The powerful former speaker of the House suggested the Democrats could have fared better if the president stood down as candidate sooner.

Pelosi told the New York Times that had Biden left sooner, the party could have had an open primary.   12:20Nick Robins-Early As Donald Trump watched election results roll in from a party at his Mar-a-Lago compound,

"The country is headed in a very dangerous direction and it’s due in part to his arrogance," veteran Democratic aide Jim Manley told Politico.