Pelosi piles blame on Biden for anointing Harris and not stepping aside sooner

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pointed the finger at President Joe Biden after Vice President Kamala Harris lost on Tuesday and dashed Democratic dreams of keeping President-elect Donald Trump away from the White House. 

Pelosi is a long-standing ally of Biden, but their relationship took a turn for the worse earlier this year when his bid for reelection began to waver. In the wake of Harris’s crushing loss, the California Democrat had some harsh words for Biden on Friday, and took a shot at Harris in the process, arguing that if he had ended his presidential campaign and “gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race.” 

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