Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that any individuals aware of President Joe Biden's supposed decline "should have acted" on that information, asserting she herself had no such knowledge.

In an interview with Politico's Jonathan Martin, Pelosi repeatedly denied being aware of any decline in Biden's condition. "I didn't know, but I do think that those who did know should have acted upon that information, whatever that means," she said. Pelosi noted the conflicting accounts of who was aware, mentioning "the staff saying the family knew, the family saying the staff knew, I don't know."

Pelosi also reiterated her denial of asking Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. She told Martin that her conversations with Biden focused on questioning his campaign's polling and performance. "I only said to President Biden, ‘I’ve come to question the polling that you have and how your campaign is being conducted,’" Pelosi said. "I didn't ask him not to run or anything like that."

She recalled discussing polling with Biden, saying, "I would hope that we could have some other pollsters come in and sit with your pollster and discuss what they hear out there." Pelosi added, "And I did say this, 'I think the public would like to hear that you've had a testing that demonstrates that you can serve the next [term].'"

According to Pelosi, Biden responded that he was tested daily in his job. She described their meeting as prayerful and positive, occurring privately except for a brief discussion involving pollsters. "He said, ‘I get tested every day in what I'm doing and the rest of that.’ I said, ‘I think people want to see something more in that regard.’"

Fox News political analyst Guy Benson characterized Pelosi's statements as "non-credible gaslighting." Benson stated, "Everyone with eyes and ears clocked the former president’s clear decline. The gaslighting denials came from partisan actors who were invested in a political outcome, very much including Pelosi."

Earlier in July, Pelosi appeared on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" after Biden had assured Democrats he intended to remain in the race. During that interview, Pelosi suggested Biden was still contemplating his decision, stating, "It's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We are all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short."

Biden's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.