Pelosi told the New York Times that had Biden left sooner, the party could have had an open primary.   13:12Tom Perkins Kamala Harris received at least 22,000 fewer votes than Joe Biden did four years ago in Michigan’s most heavily Arab American and Muslim cities,

The powerful former speaker of the House suggested the Democrats could have fared better if the president stood down as candidate sooner.

The former House speakeri said there could have been an "open primary" had President Biden stepped aside earlier.