President Joe Biden eventually admitted that Nancy Pelosi’s concerns about his candidacy played a role in his decision to withdraw from the race.
“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and the Senate thought I would hurt them in the election,” Biden said in his first interview since ending his re-election campaign.
“And I was concerned that if I stayed in the race, that the topic would be — you would interview me about why Nancy Pelosi said [something] “…and I thought it would be a real distraction,” he said in the interview with CBS News Sunday Morning host Robert Costa.
A growing group of Democrats demanded that Biden withdraw from the race after his disastrous performance in the debate against Donald Trump in June.
Immediately after ending his candidacy, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his spot on the November slate.
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Joe Biden spoke openly about withdrawing from the race in his first interview since ending his re-election bid