Pelosi weighs in on ousting Biden, insists she was only worried about the campaign, not the 'fabulous' president

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, has spoken out about the end of President Biden's re-election campaign this year, saying her concerns about Biden's re-election are not about the president himself- same but his campaign.

Pelosi made her most recent comments on Biden's withdrawal from the campaign in a new interview with CNN host Christiane Amanpour that aired Saturday morning. Amanpour asked her about reports that she played a major role in convincing Biden to resign, asking why it was the right decision for the party.

“Now my concerns were about the campaign, not the candidate,” she said, adding, “He’s fabulous.”

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, explained to CNN's Amanpour why she believes President Biden not seeking re-election was the right decision. (Screenshot/CNN)

Pelosi was one of several Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who reportedly called on Biden to step down after a disastrous debate in June.

Amanpour broached the topic by asking Pelosi if she had spoken to Biden since he was replaced by Vice President Harris at the top of the ticket.

“I haven't spoken to him since July, but of course we've been out of session for a while and I've been constantly on the campaign trail,” she said, saying she had “great respect for the president”. “.

“I think his legacy is very important to our country. It's our legacy too. I didn't want it to be lost,” Pelosi said, then adding that she had problems with the campaign, not with Biden himself.

“But I thought the campaign was not going in the right direction and I expressed my concern about that,” she added.

Pelosi made similar remarks in a recent interview on the Guardian's Politics Weekly America podcast. “I have the greatest respect for him. I think he is one of the great and consistent presidents of our country,” Pelosi said in the interview published Tuesday. “I think his legacy needed to be protected. I didn't see that happening during the course of the election.”

She went on to tell the British outlet: “My call was simply, 'Let's move in a better direction.' » He is the one who will make the decision. And he made this decision. But I think he's a little uncomfortable because we've been friends for decades. »

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Pelosi told Amanpour she was concerned about Biden's re-election campaign, not his candidacy. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

During an interview with CBS News in August, Biden said Democratic lawmakers had urged him to step down.

“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was afraid that if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic, you would ask me about why Nancy Pelosi said – why – and I thought that would be a real distraction,” Biden told CBS News' Bob Costa.

On CNN, Amanpour asked the congresswoman if she thought the Democratic Party could have won the election if Biden was still on the ticket. Pelosi responded, “You see, it's hard to ask me that question because I don't understand how anyone could vote for Donald Trump, but they do and so we have to be prepared.”

She admitted she feared Biden's age would be a challenge for the party.

“I think there was a generational thing that needed to be recognized — they were both so old to be running for president.”

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Hanna Panreck of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.