Anita Dunn, a former adviser to President Biden, criticized “certain leaders” for Democrats losing the House in 2022, comments that come after former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she was “never more impressed” by the Biden’s “political policy.” operation.”
In an interview with Politico’s Playbook Deep Dive podcast, Dunn, a longtime Biden aide, was asked about her new role at Democratic super PAC Future Forward and her work to elect Vice President Harris. She emphasized the need for Democrats to also win in the House and Senate races.
Dunn said it’s “not as difficult as you might think” to shift his support from Biden to Harris.
“Everyone says he’s still very angry at Pelosi, Obama, Schumer, to a lesser extent,” said Politico’s Ryan Lizza, referring to reported efforts by top Democrats to pressure Biden to end his re-election campaign, which he finally did last month.
Dunn said in response that Biden is “1,000 percent” behind Harris.
“The task ahead of us is to win this election and not let Donald Trump become president again and win the House of Representatives, which, if certain leaders in 2022 had done a little better job, maybe we would control today, but we don’t. ,” she said.
“That’s the work ahead of us,” Dunn added. “And it is fundamental because, as the president said, this country is at an inflection point.”
Pelosi, who reportedly worked behind the scenes to secure Biden’s removal from the Democratic ticket, said earlier this week that she has not spoken to the president since he made his announcement.
CNN previously reported Biden was “seething” with anger at the former House speaker for not supporting him amid calls for him to drop out of the race.
“I have never been more impressed with your political operation,” Pelosi told The New Yorker’s David Remnick on a Thursday episode of “The New Yorker Radio Hour.”
“They won the White House. Bravo,” she added. “But my concern was: this is not going to happen and we have to make a decision to make it happen. The president has to make the decision for this to happen.”
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