Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a five-word reply when asked Thursday if she would be able to repair her relationship with former first lady Jill Biden.
Pelosi has been at odds with the Bidens since she helped push President Joe Biden out of the 2024 presidential race after his disastrous late June debate performance.
In an interview with The Washington Post before leaving the White House, Dr. Biden said of Pelosi: 'We were friends for 50 years.'
'It was disappointing,' the first lady said.
NBC's Andrea Mitchell brought up Dr. Biden's comments Thursday in a sit-down with Pelosi that aired on MSNBC, asking the former speaker if there was a way to patch things up.
'Well, I certainly hope so,' Pelosi replied.
Mitchell then asked if Pelosi had been in touch with the former president, who was spotted back in Washington, D.C. this week after spending the first days of his post presidency in Pelosi's home state.
'No I haven't,' the California Democrat replied.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a five-word reply when asked Thursday if she would be able to repair her relationship with former first lady Jill Biden
Pelosi indicated that she didn't believe Biden would have performed better against Trump than Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost all seven battleground states - though some by narrow margins.
'Well, all I know is that we won a seat in the House,' Pelosi replied when Mitchell asked if Biden would have done better than Harris. 'We did not lose any seats.'
The 82-year-old Biden reportedly was telling allies he could have won against Trump after Harris lost the race in the waning days of his presidency.
He later stated that view out loud in a sit-down with USA Today's Susan Page.
'It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,' Biden said.
The then-president based that opinion, he said, on polling he had seen - though most public polls showed his popularity underwater.
'You know people were like, "whoa, the Democrats lost,"' Pelosi continued. 'No, we did not.'
She then answered Mitchell's question.
Former President Joe Biden (left) and first lady Jill Biden (right) depart Washington after watching President Donald Trump be sworn-in on Inauguration Day
'I think it would have been quite different with President Biden at the top of the ticket,' Pelosi said.
She also said of herself and the Bidens 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. 'So what is it that we're doing for the children?'
'I think it would have been important for the children to not have Donald Trump be president of the United States,' Pelosi stated.
'And that is - I would take every step necessary to make sure that didn't happen,' she said. 'But it did. And now we have to deal with it.'
