First Lady Jill Biden has been encouraging outgoing president Joe Biden to push the buttons on his way out of the White House, Daily Mail reported adding that Nancy Pelosi will also have to bear some wrath as she was the main force behind Biden opting out of the presidential race and endorsing Kamala Harris.
“Jill views Democrats on Capitol Hill, the [wider] party, the Obamas, staff inside and outside the White House, the media, and all of Washington DC with such misguided resentment that I can’t imagine she [isn’t] encouraging [Joe] to burn the whole thing down, despite his better judgment.” Daily Mail quoted a source.
Democratic mega-donor John Morgan said he believes that Biden forced Kamala Harris to run against Trump to spite Pelosi and Barack Obama as they were not sure whether the Vice President could win the race. “[Biden] basically had the palace coup from all directions, from George Clooney to Pelosi. I think he got pissed off [and] said, ‘F*** you’, and gave us Harris. Pelosi had told her delegation that there would be a convention and a nominating process. And Barack Obama did not endorse [Harris] for five days,” Morgan said.
And one of the ways to rile up the Democrats was to pardon Hunter Biden, the report said — especially when Joe Biden and the White House reiterated that Hunter Biden would not be pardoned. The pardon came as Biden also commuted 1,500 sentences including for the relative of a member of a Chinese Communist Party who had been caught with child porn on his computer.
Biden and Jill will remain in the public sphere
Biden is preparing for his future outside the White House and one of the expected paths is establishing his presidential library in Delaware. Jill Biden will be retiring as she announced that she has taught her last semester at Northern Virginia Community College.