Joe Biden ‘refused to speak to Barack Obama for weeks before quitting election’ | US | News
A new book reveals the former president Joe Biden He allegedly avoided speaking to former President Barack Obama in the weeks before and after he withdrew from the 2024 presidential race.
The book reveals that Biden refused to communicate with his previous superior for nearly a month after he nominated Kamala Harris as Vice President. The revealing new book also suggests Biden’s relationship with Obama, 64, deteriorated after rumors emerged that the former president was behind a curse by Hollywood star George Clooney. new York Times’ commentary: He called on Biden to withdraw from the race.
In July op-ed, Clooney encouraged Biden, 82, to step aside after disastrous exchange with the President Donald Trump. The Academy Award-winning actor declared Biden “can’t win” less than a month after allegedly hosting a fundraiser. 30 million dollars were donated to the Democratic Party.
During this event, the former president was accompanied by Obama backstage. “Obama had been trying to contact Biden for about two weeks, but his calls went unanswered,” ABC News’ Washington chief Jonathan Karl said in an excerpt from the upcoming book Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America.
The quote continued: “Obama reached out again after Biden suspended his campaign, but the two men would not speak until shortly before the Democratic National Convention four weeks later.” The Irish Star has contacted both Presidents Obama and Biden for comment. Irish Star.
new York The Post reported that Biden had a complicated relationship with Obama, overshadowed by the 44th president’s celebrity status. Allegedly, this feeling grew stronger every time Obama visited the White House.
“Obama caused tension when he visited the White House because he acted as if he were still running it,” a Biden White House official told The Post. “It made Biden feel secondary in the room, even with staff present.”
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Reports have emerged that Biden also rejected calls from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who reportedly led Democratic efforts to withdraw him from the race. The quote describes Biden relying on his inner circle of advisers and family members as his candidacy draws to a close.
Kamala’s Call
According to Karl, Vice President Kamala Harris refused to call lawmakers on behalf of President Biden. “Harris believed that the calls to lawmakers could be misinterpreted as the early stages of an effort to secure his candidacy,” Karl wrote.
“If he calls Democratic members, those members may then reveal that they spoke to him and misrepresent the purpose of the call,” he added. President Biden continued his endorsement of the vice president just 27 minutes after he ended his campaign.
According to the book, the then-vice president warned there could be competition for the nomination without an immediate confirmation, something Biden’s team plans to do a little later.
Harris would lose the election to President Trump, becoming the first Democratic candidate to lose the popular vote in 20 years.
