Pelosi privately told Biden he could destroy Democrats' chances of winning if he continues: sources

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately told President Joe Biden successful a caller speech that polling shows that the president cannot decision Donald Trump and that Biden could destruct Democrats' chances of winning the House successful November if helium continues seeking a 2nd term, according to 4 sources briefed connected the call.

The president responded by pushing back, telling Pelosi helium has seen polls that bespeak helium tin win, 1 root said. Another 1 of the sources described Biden arsenic getting antiaircraft astir the polls. At 1 point, Pelosi asked Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime adviser, to get connected the enactment to speech implicit the data.

This telephone telephone would people the 2nd known speech betwixt the California lawmaker and Biden since the president's disastrous statement connected June 27. While the nonstop day of the speech was not clear, 1 root described it arsenic being wrong the past week. Pelosi and Biden besides spoke successful aboriginal July.

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None of the sources indicated whether Pelosi told Biden successful this speech that she believes the president should driblet retired of the 2024 race.

Pelosi has spent the weeks pursuing the statement listening to concerns from her colleagues. Pelosi made waves erstwhile she said successful an interrogation past week: "It's up to the president to determine if helium is going to run. We're each encouraging him to marque that determination due to the fact that clip is moving short."

When asked for comment, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates did not respond to the details of CNN's reporting connected the caller Pelosi-Biden call. "President Biden is the nominee of the party. He plans to triumph and looks guardant to moving with legislature Democrats to walk his 100 days docket to assistance moving families," Bates said.

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A Pelosi spokesperson told CNN that the erstwhile House talker has been successful California since Friday and she has not spoken to Biden since.

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