Nancy Pelosi says she still hasnt talked to the Bidens after Jill called her disappointing
Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that there has been no communication between her and former President Joe Biden after the former House speaker was asked about ex-First Lady Jill Biden’s reported disappointment in her during an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Thursday.Pelosi, who still represents San Francisco in Congress, said that she hadn’t spoken to the Bidens since their falling out last summer, when the longtime Democrat banded together with party power brokers to push the then-president out of the race in the wake of his disastrous debate performance in the summer.The move left a sour taste in the Bidens’ mouth.Last month, Jill Biden told the Washington Post that Pelosi’s actions were “disappointing” in light of the fact that “we were friends for 50 years.”In response, Alexandra Pelosi, the former speaker’s daughter, ripped into Jill Biden by likening her to power-hungry Lady MacBeth from Shakespeare.Mitchell quizzed Nancy Pelosi about Jill Biden’s comments on Thursday.
The veteran journalist, whose last day as an MSNBC anchor is Friday, wondered whether there was a chance for Pelosi and the Bidens to “patch that up.”The former speaker acknowledged the tension but said that she had not spoken to either of the Bidens since their falling out.“I certainly hope [to patch things up].No, I haven’t [spoken to her],” Pelosi admitted to Mitchell.
“The fact is that we’re all on a mission for the American people, for America’s working families.My whole passion about being in politics is for the children,” Pelosi said, sidestepping the issue.During the interview, Mitchell questioned Pelosi about Joe Biden’s assertion that he could have won the election had he not been pressured to step down.
Pelosi, 84, wouldn’t address Biden’s claim head-on.Instead, she sought to put a positive spin on the party’s performance in the November election which saw the Republicans score a trifecta by capturing the White House, the Senate...