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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelos leaves the leadership of the Democrats after the Republicans won majority. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer remains at the helm of The House of Democrats is still controlled.
But both said that President Joe Biden should run for a second term in 2024 after what they called “excellent” first two years in office.
There were comments from Democratic leaders in Congress. in them first joint sittingdown interview with Jamie Gangel of CNN over lunch in the Chinese Hunan Dynasty restaurant on capitol hill in Washington where they dine together for years.
Pelosi told Biden who at 80 already the country’s oldest president “did a great job” in White House.
“I hope he gets re-elected. he is a human with great vision for our country. he was involved for he’s been like that for a long time great knowledge of problems, and challenges we face,” she said.
Pelosi also said Biden is “the most empathetic president.” He connects with people”.
“Vision, knowledge, strategic thinking are all here,” she said, pointing to her head. “Empathy comes from the heart. And I think that he great the president”.
Asked if Biden should run again, Schumer said: “Yes. He did an excellent, excellent job. And if he runs I’m going support him everything way”.
Interview took place less than three weeks before Pelosi steps down as speaker after the Republicans won slight majority in By-elections in November. California Democrat plans to remain in House of Representatives representing her district of San Francisco but leaving the leadership ranks of her assembly.
Schumer and Pelosi remembered in interview about past battles with Donald Trump – and both predicted former the president will lose his third bid for White House.
“American people became wise to him. It took a while, but they did it,” Schumer said.
A New York Democrat said Americans watched as Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol. on January 6, 2021, and said that the understanding of voters of “danger to democracy” partly responsible for Democrats show stronger-than-expected results in this is the year midterms.
“I don’t think we should talk about him while we eat,” Pelosi said. of Trump.
Democrat duo’s comments come amid opportunity of Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. Trump has already announced his candidacy in 2024, although he is likely face competitive GOP primary; Biden is not made formal announcement but has long maintained that he will seek re-election, stating that he will officially decide ahead of schedule next year.
BUT new CNN Poll by SSRS found little appetite for rematch between rivals in 2020. Around 6 in 10 Republicans And Republican Supporters Say They Are want them party nominate someone other than Trump in 2024 (62%), while similar 59% of Democrats and Democratic independents say they like see anyone other than Biden at the top of them ticket in in next presidential elections.
In the interview, Pelosi and Schumer detailed their actions. on January 6, 2021 as Trump-supporting The rebels attacked the Capitol.
Schumer said he asked for an acting lawyer general Geoffrey Rosen to put it on on telephone with Trump, but Rosen didn’t.
“He wouldn’t put it on”, Schumer said.
Asked if Trump would take them call, Schumer said, “That’s right. Right.”
The calls came three days after a high-stakes Oval Office meeting in which Trump considered replacing Rosen as acting attorney. general with loyalist Geoffrey Clark so that Clark could use his powers to try to cancel the 2020 elections. At that meeting, Trump was told that if he did on According to this plan, senior officials of the Ministry of Justice, including Rosen, will retire.
Pelosi spoke out against Trump with Republicans she worked with with as leader of Democrats in the House of Representatives, including former speaker John Boehner. She called Trump crazy.
“I think there is need for his interference family or something. I do not think that he on level now,” Pelosi said.
In an interview, they talked about their close relationship. of more than three decades – “almost like brother and sister,” Schumer said.
These relationships include regular dinners and conversations on phone four times a day is too much, Pelosi joked, all because Schumer has a flip phone.
“If he had regular smartphone, we could reduce number of talk because I could just write to him,” she said.
They discussed a heated meeting in the Oval Office. with Trump in December 2018, during which Trump said in front of news cameras he would like shut down in government over lawmakers’ refusal to fund his U.S.-Mexico border wall.
“Chuck was a master,” Pelosi said. of meeting, in that Schumer prompted Trump to make a statement that he shut in government down.
“She is set his up so i can go in for in kill”, Schumer said.
Schumer said that Pelosi was able to successfully target a Trump presidency because she treated a Republican like child.
“I said people Nancy instinctively knew how treat Trump because her first 35-40 years old of life she raised five children,” he said.
Schumer said that despite Pelosi’s departure from the leadership of Democrats in the House of Representatives, they will continue to communicate regularly.
“I will definitely call,” he said, “and ask her for advice and feelings. of what’s happening on in Home and what we can do.
