Nan­cy Pelosi claims Dem pri­ma­ry process was ‘open’ and Kamala Har­ris ‘won it’

For­mer Demo­c­ra­t­ic Speak­er of the House Nan­cy Pelosi insist­ed on Wednes­day that her par­ty’s pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nat­ing process after Pres­i­dent Biden dropped out was “open,” and Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris “won it,” despite the absence of any such con­test. Pri­or to Biden step­ping down as the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty’s nom­i­nee in mid-July, Pelosi report­ed­ly said she favored a com­pet­i­tive open pri­ma­ry process to replace him if need­ed. On Wednes­day, Semafor’s Kadia Goba asked Pelosi if she had changed her mind after see­ing all the “excite­ment” Har­ris gen­er­at­ed when she was tapped to repla …