WASHINGTON _ After denouncing her on the campaign trail for more than a month, President Donald Trump called House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Tuesday night to congratulate her for her party's having re-taken control of the House.
The call came shortly after Pelosi's remarks, which were broadcast on the main cable networks.
"President Trump called Leader Pelosi at 11:45 p.m. this evening to extend his congratulations on winning a Democratic House Majority," Drew Hamill, a Pelosi spokesman, in a tweet. "He acknowledged the Leader's call for bipartisanship in her victory remarks."
Just a few hours earlier, before control of the House had been decided, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in an interview that it was unlikely Trump would reach out to Pelosi should Democrats go on to win back the majority.
"Look I'm not sure why you would call Nancy Pelosi considering a lot of members of her own party have said they wouldn't support her," Sanders said. "If Democrats win tonight, I think we need to wait and see who their Speaker is."
Pelosi, a polarizing figure Republicans have run against for several election cycles, is likely to win the speakership again, even though some members and members-elect have said they would not support her.
Trump bashed Pelosi for weeks in an effort to convince voters that her party was tantamount to a "mob" intent on crashing the country's economy and allowing an influx of illegal immigrants. But he has also said he might try to forge deals with the Democrats on some subjects.
