Pelosi at DNC after appearing to play a significant role in Biden's exit
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is addressing the DNC after appearing to play a significant role in Biden's exit from the top of the Democratic ticket.
Pelosi, who last month endorsed Harris to be the party's nominee for president, did not publicly call on Biden to withdraw from the race. Instead, Pelosi, in a July 10 interview, declined to directly answer when asked if Biden had her support in his reelection bid after his ruinous debate performance.
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At the time, Biden had already committed to running for reelection, writing in a statement congressional Democrats days earlier that he was "firmly committed" to staying in the race.
Her comments blunted any progress Biden was trying to make persuading congressional Democrats that he was up for the job. And Pelosi's ambiguous public comments instead created space for rank-and-file Democrats to pressure the president to drop out.
-ABC News' Sarah Beth Hensley, John Parkinson, Lauren Peller and Allison Pecorin