President Joe Biden did not deny this week that Democrats, led by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), forced him out of the presidential race over the summer.
Biden was asked the question by Alyssa Farah Griffin during a fawning interview Wednesday morning on ABC News’ “The View” after Democrats and the media launched an intense campaign to pressure Biden out of the race following his disastrous debate performance in late June against former President Donald Trump.
“Did you feel that your hand was forced?” Griffin asked. “And what is your relationship with Speaker Pelosi now?”
“My relationship is fine. Look, I, I never fully believed the assertions that somehow there was this overwhelming reluctance of my running again,” Biden claimed. “I didn’t sense that. And although the polling, they said, ‘Biden’s polling was different,’ the fact of the matter is,…