Speaking at Wednesday’s White House press briefing, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany targeted Democratic politicians who had favored harsh restrictions for the public regarding the coronavirus but then took actions that they themselves had discouraged in others. She stated, &#8220;Democrats seek control. … Rules for thee, but not for me.&#8221;
Prior to taking questions, McEnany began the briefing by stating:
<blockquote>The United States Constitution matters even during a pandemic. While Democrat politicians seek to impose draconian restrictions against their citizens, this past week, the Supreme Court of the United States had their say on New York State’s capacity restrictions, which restricted number of attendees allowed in places of worship, but not other government-deemed essential businesses. Justice Gorsuch in the ruling said this as he rolled back Governor Cuomo’s restrictions on places of worship: he said, “It is time, past time, to make plain that while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerated color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops, but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques.”</blockquote>
McEnany referenced video images playing behind her as she continued:
<blockquote>Behind me, you will see displayed images of Democrat hypocrisy playing on loop. These images depict the following: They show Governor Gavin Newsom of California dining both maskless and indoors at the fancy French Laundry restaurant, despite severe lockdown restrictions against indoor dining for the very people he governs. You’ll see Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot celebrating in the non-socially distant streets of her city.
You will see Speaker Nancy Pelosi indoors at a hair salon in San Francisco, when salons in California were only open for outdoor services. And you will see CNN’s Chris Cuomo staging his emergence from quarantine in a made-for-television moment, coming out of the basement. And this was after Cuomo was spotted breaking his brother, Governor Cuomo’s, quarantine rules to go for a bike ride in the Hamptons,</blockquote>
“Also notable is San Francisco Mayor, London Breed, who followed Governor Newsom’s lead in dining at the French Laundry with a group of eight people,” McEnany charged. “And finally Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl dining outdoors at her favorite Santa Monica restaurant after voting to ban outdoor dining at 31,000 restaurants throughout LA, calling outdoor dining, “A most dangerous situation.”
“Quite clearly, these Democrats do not follow their own edicts,” McEnany said bluntly. “They act in a way that their own citizens are barred from acting. Governor Cuomo’s decision to impose restrictions on the size of religious gatherings was rebuked by the highest court in the land. But what was Cuomo’s response? Instead of showing deference to the Constitution, he attacked the legitimacy of the court. Governor Cuomo said this, ‘You have a different court and I think that was the statement that the court was making. We know who he appointed to the courts. We know their ideology.’ Well, in fact, the ideology of those on the Supreme Court who made the decision to support the First Amendment are in favor of freedom, the Constitution that survives even during a pandemic.”
She concluded, “This statement from Governor Cuomo strikes at the heart of the issue. Democrats seek control. These images behind me make clear Democrats mindset. Rules for thee, but not for me. The President stands with you, your freedom, your ability to decide how to best protect your health. We all know how to protect ourselves from COVID-19. Wash your hands, socially distance, wear a mask. But as one federal court put it, there is no pandemic exception to the Constitution.”
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during a press conference on Friday that the 2020 election wasn’t actually bad for Democrats because the party received more total votes across the country than either President Donald Trump or the Republican Party.
It is the latest attempt not only to downplay Democrat election losses earlier this month but also to dismiss the U.S. election system.
Pelosi stood next to a large poster board while saying, “Did you know that House Democrats got nearly 2 million more votes than Donald Trump?”
“Everybody turned out and it was a great vict—a mandate,” she continued. “The most important thing we did two years ago was win the House. We won 40 seats, 31 of them in Trump districts in the most gerrymandered, voter suppressed political arena you could make.”
The fact that they won suggests the opposite of what she claimed.
“I said then that it was going to be harder next time because he’ll be on the ballot, and it was,” she added.
