Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter Alexandra has some nice words for First Lady Jill Biden as the family ponders her mother's role in ousting President Joe Biden from his re-election campaign.
Pelosi's daughter described the First Lady as “Lady McBiden” and compared her to Lady MacBeth, the evil woman who ruled her husband's kingdom from behind the scenes in Shakespeare's legendary play.
“If I were Lady McBiden, I would put on my big girl pants, play the long game and think about my husband's legacy,” Alexandra Pelosi told Politico.
Pelosi's daughter responded to the First Lady's lament that the Bidens and Pelosi had been friends for 50 years but were stabbed in the back politically after the president's terrible debate performance in June.
“We were friends for 50 years,” the first lady said when asked about Pelosi by the Washington Post. “It was disappointing.”
Pelosi has been a vocal supporter of Biden dropping out of the race, even going on MSNBC's Morning Joe and questioning whether he could continue even after reasserting he would stay in the race.
Pelosi's daughter indicated that the Bidens should be grateful that her mother still praised the president for his legacy.
“There aren't many people left in America who have anything nice to say about Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi is one of them,” she said.
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn after returning to the White House
US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her daughter Alexandra Pelosi
Alexandra Pelosi makes documentaries, including a special about her mother in 2022 when she resigned from Democratic leadership.
Exasperated Democrats are still stung by Biden's failure to exit the race early, and are especially frustrated by his repeated claim that he could still have defeated Trump if he had stayed in the race.
Jill Biden was fiercely protective of her husband, publicly praising him for doing a “great job” in the debate as he “answered every question.”
Pelosi met privately with Biden at the White House on July 10 to express her concerns about his future, Politico reported, even after Biden insisted he would stay in the race.
Biden insisted he could still win, but he had lost Pelosi's trust, which he needed if he wanted to continue running for re-election.
Nancy Abraham, Alexandra Pelosi, Geof Bartz and Lisa Heller
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) uses a walker as she arrives for a joint session of Congress
Pelosi publicly praised Biden as a president with a historic legacy, arguing that he should be put on Mount Rushmore after making the decision to drop out of the race.
“He was in a good place to make whatever decision he had, at the height of his powers,” Pelosi said. “Such a consistent president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore-like president of the United States.”
However, the Bidens will never forget how Pelosi acted behind the scenes to force him out.
When Pelosi broke her hip during a trip to Europe in December, the Pelosi family pointedly noted that the Bidens had not contacted her to express their support and concerns, Politico reported.
