Obama Fumed at Nancy Pelosi for Endorsing Kamala Harris So Quickly in Tense Phone Call

Former President Barack Obama was reportedly left blindsided and fuming when Nancy Pelosi broke ranks to endorse Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic presidential pick within hours of former President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 race.

According to a forthcoming book by ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, Pelosi, describing Harris as “brilliantly astute” and expressing “full confidence” that she could defeat then-Republican nominee Donald Trump, made her move less than 24 hours after Biden announced he would not seek re-election.

Karl writes in his new book, Retribution, that Obama, who had urged senior Democrats to let “a process” unfold before rallying behind any successor, was “not happy.”