Nancy Pelosi reveals she’s still had no contact with Biden after exit from race

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed in an interview published Saturday that she and former President Joe Biden still have not spoken after she played a role in encouraging him to withdraw from the 2024 election.

Susan Page of USA Today asked Pelosi about her involvement in Biden’s decision to leave the race during an interview on “The Excerpt” podcast and whether she has spoken to the former president since.

“No, but I just want to rephrase what you said. My conversations with the president were more about making sure that we understood what the polls were saying, and there are certain attitudes that the public would have had, if they had been taken into consideration. If they had sat down with more pollsters, we might have gotten to a point where we said, ‘That’s it, the president should go,’ but they just decided that their polls were correct and that was that. So I didn’t go out there and say to the president, ‘You shouldn’t run.’ I said, ‘We need to compare the polls because we have different numbers,'” Pelosi said.

The former House speaker said she was upset that they didn’t speak, while adding that she respected Biden’s decision.

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Former President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House May 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“Well, I’m saddened by it because I love him and respect him, but I respect his decision on this,” Pelosi said.

Pelosi joined MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show in July 2024 following the former president’s disastrous debate performance and said, “It’s up to the president whether he’s going to run,” suggesting Biden was still weighing his options despite insisting at the time that he would stay in the race.

Reports at the time indicated that Pelosi and other Democratic leaders were working behind the scenes to persuade Biden to drop out, with Pelosi apparently convinced he would lose to then-President Donald Trump.

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After Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris in the election, former first lady Jill Biden expressed disappointment in Pelosi.

“It’s been on my mind a lot lately,” she told The Washington Post in a January interview. “We were friends for 50 years. It was disappointing.”

“Let’s just say I was disappointed with the way this turned out,” the former first lady added.

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Former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden leave the stage after a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, June 28, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Pelosi told Page that Joe Biden made a “beautiful” statement when she announced her intention to retire from Congress at the end of her current term.

Biden issued a statement reacting to Pelosi’s decision last month.

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“I have often said that Nancy Pelosi was the best Speaker of the House of Representatives in American history, which is why I awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When I was president, we worked together to grow our economy, create millions of jobs, and make historic investments in our nation’s future. She dedicated much of her life to this country, and America will always be grateful to her. Jill and I wish Nancy and Paul all the best,” he said. written on X.