As The Gateway Pundit reported, Biden withdrew from the presidential race on Sunday afternoon and later endorsed Harris as his replacement. This move came after months of pressure from top Democrats, including Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi, to force him out.
Now, it appears Biden may have outmaneuvered Obama, who had played a role in the effort to push him out. The New York Post reported on Friday that Obama advised Biden to let delegates at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago decide on a new candidate. This prompted Biden to quickly endorse Harris as a rebuke to the 44th President. “It was Joe’s big f*** you,” a family source told the Post. “Joe said, ‘If I’m out, then I am endorsing her.’”
“Joe (was) truly knifing Obama and Pelosi in the back for making him stand down,” added a Democratic Party source.
According to the Post, Obama, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had wanted to hold “a mini primary” to choose the Democratic nominee. Obama was skeptical about Harris’s chances in either the primary or the general election. He had another candidate in mind from a key swing state: Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly, who has successfully positioned himself as a centrist. Obama hoped Kelly would be nominated at the convention to challenge Trump in November.
Senator Kelly is married to former Democrat Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head and nearly assassinated in January 2011 outside a Safeway grocery store in Casas Adobes, Arizona. While Kelly is seen as a more “moderate” and “electable” candidate compared to Harris, he is also a leading gun control advocate and has supported abolishing the Senate filibuster to advance a progressive agenda, including changes to election integrity laws. Kelly won a special election in November 2020 to complete the term of the late John McCain, defeating Republican Martha McSally. Two years later, he won a full six-year term by defeating Blake Masters.
In addition to thwarting Obama’s convention strategy, Biden reportedly plans to take an active role in Harris’s campaign. A Washington insider told the Post that this would allow Biden to maintain influence over Harris. “It allows Biden to retain leverage as a much more experienced hand at national politics, which will be good for her,” the insider claimed. “It means her campaign won’t be run by a bunch of insular advisors.”
