Pelosi says she and Biden have spoken again amid the controversy over the 2024 race
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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi revealed in an interview on Monday that she and former President Joe Biden spoke following a disagreement between the two caused by the Speaker of the House’s role in his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
MS NOW’s Ali Vitali pressed Pelosi on whether she included Biden’s campaign in her legacy, saying, “I think a lot of people owe — or blame — the way that campaign ended.”
Pelosi praised Biden and said he is getting more credit and blame than he deserves for Biden leaving the race.
“Well, I don’t know, how can I say this properly?” responding. “The Biden administration has accomplished great things. People compare him to LBJ in terms of quantity and quality and quantity of accomplishments. I – the only thing I asked the President to do were two things – I get more credit or blame than I deserve for that.”
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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 on May 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
“And that is because I wanted him to have other voters at the table instead of listening to one, and B, I wanted him to assure the public that he can use this word,” continued Pelosi. “They didn’t agree to that, so he decided to withdraw; it was his decision.”
Vitali asked the lawyer if he had spoken to Biden.
“Yes we are,” he said. “I would – it would be up to him to tell people when we talk.”
Vitali reported that Pelosi and Biden recently had lunch together.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a ceremony honoring Capitol Police officers at the US Capitol on March 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Pelosi appeared to encourage Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, as he said during a July 2024 “Morning Joe” interview that the former president was still making a decision even though he said before his appearance that he would stay in the race.
Biden eventually dropped out of the race and endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the ticket.
In an interview in December 2025, Pelosi said that she and Biden have not spoken yet but they understand the reason.
“It makes me sad because I love him and I respect him, but I respect his decision about that,” said Pelosi.
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Pelosi went on to praise Harris’ campaign, calling her historically short election effort “great.”
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“He got a lot more people than they were going to vote,” Pelosi said. “I think he doesn’t deserve enough credit for the election results in terms of – we would have lost 14 seats in that election if he hadn’t run.”
