Nancy Pelosi denies knowing about Biden's decline, claims those who knew 'should have acted'
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied knowing anything about former President Joe Biden's decline on Tuesday, but said those who did know "should have acted" on the information.Pelosi said repeatedly she didn't know Biden had experienced any sort of decline and told Politico's Jonathan Martin, "I didn't know, but I do think that those who did know should have acted upon that information, whatever that means.""There was the staff saying the family knew, the family saying the staff knew, I don't know," she added, noting they should have acted sooner. The pair had been feuding over the 2024 race, but Pelosi said in March that they had spoken.JILL BIDEN SAYS SHE THOUGHT JOE WAS HAVING A STROKE DURING HIS DISASTROUS 2024 DEBATE PERFORMANCEPelosi, who was widely considered to be a driving force behind Biden dropping out of the race in 2024, also repeated her denial that she didn't ask the former president to drop out."I only said to President Biden, ‘I’ve come to question the polling that you have and how your campaign is being conducted,'" Pelosi said.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied knowing anything about former President Joe Biden's decline on Tuesday, but said those who did know "should have acted" on the information.Pelosi said repeatedly she didn't know Biden had experienced any sort of decline and told Politico's Jonathan Martin, "I didn't know, but I do think that those who did know should have acted upon that information, whatever that means.""There was the staff saying the family knew, the family saying the staff knew, I don't know," she added, noting they should have acted sooner. The pair had been feuding over the 2024 race, but Pelosi said in March that they had spoken.JILL BIDEN SAYS SHE THOUGHT JOE WAS HAVING A STROKE DURING HIS DISASTROUS 2024 DEBATE PERFORMANCEPelosi, who was widely considered to be a driving force behind Biden dropping out of the race in 2024, also repeated her denial that she didn't ask the former president to drop out."I only said to President Biden, ‘I’ve come to question the polling that you have and how your campaign is being conducted,'" Pelosi said. "I didn't ask him not to run or anything like that. 'I would hope that we could have some other pollsters come in and sit with your pollster and discuss what they hear out there.'""And I did say this, 'I think the public would like to hear that you've had a testing that demonstrates that you can serve the next [term],'" she added.Martin asked Pelosi how Biden responded to her statement.
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- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied knowing anything about former President Joe Biden's decline on Tuesday, but said those who did know "should have acted" on the information.Pelosi said repeatedly she didn't know Biden had experienced any sort of decline and told Politico's Jonathan Martin, "I didn't know, but I do think that those who did know should have acted upon that information, whatever that means.""There was the staff saying the family knew, the family saying the staff knew, I don't know," she added, noting they should have acted sooner. The pair had been feuding over the 2024 race, but Pelosi said in March that they had spoken.JILL BIDEN SAYS SHE THOUGHT JOE WAS HAVING A STROKE DURING HIS DISASTROUS 2024 DEBATE PERFORMANCEPelosi, who was widely considered to be a driving force behind Biden dropping out of the race in 2024, also repeated her denial that she didn't ask the former president to drop out."I only said to President Biden, ‘I’ve come to question the polling that you have and how your campaign is being conducted,'" Pelosi said.
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