Democratic governor concedes Biden not 'strongest communicator in chief,' party was 'hampered' by him

"Are we grappling with what happened and having to deal with it right now? You better believe it. We've got Donald Trump in the White House. I think it was very hard for Kamala Harris, who I thought ran a fantastic campaign, to be able to overcome the disadvantage within the time that she was allotted," she added. 

"And I think it would have been a different story if the president had decided a few years ago that he was going to do what he said he would do, which is serve one term. Then we'd have the opportunity for full engagement in a primary and the like. That didn't happen. I have no interest in further spending time on it, revisiting history. I'm focused on the now," Healey said. 

"Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race," Pelosi said in November. "And as I say, Kamala may have, I think she would have done well in [a primary] and been stronger going forward. But we don't know that. That didn't happen. We live with what happened."

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