Dem Donor: Oh, I Know Obama and Pelosi Didn’t Want Kamala
Democratic 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… pic.twitter.com/cfKVJ75epp— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) December 2, 2024
Ms. Li went into depth regarding these interactions, reportedly having deep ties to the Obama world and being friends with Ms. Pelosi.
“I know they didn’t,” she said. “It’s not a matter conjecture for me. I know they didn’t.”
Regarding her discussion with Pelosi’s camp, the former House speaker told Li to give Biden the code red, so to speak, granting her permission to venture onto Fox News Sunday, the day Biden got the boot, to sell the “step down and pass the mantle to the next generation” line.
“Obama and Pelosi were both hoping for a primary instead of a coronation, so to speak, “she added. “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.” (Read more from “Dem Donor: Oh, I Know Obama and Pelosi Didn’t Want Kamala” HERE)
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