Because former President George W. Bush and President Donald Trump won their respective elections in 2000 and 2016 through the Electoral College while losing the national popular vote, Democrats have called for abolishing the Electoral College. Doing so would erase the voices of millions of Americans and hand over national election decisions to populous states like California, New York, and Texas. It is because California and New York are so populous and Democrat-controlled that Democrats win the popular vote.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirsten-gillibrand-wants-abolish-electoral-college-ashe-schow">reported</a>, the national popular vote was never an American principle:
<blockquote>The Electoral College results from a popular vote — in each state and the District of Columbia. It is 51 separate popular votes, although two states award proportional electoral votes.
Democrats don’t like the way elections are currently done because their party lost in 2016 and 2000 due to electoral votes when they won the popular vote. So, naturally, because the system didn’t work for them, they want to abolish it.
Republicans run using the Electoral College. Then-candidate Donald Trump visited states he thought he could win to increase his electoral votes. Hillary Clinton visited some states she knew she wouldn’t win in order to increase her vote totals so she would not only be the first female president, but also the president with the most votes ever.
This strategy, of course, did not work out in her favor. She ignored states she assumed would give her their electoral votes (like Wisconsin), assuming the Electoral College was a lock for her. She was wrong.</blockquote>
The biggest problem Democrats face with wanting elections ruled by the national popular vote is that Republicans may change their election strategies under such a system and Democrats wouldn’t get the permanent majority they think they would.
Pelosi’s vote total claim is a desperate attempt to make the November election not look so bad for Democrats. As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/good-night-for-congressional-republicans-winning-battleground-house-seats-retaining-senate">reported</a>, Congressional Republicans won battleground house seats and have so far retained the Senate. In fact, of the 27 House races listed as “toss-ups,” Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/experts-listed-27-house-races-as-toss-ups-republicans-won-all-27">won</a> all 27. If current leads hold, the breakdown of the House will be 222 Democrats and 213 Republicans, meaning Pelosi can only lose four votes on any bill.
The two Senate races still outstanding are in Georgia, which both headed to a runoff. Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) came within 0.3 percentage points of avoiding a runoff, while Republicans split the ticket for the other runoff. Georgia has previously proven that millions of outside dollars won’t sway the electorate.
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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom just issued a month-long curfew for most of the state that takes effect on Saturday night. Earlier this week, he announced state authorities were “pulling the emergency brake,” explaining drastic changes like tightening mask requirements were necessary to curb the rapid spread of COVID-19. He said 94% of the state’s population, or approximately 37 million people, would now reside in counties under the strictest “purple” tier of his reopening plan. Meanwhile, the threat of another economy-damaging stay-at-home order looms for more than ten million people who live in Los Angeles County.
After eight months of fluctuating restrictions, the stated objective remains to &#8220;flatten the curve.&#8221; But recent events have caused a growing number of Californians to question the moral authority of elected officials who seem to ignore the same guidelines they push onto their constituents.
As GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel recently <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1329104815876677636">tweeted</a>: “The list goes on and on with Democrat leaders from California and beyond saying: Lockdowns and restrictions for thee, but not for me!”
Here are seven times California Democrats got caught skirting COVID-19 protocols:
1. Governor Gavin Newsom
On Monday, Gov. Newsom apologized for attending a Nov. 6 dinner party with about a dozen other people at the French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley. More than three households were present, a violation of the <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CDPH-Guidance-for-the-Prevention-of-COVID-19-Transmission-for-Gatherings-10-09.aspx">mandatory guidelines</a> for social gatherings set forth by the California Department of Public Health at the time.
Newsom said the birthday celebration had taken place outdoors, but images obtained by an investigative reporter in L.A. called that claim into question.
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EXCLUSIVE: We&#39;ve obtained photos of Governor Gavin Newsom at the Napa dinner party he&#39;s in hot water over. The photos call into question just how outdoors the dinner was. A witness who took photos tells us his group was so loud, the sliding doors had to be closed. 10pm on <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/gtOVEwa864">pic.twitter.com/gtOVEwa864</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1328932610169561090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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An unidentified woman who said she recognized Newsom at the ritzy eatery shared the photos with FOX 11 News. The anonymous source said a waitress confirmed the governor was among the guests.
