At long last, it’s almost time for the Bidens to scurry away from Washington, D.C., and head back to the beaches of Delaware. It couldn’t come soon enough for many Americans.
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First Lady Jill Biden is making her farewells, and in a fawning exit interview with the Washington Post published Wednesday, she reminisced about some of the relationships she’s celebrated during their time in the White House—and the stunning betrayal by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that left her “disappointed.”
I think the words she wanted to say were “heartbroken,” “livid,” “seething,” and the like, but I guess she was trying to be stately:
The first lady says she’s at peace with this ending. B–ut.
“Let’s just say I was disappointed with how it unfolded.”
Why?
“I don’t know. I learned a lot about human nature.”
Meaning …
“I think that’s all I’m going to say.”
It wasn’t all she ended up saying, though, as we shall see.
🚨 THERE IT IS! Jill Biden just SOUNDED OFF on Nancy Pelosi – who played a critical role in kicking Joe Biden out of the 2024 presidential race.
We knew this was happening.
“We were friends for 50 years. It was really disappointing,” Biden said of Pelosi’s conduct.
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 15, 2025
As we’ve reported, former House Speaker Pelosi, who for reasons that are beyond my comprehension is still a powerful figure in the Democrat party, headed up a team with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former President Barack Obama, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to force Joe Biden out of the presidential race after his historically bad debate performance in June.
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Which brings us to Nancy Pelosi, whom Jill has known nearly as long as Joe. Who had been a close friend to Joe as they ascended to the highest tier of American politics. Whom Jill couldn’t wait to invite to the White House once coronavirus restrictions allowed the Bidens to entertain. And who went on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” in July with a shiv.
“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” Pelosi said, even though Biden had already decided that he was staying in the race.
“Like I said,” Jill says now, seated in the Green Room of the White House on the first Sunday of January, “I’ve been thinking a lot about relationships.”
Her face, nearly pearlescent with lustrous foundation, betrays no particular emotion. She’s holding a china cup. [Sorry to interrupt, but what is this obsequious garbage? Nauseating.]
Tea. With honey and lemon.
“It’s been on my mind a lot lately, and — ”
Jill pauses.
“We were friends for 50 years.” She is using her teacher’s voice now. “It was disappointing.”
As we’ve reported, there have been a number of frosty moments between the Bidens and those they feel betrayed them, like Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, and of course, Pelosi, who neither Joe nor Jill has spoken to since his reelection bid was abruptly cut short.
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Tough way to end a 50-year friendship.
One could almost feel sorry for Jill Biden, but it’s hard to because she came across as dangerously power-hungry, and she put her own interests over the good of the country as she reportedly kept pushing her husband to run for a second term despite the fact that he’s barely able to finish his first. Any sympathy I might have for her is crushed by this line from the interview:
“Sure,” Jill says, when asked whether her husband could’ve governed the country for another four years. “I mean, today, I think he has a full schedule. He started early with interviews and briefings, and it just keeps going.”
Thankfully, it will not just keep going, but the comment once again reveals an ugly side of the First Lady: she still wanted him to go on despite the fact that it’s almost impossible to even understand what he’s saying anymore? Unconscionable.
Meanwhile, the lesson Jill should take from Pelosi’s betrayal: Live with snakes, get bitten by snakes.
