{"id":20619,"date":"2025-10-29T08:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=20619"},"modified":"2025-10-29T08:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:34:47","slug":"obama-ripped-pelosi-for-endorsing-harris-so-quickly-what-the-fk-did-you-just-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=20619","title":{"rendered":"Obama Ripped Pelosi for Endorsing Harris So Quickly: \u2018What The F**k Did You Just Do?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President Barack Obama was reportedly caught off guard and angered when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swiftly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party\u2019s 2024 presidential nominee, just hours after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election.<\/p>\n

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According to a forthcoming book by ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, Pelosi described Harris as \u201cbrilliantly astute\u201d and said she had \u201cfull confidence\u201d in her ability to defeat then-Republican nominee Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Pelosi\u2019s rapid endorsement came less than 24 hours after Biden\u2019s withdrawal, surprising several senior Democrats, including Obama.<\/p>\n

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In his new book Retribution, Karl writes that Obama, who had urged senior Democrats to allow \u201ca process\u201d to unfold before backing any successor, was \u201cnot happy\u201d with Pelosi\u2019s swift endorsement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Obamas were not happy,\u201d a Pelosi confidant told Karl. \u201cThis person summed up Obama\u2019s message to Pelosi as, essentially, \u2018What the f*ck did you just do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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In excerpts obtained by the Daily Mail and the New York Post, Karl reports that Obama and Pelosi had privately agreed to refrain from making early endorsements and shared concerns about \u201canointing\u201d Harris without an open primary process.<\/p>\n

When Pelosi moved forward with her endorsement, Obama called her directly to express his displeasure,\u00a0Mediaite reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat train has left the station,\u201d she reportedly fired back, citing Biden\u2019s own quick backing of Harris.<\/p>\n

A source close to Obama told Karl that the conversation between the former president and Pelosi amounted to \u201cgood-natured ribbing\u201d rather than anger, though a Pelosi ally described Obama as \u201cgenuinely irritated.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an appearance on MSNBC\u2019s Morning Joe on Tuesday, Karl said Obama\u2019s frustration stemmed from what he described as a \u201cpact\u201d between the two leaders to hold a primary after they had jointly worked to persuade Biden to withdraw from the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the two of them had been basically working to try to get, you know, Biden out of the race. And they had been and they had been adamant that when he gets out, we need to have some kind of a process, whether it be a mini flash primary something, a meeting of delegates, something, something. And don\u2019t just hand it over to Kamala Harris. And they had had a pact on this,\u201d Karl told the hosts.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Harris] gets out and everybody endorses her within hours. You know, [Josh] Shapiro, [Gretchen] Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, they\u2019re all endorsing her within hours. Pelosi actually waits till the next day. But she sees that there\u2019s nothing to hold the tide,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo she puts out the endorsement, gets this phone call. I actually spoke to somebody who overheard the phone call. And what Obama says is basically: \u2018Nancy, what was that all about?\u2019 And clearly irritated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Karl added: \u201cNow, I\u2019ve spoken to people close to President Obama who say he was just kind of giving her \u2014 joshing with her and giving her a hard time. I\u2019ve spoken to another, you know, person who is very close to Pelosi who says, \u2018No\u2026 he was angry.\u2019 The clear message was, \u2018Why did you do that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The former president waited five days before endorsing Harris publicly, a delay that fueled speculation about his doubts regarding her ability to win.<\/p>\n

By the time heavyweights from the Clintons to Gavin Newsom had fallen in line, Pelosi had, as Karl writes, \u201cno choice. The only thing she could do was try to help her win the election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump went on to destroy Harris in the Electoral College while also becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to win the popular vote since George W Bush won it over then-Democratic presidential nominee and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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