Nancy Pelosi grins as she reveals her role in Biden's dramatic exit from 2024 race - before making bizarre suggestion that Joe's face belongs on Mount Rushmore

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi revealed what precisely her domiciled was successful Democrats' efforts to get President Joe Biden to driblet retired of nan 2024 statesmanlike title nan led to his melodramatic exit and Vice President Kamala Harris becoming nan nominee. 

Pelosi shared her thoughts connected nan president, his fittingness for nan occupation and his determination to measurement speech successful an question and reply pinch seasoned journalist Lesley Stahl for CBS Sunday Morning up of nan merchandise of her caller book 'The Art of Power.'

Pelosi was asked what she told Biden to seduce him to measurement speech up of his melodramatic exit from nan 2024 statesmanlike title connected July 21. 

'Well I've ne'er shared immoderate conversations pinch nan President of nan United States publicly, no,' Pelosi said pinch a smile.  Pelosi said that Biden knows that she loves him 'very much.' 

Stahl pressed Pelosi complete reporting that she was successful truth nan leader of a unit run for Biden to driblet out. 

'No, I wasn't nan leader of immoderate pressure...' Pelosi said shaking her head. 

'Let maine opportunity things I didn't do: I did't telephone 1 person, I did not telephone 1 person,' Pelosi insisted while refusing to opportunity what she did do. 'I could ever opportunity to him I ne'er called anybody.'

'What I'm saying is I had assurance that nan president would make nan due prime for our country, immoderate that would be, and I said that "whatever that is, we'll spell with."'

Amid escalating calls by immoderate Democrats for Biden to measurement speech pursuing his disastrous June 27 statement capacity against Donald Trump successful Atlanta, Pelosi insisted publically nan president would make nan correct decision. 

But Pelosi's nationalist remarks appeared to undermine Biden who had already said he would not exit nan race, and immoderate of nan calls to measurement speech were coming from Pelosi friends successful nan House. 

It was reported earlier his exit that Pelosi was telling immoderate House Democrats she believed he could beryllium persuaded to exit nan title and moreover confronted Biden telling him that he was dragging down nan party, according to Politico.

But Pelosi told CBS that she had not seen a diminution successful nan 81-year-old president and deliberation he needed to measurement aside. 

 'My full constituent was immoderate he decides, but we person to person a much fierce campaign,' Pelosi said. 

She touted his activity astatine nan July NATO Summit and said he was successful a 'good place' to make a decision.

'Such a consequential President of nan United States,' Pelosi praised Biden. 'A Mount Rushmore benignant of President of nan United States.'

Stahl chimed successful to inquire Pelosi if Biden should beryllium added to Mount Rushmore. The monument successful nan Black Hills of South Dakota features nan faces of President's George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. 

'You've sewage Teddy Roosevelt up location and he's wonderful. I don't opportunity return him down, but you tin adhd Biden' Pelosi said. 

When asked astir Trump, Pelosi called him nan 'best organizer and fundraiser for Democrats because group cognize he should ne'er group ft again successful nan White House.'

Pelosi had immoderate proposal for Harris arsenic she goes up against Trump up of nan November election. 

'Just beryllium yourself. It's nan aforesaid proposal I springiness to women. Be yourself,' Pelosi said. 

She suggested Harris should 'ignore him' successful consequence to his attacks and talk astir nan issues.