President Barack Obama, did not do more to support him publicly after his abysmal debate in late June. The 46th president has also been upset that Obama didn't call him to express his concerns about the campaign directly. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has also faced some criticism from the Biden White House. However, most of Biden's allies have directed the blame towards Pelosi more than her congressional colleague. 

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