“I was able to document this, especially since nobody was wearing a mask,” she <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/fox-11-obtains-exclusive-photos-of-gov-newsom-at-french-restaurant-allegedly-not-following-covid-19-protocols">told</a> FOX. “It was a very large group of people shoulder to shoulder, something that he’s always telling us not to do, so yeah, it was a bit annoying for sure.”
2. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Earlier this week, Garcetti <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1328866397380722690">warned</a> the city, “L.A. is in a very dangerous situation.”
He <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1328866398139891715">instructed</a> Angelenos to stay home as much as possible, avoid social gatherings, and “assume everyone you encounter outside of your home is infectious.”
In early June, however, media coverage captured a maskless mayor surrounded by protesters outside L.A. City Hall.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorOfLA</a> Eric Garcetti, who wore a mask in the middle of an empty Dodger Stadium, showed up mask-free to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> protest. Have these demagogues no shame? <a href="https://t.co/xE22Nd9cUE">pic.twitter.com/xE22Nd9cUE</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1267971164183257089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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As the L.A. Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-02/mayor-garcetti-takes-a-knee-amid-chants-of-defund-police-at-downtown-l-a-protest">reported</a> at the time:
<blockquote>It was the kind of scene that, it seems, only this tumultuous year of 2020 could produce.
With the National Guard patrolling the streets of Los Angeles after several nights of looting, violence and fires, hundreds of people gathered downtown to protest the death of George Floyd and police brutality against so many other black people. After weeks of calls for strict social distancing amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Eric Garcetti joined the crowd, took a knee and pulled down his blue Los Angeles Dodgers face mask to speak.
 As he spoke, chants rang out: “Defund the police!”</blockquote>
Garcetti initially said that there was no evidence to support the conclusion that mass protests contributed to a spike in COVID-19 infections over the summer but later <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8485893/Los-Angeles-Mayor-Eric-Garcetti-admits-protests-led-spike-coronavirus-cases.html">acknowledged</a> a connection.
“It’s not the act of protesting – that’s a great and American thing to do no matter what your opinion is,” he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8485893/Los-Angeles-Mayor-Eric-Garcetti-admits-protests-led-spike-coronavirus-cases.html">said</a>. “But protesting without maintaining physical distancing, without wearing your mask, without having sanitizer, we just have to be smart.”
3 &amp; 4. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
87-year-old Sen. Feinstein is the eldest member of the Senate. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html#:~:text=Risk%20for%20Severe%20Illness%20Increases%20with%20Age&amp;text=The%20greatest%20risk%20for%20severe,as%20having%20underlying%20medical%20conditions.">According</a> to the CDC, “the greatest risk for severe illness from COVID-19 is among those aged 85 or older.”
On Tuesday, she was captured on video speaking in close proximity to two masked individuals without wearing a face covering herself. The discussion took place in a Senate hallway before a hearing with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey.
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Dems constantly tiptoe around Feinstein because they want to avoid what she&#39;s known for: harsh lectures
Yet here she is flouting all the guidelines. It&#39;s not the first time she&#39;s done it
I hope she&#39;ll get a lecture from the Dems who have been rightly calling out Republicans <a href="https://t.co/K1VUOH1pLe">https://t.co/K1VUOH1pLe</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1328800216338763776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The day before the clip went viral, Feinstein&#8217;s Twitter account had <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFeinstein/status/1328389167798226947">posted</a>, “We must continue doing our part to slow the spread of COVID-19.”
“Please wear a mask,” the tweet continued. “Maintain social distance.”
<a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/coronavirus/article/Coronavirus-live-updates-news-bay-area-15237940.php">According</a> to the San Francisco Chronicle, “Feinstein often has been seen in the Capitol without a mask, though she has voiced support for mask mandates, a political hotbutton in some states.”
Feinstein was also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dianne-feinstein-no-mask-tucker-carlson">spotted</a> walking through an airport in September without a face covering after saying the Federal Aviation Administration should require masks be worn inside airplanes and passenger terminals.
