Democrats are completely humiliated. The country has handed them a devastating rebuke.
And now Nancy Pelosi ran scared after being asked the one question she never wants to answer.
A somber-looking Nancy Pelosi sidestepped questions from The New York Post on Wednesday about her role in the decision to replace President Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee.
The former House Speaker had a tense exchange with ex-Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile before Harris’s concession speech at Howard University.
“Do you think it was a mistake to kick Joe Biden off the ballot?” a reporter from The Post asked as Pelosi, 84, exited the event. The longtime congresswoman, fresh off her 20th election win in her San Francisco district, stayed silent, also dodging questions about her own political future in 2026.
Current DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and former DNC head Tom Perez likewise remained tight-lipped when asked for comment. Before Harris took the stage, Pelosi was seen on camera in an animated discussion with Brazile, with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser trying to diffuse the situation, visibly gesturing and saying, “Come on… please.”
In response to rumors of a disagreement, Brazile later posted on X, calling it “stupidity” and clarifying that she and Pelosi were discussing remaining House races. “Folks, this is the Trump era: lies, disinformation, and gossip. What happened to the USA?” she posted.
Pelosi’s husband Paul and daughter Christine, a Democratic strategist, were also in attendance at Howard.
Shortly after the footage of Pelosi and Brazile circulated, Christine shared a video on X where she expressed appreciation for Harris’s campaign, saying, “Thank you, Kamala,” as she posed with Brazile.
Renowned London-based forensic lip reader Jeremy Freeman, who reviewed the exchange, confirmed Bowser’s calming words amid Pelosi’s intense gestures.
Prior to Election Day, Pelosi exuded confidence in Harris’s chances. “Elections are decisions,” she told The Guardian. “I decided a while ago that Donald Trump will never set foot in the White House again.”
When asked if her decision to support Harris over Biden was tactical, Pelosi explained, “When you make a decision, you have to make every decision in favor of winning … and the most important decision of all is the candidate.”
Harris ultimately lost to Trump in an Electoral College landslide, with news networks calling the race early Wednesday morning.
Reflecting on the loss, a Biden ally shared with Jewish Insider editor Josh Kraushaar that “Democratic infighting” and Obama-era advisers’ reluctance to back Harris had played a significant role in the defeat.
Biden stepped aside for Harris only after pressure from Pelosi, congressional Democrats, and influential donors, including Hollywood’s George Clooney.
Biden even named Pelosi’s comments as one reason he stepped down, noting in an August interview, “A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races.”
He added, “I thought it’d be a real distraction.”
Pelosi, in turn, admitted in mid-October that she hadn’t spoken with Biden since his withdrawal.
Reports indicated Pelosi had even threatened to release internal polling showing Biden’s weak path to victory following his troubled June 27 debate against Trump, where Biden’s halting responses allowed Trump to throw shade with remarks like, “And I don’t think he knows what he said, either.”
Like Hillary Clinton in 2016, Harris postponed her concession speech until Wednesday afternoon, almost a full day after polls closed.
Addressing a crowd of hundreds at Howard, she declared, “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.” Many in the audience had been hopeful of witnessing her become the first female president.
In a Wednesday statement on X, Biden expressed no regrets about choosing Harris as his 2020 running mate, saying, “As I’ve said before, selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made when I became the nominee for president in 2020. It was the best decision I made.”
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