House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiHoyer: House should vote on COVID-19 aid — with or without a bipartisan deal Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that it "breaks my heart" to be introduced as the highest-ranking woman because she wishes there were a woman president.

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"The one thing that breaks my heart is when they introduce me as the highest-ranking woman I keep thinking, 'No, it wasn’t supposed to be this way. We were supposed to have a woman president,'" she said at the Commonwealth Club of California, a public affairs forum.

"Anyway, that may sound political to some of you," she added.

Before she made the remark, Pelosi was talking about her latest feud with President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE, who abruptly ended a scheduled meeting about infrastructure after Pelosi said he was "engaged in a cover-up."

"He has mentioned he wants to do infrastructure, and I think he still does," she said of Trump.

"Does he want to do it enough to not be in a huff over my saying that he’s involved in a cover-up? Well, we’ll see."

"This is not for the faint of heart," she added. "You either want to do it, or you don’t want to do it, and you shouldn’t be offended by somebody speaking truth about your actions."

Pelosi became the first female Speaker in 2007. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE in 2016 became the first female presidential nominee of a major American political party but lost the election to Trump.