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Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein is a total hypocrite. 
Here she is pictured at Dulles Airport on Friday without at a mask.
NOTE: Back in June, Feinstein wrote a letter to the FAA calling for mandatory masks on airlines. <a href="https://t.co/IOYsv8UZDl">pic.twitter.com/IOYsv8UZDl</a>
&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1310743090035073024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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5 &amp; 6. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
As elected officials across the country discourage family get-togethers during the Thanksgiving holiday, House Speaker Pelosi recently planned an indoor banquet to celebrate newly elected Democratic members of Congress.
Pelosi, 80, told NBC News that there would be enhanced ventilation and said the Capitol physician had approved the event.
“It’s very spaced,” Pelosi said.
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House Dem and GOP leaders are holding respective dinners for new members. 
.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> told me it’s safe. “It’s very spaced,” she said and there is enhanced ventilation and the Capitol physician signed off. <a href="https://t.co/ZXjf72lnrP">pic.twitter.com/ZXjf72lnrP</a>
&mdash; Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1327340810262765568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The affair had been scheduled for last Friday but was called off after a photograph of the indoor venue circulated on social media.
It wasn’t the first time the speaker had been accused of hypocrisy during the pandemic.
In September, Pelosi said she was set up to be videotaped not wearing a face covering. Security camera footage showed a mask-free Pelosi walking through a San Francisco hair salon in a robe after getting her hair washed, disobeying the city’s public health restrictions.
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Tucker Carlson just showed the Nancy Pelosi hair salon video to his millions of viewers.
Incredible. <a href="https://t.co/JybNAjASeh">pic.twitter.com/JybNAjASeh</a>
&mdash; Evan Kilgore 🇺🇸 (@EvanAKilgore) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanAKilgore/status/1300954172968312836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“I just thought about my staff and people not being able to work and make money and provide for their families,” eSalon owner Erica Kious told Tucker Carlson on FOX News. “And if she’s in there comfortably, without a mask and feeling safe, then why are we shut down?”
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Here&#39;s Nancy Pelosi&#39;s response when asked about her visit to a San Francisco hair salon. <a href="https://t.co/IQKWpWsGE0">https://t.co/IQKWpWsGE0</a>
 &quot;I take responsibility for falling for a set up,&quot; Pelosi said. <a href="https://t.co/IqzJVCCKFu">pic.twitter.com/IqzJVCCKFu</a>
&mdash; ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) <a href="https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1301249086360752128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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7. Several state lawmakers who recently traveled to Hawaii.
The L.A. Times reports at least five Democrats and four Republicans serving in the California State Legislature recently flew to Maui to attend a conference hosted by a San Diego-based group. The four-day event began Monday, three days after Gov. Newsom issued a travel advisory urging people to avoid non-essential travel.
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-18/california-legislators-defend-hawaii-trip-covid-19-surge">According</a> to the L.A. Times, the lawmakers drew “sharp criticism back in California, where observers say it sends the wrong message for legislators to leave the state and gather at a resort when COVID-19 cases are surging, leading to tougher restrictions on the movement of average residents.”
Some politicians defended the Hawaii trip, where one of the topics <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-18/covid19-gavin-newsom-democrats-california-french-laundry-hypocrisy">reportedly</a> addressed at the conference was how to reopen states safely during the pandemic.
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Facing increasing criticism, California legislators defend Hawaii trip during COVID-19 surge <a href="https://t.co/FvfOlSSCIw">https://t.co/FvfOlSSCIw</a>
&mdash; Los Angeles Times (@latimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1329215567220383744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The outlet went on to identify elected officials who it had confirmed attended the conference. They include Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, Democratic Assembly members Blanca Rubio of  Baldwin Park, Mike Gipson of Carson, Wendy Carrillo of L.A., and Jose Medina of Riverside.  Chad Mayes, a former Republican from Rancho Mirage who was re-elected last month with no party affiliation, also reportedly attended. GOP Assembly members Frank Bigelow of O’Neals, Heath Flora of Ripon, and Jordan Cunningham of Paso Robles were also there, the report said, along with Republican Sen. Andreas Borgeas of Modesto.
