Nancy Pelosi makes bizarre statement about Kamala Harris' VP pick Tim Walz in attack on members of her own party

Former Speaker of nan House Nancy Pelosi is trying to downplay Vice President Kamala Harris's recently announced moving mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's utmost wide record.

Pelosi had reportedly been moving down nan scenes to effort and get Walz, who served successful Congress from 2006-2019 and whom she is 'fond of,' onto Harris' ticket. 

And her efforts paid disconnected aft Harris announced she was selecting nan politician to subordinate her arsenic her moving mate arsenic she intends for nan presidency successful November. 

But now, Pelosi is offering a bizarre mentation astir her erstwhile colleague's good known progressive grounds arsenic he faces a reliable conflict to triumph complete mediate of nan roadworthy Americans.

Pelosi snapped backmost astatine MSNBC big Joe Scarborough - a Democrat and erstwhile House personnel - erstwhile he suggested Walz is 'progressive.'

'Tim Walz is wonderful. He served successful nan House,' Pelosi said. 'To qualify him arsenic near is truthful unreal. He's correct down nan middle.'

'He's a Heartland of America Democrat, and arsenic chair of our Veterans Affairs Committee made tremendous gains for our veterans,' she continued. 

Republicans, meanwhile, were speedy to onslaught Walz connected his record, peculiarly his oversight of Minneapolis, nan epicenter of nan 2020 George Floyd riots and destruction.  

'Harris-Walz: astir left-wing summons successful American history,' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posted connected X Tuesday.

'Minnesota was crushed zero for nan BLM riots of 2020. Harris egged it connected and Walz sat by and fto Minneapolis burn.'

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., different erstwhile workfellow of Walz called him nan 'most wide 'nominee' to ever look connected a statesmanlike ballot.' 

He 'has now chosen a progressive moving mate who has voiced support for socialism, supports sanctuary cities, and wants to springiness driver's licenses to nan millions of forbidden aliens Kamala Harris has allowed into our country.'

'No magnitude of rotation from nan run aliases nan media tin distract from nan nonsubjective facts and nan disastrous records of Harris and Walz,' nan Republican continued. 

The existent and erstwhile speakers of nan House could not overgarment a much divergent image of Walz, indicating nan pair's differing objectives. 

Johnson wants to punctual voters of Walz 'progressive' record.

And Pelosi will radiance Walz successful a mean ray to broaden nan entreaty of nan Democratic summons to mean voters.

But this is not her first maneuver successful nan 2024 race. 

Reports bespeak that Pelosi played a captious domiciled successful relaying messages from worried Capitol Hill Democrats to nan White House and Biden's friends up of his withdrawal. 

Eventually nan news reaching Biden and his friends was truthful dire that he decided to drop his reelection bid, to nan ceremony of Pelosi and her chap Democrats.

Publicly, however, she ever said she trusted Biden would make nan correct decision.

There are besides reports Biden is angry astatine her for her domiciled successful his ouster. 

But since his dropping out, Pelosi has not spoken to nan president, she revealed connected CNN Monday.

She was asked by Dana Bash: 'Have you spoken to President Biden since he dropped out?'

'No,' nan 84-year-old Pelosi - whose charismatic title is now 'Speaker Emerita' aft stepping down arsenic speaker successful 2023 - responded.

Bash past questioned: 'Is everything good pinch your relationship?'

And past nan seasoned Democrat leader gave a astonishing answer. 

'You'd person to inquire him,' Pelosi she said.