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Pelosi fears for democracy if Republicans take back House control
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared that it’s “essential for our democracy” that Democrats maintain control of the House.
- Pelosi expressed her fears for democracy if Republicans win the House majority in the midterm elections.
- Republicans believe that they can take back the House, since they only need to flip five seats in November.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) expressed her fears for democracy if Republicans take back control of the House in the November elections.
During an interview with Time magazine’s Molly Ball as part of a virtual ceremony to award the 2022 Toner Prizes for political journalism, Pelosi talked about former President Trump‘s continued influence over the Republican Party and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Republicans, who only need to flip five seats in November, are highly favored to take back the House. History has also shown that the incumbent president’s party tends to lose congressional seats after the midterm elections.
But while Democrats may be facing an uphill climb to keep their slim House majority, Pelosi declared, “I don’t have any intention of the Democrats losing the Congress in November.”
Pelosi added, “It is absolutely essential for our democracy that we win. I fear for our democracy if the Republicans were ever to get the gavel. We can’t let that happen.”
Political analysts have initially predicted that redistricting will not help Democrats maintain control of the House, since Republicans control most state legislatures. Pelosi countered that Democrats will pick up seats instead of losing them.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court allowed redistricting plans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that seem more favorable to Democrats. Democrat-controlled state legislatures in New York and Illinois also implemented favorable congressional redistricting.
Republicans, however, believe they will win, pointing to factors such as President Biden’s approval rating sinking to 40 percent. A recent NBC News poll also found that Republicans had a 2-point lead in respondents’ preference for the House majority.
Last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared during an interview with Punchbowl News, “We’re going to win the majority, and it’s not going to be a five-seat majority.”
Source: The Hill
Tracy
March 30, 2022 at 6:59 am
It’s the Democrats that are destroying democracy and keep supporting socialism and dictatorship,. Nancy Pelosi and Biden can not be trusted. Too much double talk and lies, and greed.
Papa Bear
March 30, 2022 at 7:07 am
I’m getting really tired of these swamp critters talking about “Our Democracy”!! Words mean something so it’s about time for us all to remind these clowns that we are NOT a “Democracy”. We are indeed a “Representative Republic” there is a rather large difference in the two systems. I’m old enough to remember when our so called “Public Officials” where called “Public Servants”. But that did not sit well with some of the power hungry swamp critters. Because a Public Servant draws his powers from the will of the people he/she serves. A Public Official inflicts his/her will on the people below them. Or as Pelosi refers to them, the “peasants” who eat a 5:30 instead of 8:00. Don’t believe this is true? Just look back over the course of the Wuhan Flu Pandemic and remember how We the People where basically placed under house arrest. While businesses where forced to close their doors or be fined out of existence. Then came the mask mandates, and finally the shot mandates. Perfect examples of the difference between a Servant of the people and an Official. Don’t let ’em get away with it folks!!!
Ox
March 30, 2022 at 8:18 am
Don’t listen to the B.S. from Pelosi our Democracy is at stake. Pelosi uses that word to freely. If America’s Democracy is at stake, it is because of Lying Corrupt Quid Pro KING Joe, the liberal commie Democrats and Pelosi. Pelosi and the rest of the gang created a good old boys and girls club of corrupt politics Without term limits, the government has become inherently corrupt. One has to read between the lines. when Pelosi talks about our Democracy is at stake, she is exactly right. She is talking about her Democracy and the rest of the liberal commie Democrats. Pelosi and Corrupt Quid Pro could care less about the average American’s Democracy. The liberal commie Democrats want as many illegals into the country asap. They want a one party rule., They are hoping to give all these illegals voting rights, lots of welfare in the hope that they will vote Democrat. A one party rule=Communism. The liberal Commie Democrats want An America patented after Socialist Europe and an American Government patented after Communist China. They want to decide what your liberties and freedoms are going to be, not some piece of paper called the U.S. Constitution. Mental case Maxine Waters has so much as said so. In order to transform America to Marxist Obama’s America they will have to confiscate all the guns, that’s what Communists do. Somehow, I don’t see that happening. If one wants to keep their Liberties and Freedoms and not turn America into a country run like Communist China, Voters know what they have to do. Vote all the liberal commie Democrats out of office. Every crisis America now faces, whether it be on the Southern Border, massive inflation, higher gas prices, failed foreign policies has been intentionally caused by Corrupt Quid Pro. Get rid of all of them.
Charlie
March 30, 2022 at 9:34 am
If the republicans take the house and the senate it will end the Democrats crime syndicate communist ruling the country that is what nasty Nancy is most afraid will happen.
Jeffrey Lindsey
March 30, 2022 at 10:18 am
The only thing Pelosi is afraid of is the Truth, losing her position as Dictator of the House and not having enough alcohol of her choice during Happy Hour! She is almost as crazy as Biden and clueless as A.O.C. God only knows what the old Hag has in her purse or medicine cabinet to fuel her delusional existence. She is a disgrace to the U.S.A. and an insult to Congress.
Terri Giberson
March 30, 2022 at 7:16 pm
This woman and the whole Biden administration. & Marxist racist communist democrats & rinos stoled the election. They all need to go to jail. Treason. Theses people are toxic.They are all thieves & liars. They lie about everything. They are going to find a way too cheat again. They will cheat.