It’s one thing to be wrong. It’s another to be knowingly dishonest, and in the case of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the record now shows she wasn’t just complicit—she was central to the most blatant political gaslighting campaign in recent memory.
According to Chris Whipple’s new book, Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History, Pelosi privately acknowledged what millions of Americans saw with their own eyes—that President Joe Biden was in visible cognitive decline. But rather than sound the alarm or level with voters, she helped to bury the truth, even publicly trashing the Wall Street Journal when it dared to report what she had already confided to close associates.
“He was not the same Joe Biden,” she told a friend after a White House visit in May 2024, where she had gone to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Whipple described the day as “awkward, even painful,” with Pelosi unable to “shake the realization that Biden was a shadow of himself.”
Yet less than a month later, when the WSJ published its bombshell article detailing Biden’s decline—based on dozens of sources, including Democrats—Pelosi attacked it as a ‘hit piece’. That’s not ignorance. That’s a cover-up.
Let’s be clear: Pelosi wasn’t protecting Biden—she was protecting power. When she sensed his decline could cost Democrats the White House, she maneuvered behind the scenes to force him out, according to Whipple’s reporting. Biden felt “betrayed” by her involvement, and rightfully so. Pelosi played both sides—cheering him on publicly while working to push him aside privately.
After Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance against Trump, Democrats scrambled to contain the fallout. Biden withdrew from the race on July 21, just days after Pelosi’s Wall Street Journal denial. Within weeks, Kamala Harris was installed as the party’s replacement nominee at the Democratic National Convention. And yet, Pelosi still took to the stage in August, absurdly suggesting Biden should be added to Mount Rushmore—an insult to both history and truth.
Then came the final irony. After Harris lost to Trump, becoming the first Democrat to lose both the Electoral College and the popular vote since 2004, Pelosi turned around and blamed Biden, telling The New York Times that he had endorsed Harris too quickly. Never mind that Harris had to beg for that endorsement, according to a second book, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House.
Many of us spent time with @WSJ to share on the record our first-hand experiences with @POTUS, where we see his wisdom, experience, strength and strategic thinking.
Instead, the Journal ignored testimony by Democrats, focused on attacks by Republicans and printed a hit piece. https://t.co/aq5BWK8zhf
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 5, 2024
Pelosi wasn’t alone in the deception, but she deserves special mention—and scorn. While senior aides to Biden were described by Whipple as being in a “fog of delusion,” Pelosi was fully aware and actively working behind the scenes to shape the narrative, silence critics, and prop up a failing presidency.
Even in December 2024, after Trump had won the election, the Wall Street Journal published yet another piece detailing how deeply Biden’s decline had been known and concealed. Still, Pelosi played the victim—expressing “shock” that Jill Biden would be upset with her. But what did she expect? Jill Biden helped keep her husband in the race; Pelosi helped pull him out. It was a political knife fight dressed in pearls.
Now, at 85 years old, Pelosi has filed to run again for Congress in 2026, seeking a 21st term even as the party she once ruled with an iron gavel is fractured and rudderless. She remains a symbol—not of leadership, but of a political class that believes power is more important than truth.
