Pelosi defends election results: 'It was a great victory'

[NatMorton]

I think you don't know who controls the house. Lol

Yes, I think you have it exactly right there. Really.

 

[skeptic llc]

While the often reality-challenged Donald Trump may be leaving Washington, we'll still have Nancy.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats' underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for President Trump — marked "a great victory" for the party despite the loss of seats in the lower chamber.​

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"Did you know that House Democrats got nearly 2 million more votes than Donald Trump?" she asked reporters in the Capitol. "Everybody turned out and it was a great victory — a mandate."​

Pelosi defends election results: ‘It was a great victory’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats’ underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for Presi…

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I was gonna ask if Trump could please take Pelosi with her, but Pelosi is very useful as an impediment to the far left taking over the D party. If that happened, I'd have to dismiss BOTH parties as frothing lunatics.

 

[Antiwar]

I was gonna ask if Trump could please take Pelosi with her, but Pelosi is very useful as an impediment to the far left taking over the D party. If that happened, I'd have to dismiss BOTH parties as frothing lunatics.

You must be a neoliberal.

 

[NatMorton]

I was gonna ask if Trump could please take Pelosi with her, but Pelosi is very useful as an impediment to the far left taking over the D party. If that happened, I'd have to dismiss BOTH parties as frothing lunatics.

That is an excellent point.

Though of late I think she's been caught like the squirrel in the middle of the road. She's softened a bit over the last two years re the far left, trying to have it both ways, and I don't think it's helped her.

 

[skeptic llc]

You must be a neoliberal.

Nope.

 

[skeptic llc]

That is an excellent point.

Though of late I think she's been caught like the squirrel in the middle of the road. She's softened a bit over the last two years re the far left, trying to have it both ways, and I don't think it's helped her.

Politics is such a dirty business that I have trouble evaluating what does or doesn't help any pol. But she definitely has to try to keep two very different wings of the party unified.

 

[NatMorton]

Politics is such a dirty business that I have trouble evaluating what does or doesn't help any pol. But she definitely has to try to keep two very different wings of the party unified.

I agree she's had that dilema. With the benefit of hindsight, I don't think she managed it well. The country had had enough of Trump. The Democrats should have been able to ride that wave to gains in the House much like they did in 2008 when the country was tired of GWB. Both she and the DNC were too unwilling to tamp down the rhetoric of the far left, and their candidates and purpose states paid the price.

I don't see The Squad et al getting less vociferous, so they'll have the same problem heading in to 2022 along with the drag a party in charge of the White House always has in their first mid-term election (think 2018 and 2010). Much can happen in two years, but the GOP has a real chance at winning back the House in 2022.

 

[Peter King]

While the often reality-challenged Donald Trump may be leaving Washington, we'll still have Nancy.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats' underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for President Trump — marked "a great victory" for the party despite the loss of seats in the lower chamber.​

​

"Did you know that House Democrats got nearly 2 million more votes than Donald Trump?" she asked reporters in the Capitol. "Everybody turned out and it was a great victory — a mandate."​

Pelosi defends election results: ‘It was a great victory’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats’ underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for Presi…

thehill.com

While the often reality-challenged Donald Trump may be leaving Washington, we'll still have Nancy.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats' underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for President Trump — marked "a great victory" for the party despite the loss of seats in the lower chamber.​

​

"Did you know that House Democrats got nearly 2 million more votes than Donald Trump?" she asked reporters in the Capitol. "Everybody turned out and it was a great victory — a mandate."​

Pelosi defends election results: ‘It was a great victory’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats’ underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for Presi…

thehill.com

Pelosi needs to be kicked out and replaced by a younger and more assertive (in a positive way) than Pelosi. She may have been a good leader once, but no longer is.

 

[Praxas]

It was a great victory....except the part where you LOST House seats!

But gained the presidency.

 

[EMNofSeattle]

Not sure what constitutes "great" but it was obviously a victory. The Dems won the House.

No. They held the house.
And barely.

