Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden are reportedly not on speaking terms months after Pelosi urged the President to withdraw from the race for a second term, according to a Daily Mail report on Wednesday.
Pelosi’s bold move left both Joe and Jill Biden feeling shaken and resentful toward the veteran politician, who is actually older than Biden. Just days before his abrupt announcement to exit the presidential race, Biden had insisted he was not going anywhere, despite receiving harsh criticism for his performance during a debate with former President Donald Trump on June 27. After effectively sidelining Biden, Pelosi claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris would win the nomination in an “open primary.”
In a podcast interview with the Guardian on Tuesday, Pelosi confirmed that she and Biden have not communicated since she pushed him out of the race. “Not since then, no. But I’m prayerful about it,” she stated, asserting that her actions were in the best interest of the Democratic Party and its chances of winning the presidential election.
“Elections are decisions. You decide to win. I decided a while ago that Donald Trump will never set foot in the White House again as president of the