Dem Donor: Oh, I Know Obama And Pelosi Didn't Want Kamala

Posted • December 2, 2024: Democrat strategist Lindy Li doesn’t care if she never works in politics again. The operative has gone on a media tour, where she has excoriated her colleagues over the failed 2024 Kamala Harris campaign. She risks never working in Democratic politics again, but she likely couldn’t care less. She cannot keep her mouth shut regarding the unmitigated disaster this year and told NewsNation’s Natasha Zouves what we had an inkling of post-Joe Biden’s 2024 ouster: The party brain trust didn’t want Kamala Harris. Specifically, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi didn’t want her. Obama and Pelosi did not want Kamala Harris: Natasha Zouves: "Do you agree that Obama and Pelosi did not want Harris?" -- Lindy Li: "I know they didn't. It's not a matter conjecture for me. I know they didn't. She said it was fine that I went on air to encourage President Biden to step down and that it was July 21st when I went on Fox News Sunday and I said it was it was time for him to step down and pass the mantle to the next generation.

Obama and Pelosi were both hoping for a primary instead of a coronation, so to speak. Who do you think they were hoping for? I don't think Pelosi was hoping for anyone in particular or not that I know of. The chieftains of the party were hoping for a lightning round, a lightning primary. And President Biden essentially preempted that by issuing his endorsement 30 minutes after he dropped out. I don't think anyone saw that coming. We did not see that coming. I think a lot of people anticipated that he might have stepped aside, but no one anticipated a twofer that we got that day." Obama and Pelosi are just like the rest of America: They did not want Kamala Harris. (…)

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