 

[EMNofSeattle]

Pelosi needs to be kicked out and replaced by a younger and more assertive (in a positive way) than Pelosi. She may have been a good leader once, but no longer is.

I’m hoping some Republicans start a movement to draft Ilhan Omar for speaker then give her the votes then kick back with some beers and watch the fun.

 

[skeptic llc]

I’m hoping some Republicans start a movement to draft Ilhan Omar for speaker then give her the votes then kick back with some beers and watch the fun.

Rs do revel in sowing disagreement, then kicking back and blaming the ensuing chaos on Ds. Nice folks to share a country with.

 

[EMNofSeattle]

Rs do revel in sowing disagreement, then kicking back and blaming the ensuing chaos on Ds. Nice folks to share a country with.

Ds openly want chaos to impose their radical agenda. The Portland riots could’ve been crushed on night 1 but they were not.

 

[The AntiDonald]

It was a win, but it wasn't a 'great victory' but I suppose she has to sell it to keep her position.

I am quite sure she was referring mostly to the WH. It was the greatest victory in American history. We got rid of a dangerous moron.

 

[vegas giants]

Yes, I think you have it exactly right there. Really.

Clearly

 

[Geoist]

I am quite sure she was referring mostly to the WH. It was the greatest victory in American history. We got rid of a dangerous moron.

Well, she literally said House Democrats, but I do agree it was a great victory getting Blob the Builder voted out.

 

[Luther]

It was a great victory....except the part where you LOST House seats!

Not really. plenty of RINO's won

 

[Patriotic Voter]

It’s obvious Democrats don’t understand the difference between a gross victory and a net victory.

Baloney. Democrats certainly do understand the difference. Look at the Senate side - nobody is denying the pickup of two seats on the same day they lost Alabama equals s net pickup of one seat.

 

[Cameron]

While the often reality-challenged Donald Trump may be leaving Washington, we'll still have Nancy.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats' underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for President Trump — marked "a great victory" for the party despite the loss of seats in the lower chamber.​

​

"Did you know that House Democrats got nearly 2 million more votes than Donald Trump?" she asked reporters in the Capitol. "Everybody turned out and it was a great victory — a mandate."​

Pelosi defends election results: ‘It was a great victory’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended the Democrats’ underperformance at the polls this year, arguing that voter turnout for House Democrats — because it surpassed that for Presi…

thehill.com

As far as partisan conduct goes, a politician spinning a close victory as a "great victory" is pretty low on the totem poll.

 

[Linc]

Baloney. Democrats certainly do understand the difference. Look at the Senate side - nobody is denying the pickup of two seats on the same day they lost Alabama equals s net pickup of one seat.

This thread’s on the House, where Democrats had a net loss. As for the Senate, that was quite the underwhelming performance. State legislatures were a net loss.

 

[Phys251]

It was a great victory....except the part where you LOST House seats!

We still have the House. And we've picked up at least one Senate seat, too. Funny how y'all don't talk about that...

 

[Patriotic Voter]

This thread’s on the House, where Democrats had a net loss. As for the Senate, that was quite the underwhelming performance. State legislatures were a net loss.

The post is about what Democrats know or don't know. I was responding directly to that.

 

[Peter King]

I’m hoping some Republicans start a movement to draft Ilhan Omar for speaker then give her the votes then kick back with some beers and watch the fun.

always the low road, why don't you concentrate on that crap show called the republican leadership and then the democrats will concentrate on their own crap show.

 

[jotathought]

We still have the House. And we've picked up at least one Senate seat, too. Funny how y'all don't talk about that...

The GOP has gained +10 seats in the house, and will most likely maintain the majority in the Senate. What's there to talk about, except the blue wave didn't really happen? Purple democrats in the house will fold on sensitive topics .. e.g. gun control.

 

[NatMorton]

As far as partisan conduct goes, a politician spinning a close victory as a "great victory" is pretty low on the totem poll.

I think both parties have been digging at the totem's underground foundation for some time now.