Pelosi told Biden he'll lose to Trump and take down House based on polls - report | 18 July 2024 | The walls appear to be closing in on Joe Biden's re-[s]election campaign. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reportedly told President [sic] Biden in a phone call that polls are showing he cannot defeat former President Trump in November and that him staying in the race could destroy Democrats' chances of taking the House in November. The phone call marked the second time Pelosi and Biden spoke since the president's disastrous debate performance against Trump on June 27, according to a CNN report Thursday citing four sources briefed on the call. The sources also told CNN that the former speaker did not tell Biden to drop out of the race.