Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi blasted the New York Times for misrepresenting comments about President Biden, saying, “I don’t know what the hell is going on with the New York Times making up news. But if that’s why you’re here, it’s not true.”
“Speaker Pelosi arrived in her office and told CBS News’ Ja’ala Brown that her comments to Morning Joe had been misrepresented,” CBS’ Elise Kim said. share About this quote:
of The New York Times The report said House Speaker Pelosi suggested Biden should “reconsider” his decision to continue the campaign, making her “the most senior member of the party to suggest there is uncertainty about whether Biden will remain at the top of the shortlist.”
The California Democrat also shared his statement with The New York Times, which has now published it in its article.
So let’s take a look at this. MSNBC Morning JoePelosi was asked specifically what she would say to Democrats about their concerns about Biden. (I’m sharing a lot of background here, because it’s important.)
Mika: When you look at the headlines and the polls, it’s all pretty bleak. How do you think the president is doing given his poor performance in the debates? Is there more that can be done? And what do you say to Democrats in Congress, even senators, who are beginning to waver in their support?
Pelosi: “Good morning. Here’s one theory. What I want to say is that I was honored to attend the President’s speech yesterday on NATO. He was truly wonderful, and many times he was applauded for what he said and the strength of it.…The President’s beautiful and energetic presentation was very well received.
Politics is politics. Everyone has their own interests Regarding their own region and other regions, So we are the Democratic Party, a party that is out of step, so to speak. but This president was a great president. And as someone who has authored many of the bills that the President takes great pride in, and should take great pride in, I can tell you firsthand, because the President was at the table from start to finish, knowledgeable about the vision, the purpose, knowledge of the issues, knowledge of the values ​​that underpin it all, and also always asking the question, “What does this mean for our working families?”
So the idea that he couldn’t make all this happen, it just didn’t happen.”
She was then asked: “Would you support him becoming leader of the Democratic Party?”
Pelosi: “It’s up to the president whether he runs or not. We’re all urging him to make that decision because time is running out. I think he has the overwhelming support of his caucus. I’m not in a position to say definitively that I’m no longer head of the caucus, but the president is loved. The president is respected and people want him to make that decision.”
She was asked: “He’s made up his mind, that’s what he said. He was adamant this week that he’s going to run. Do you want him to run?”
Pelosi: “I want him to do whatever he decides to do. That’s the status quo. Whatever he decides to do, we’ll go with it. I think that’s really important. And I want everybody to help me entrust him with this NATO meeting. This is a very important thing. We have over 30 heads of state here. He’s the host. And that doesn’t just mean hosting, it means facilitating the discussion, setting the agenda. And he’s doing a great job of that. So I said, ‘Guys, let’s not tell anybody privately what we’re thinking. We don’t need to get that out until we see how this week unfolds.’ But I’m very proud of the president.”
Could she have made a better, stronger endorsement? Yes. The president has already said he will continue to run, so it’s unclear why she is suggesting he hasn’t made a decision yet.
As someone who has interviewed the former Speaker several times, I would say Pelosi’s careful language suggests there is something going on behind the scenes, perhaps congressional pro tempore who need to be appeased by making them feel they have a say. She mentions, for example, that people have to take “regions” into account and that they are not aligned.
Pelosi has urged people to hold off on public comments and wait until NATO is over to see if those concerns still exist. The diplomat, who has repeatedly brought together the concerns of a diverse group of lawmakers during her historically successful term as speaker, has no intention of publicly dismissing those concerns, but she is keen to remind people of Biden’s strength in NATO and his major legislative successes.
Nowhere in her comments is she urging Biden to “reconsider” his decision to continue the campaign. That’s not in her comments, and that’s not what I get from listening to the entire article.
While the Times article itself tries to be more unbiased, claiming it suspects Pelosi no longer supports Biden, it’s the headlines that paint the most negative picture for a newspaper, and journalists often have no control over them.
Is it fair for Pelosi to accuse the New York Times of fabricating stories? Democrats are questioning their previous affection for the paper because it fabricated stories. They literally fabricated a conspiracy out of a doctor’s visit to the White House without even checking the schedule to see if President Biden was there. While newspaper front pages have been filled with stories stoking fears about Biden, there has been no fair reporting on the plot by his opponent, Donald Trump, or his allies to destroy American democracy. Instead of retracting the conspiracy theories when they were corrected by facts, newspapers printed them in their print editions.
Do Americans want Wordle more than democracy? Probably. Last year, The New York Times made more than $1 billion in digital subscription fees.
Bottom line: the title is indeed inaccurate. Nowhere did Pelosi suggest Biden “reconsider his decision.”
Given that the Times’s obvious bias is obvious to all, it is fair to criticize it while acknowledging that the reporter’s own article was more balanced than the one that wrote the headline.
We’ll have to wait until the NATO summit to hear about the Honorable Chairman’s forceful support for his presidential candidate position. One thing to always remember about Nancy Pelosi is that she’s a master negotiator. In the meantime, check out the reports that the media turned Biden’s debate into a narrative that wasn’t actually supported.
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