Newsom’s recent advisory asks them to quarantine for 14 days after re-entering California.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-oregon-and-washington-issue-travel-advisories-urge-14-day-self-quarantine-for-people-entering-west-coast-states/">RELATED: California, Oregon, And Washington Issue Travel Advisories, Urge 14-Day Self-Quarantine For People Entering West Coast States</a>
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The Democrats have re-elected Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker.
Discussing the move with reporters, one Democrat congressman who asked to remain anonymous while wearing a fake mustache in a dark room with all the reporters facing away from him with their eyes closed, explained the move, saying, “Now that we’ll be working with President Joe Biden we wanted a leader who speaks his language, namely incomprehensible rambling trailing off into bizarre non-sequiters followed by aggressive looks as if something meaningful has been said.”
Accepting the speaker’s gavel, Pelosi said, “This is a great day for whatever country we’re in. I was gratified to win this vote even though I couldn’t be present for it because I walked into a broom closet by mistake and was gossiping with a friend for two hours before I realized she was actually a mop.&#8221;
&#8220;I have to say, she was surprisingly intelligent for a cleaning implement and I’m hoping to enlist her in running whatever organization I’ve just been made the head of,&#8221; she added.
Speaker Pelosi then announced her first bill of the new session which would create the post of Person Who Wipes Off Her Lipstick After She Accidentally Draws A Mouth On Her Forehead.
Another high-ranking Democrat who asked to remain anonymous while speaking from an undisclosed location from a burner phone equipped with an electronic voice changer while holding a handkerchief over his or possibly her mouth, told reporters “We thought Nancy Pelosi was the best choice for Speaker because she’s completely out of her mind and she not only screwed up every aspect of the last election but spent the last two hours in the closet trading gossip with a mop. Who else would want the job of leading an institution that hasn’t actually done anything since 1985?”
The interview came to a sudden end when police rushed into the Capitol to protect Pelosi who had complained of being attacked by a madwoman with a gavel before she realized she was hitting herself in the head.
More satire from Andrew Klavan: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vogue-cover-of-harry-styles-in-a-dress-could-undermine-the-masculinity-of-prancing-boy-band-singers-satire">Vogue Cover of Harry Styles in a Dress Could Undermine the Masculinity of Prancing Boy Band Singers</a> 
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Even though President Donald Trump is pursuing legal challenges to the election results, House Democrats are preparing for a Joe Biden administration by urging members not to join his team, worrying that too many lost members could cost the party its majority.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/15/house-leaders-urge-dems-not-to-join-team-biden-to-maintain-majority/">reported</a> that House leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), are asking members to stay out of the incoming Biden administration for fear that Republicans could pick up the vacated seats. Sources told the outlet Sunday that Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) are both trying to keep their fragile majority by discouraging members from jumping ship to join Biden.
“Nancy is telling House members, ‘Now is not the time to leave,&#8217;” a Democratic Party official told the Post.
The outlet was also told Hoyer was prodding members into staying in the House, going so far as to tell the Biden transition team to leave his members alone so they can keep the majority. More from the Post:
<blockquote>The sensitive topic of jumping ship to work for Biden after the loss of House seats came up at a House Democratic caucus meeting last week.
“It’s not helpful to talk about that,” a member of Democratic leadership reportedly said on the call regarding House Dems wanting to relinquish their seats and work for Biden.
“The feeling is: Don’t make rash decisions about going to the administration without first considering consequences to the caucus,” a Democratic insider familiar with the call said.
The “zeitgeist” of the Democratic House leadership is that their majority is “razor thin,” the source said.</blockquote>
Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammil told the Post that the speaker was not urging members to stay out of the Biden administration.
“This is completely false. The speaker wants the full contribution of House Democrats to the Biden-Harris mandate and to the future represented in the administration,” Hammil said.
A previously reported <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/09/biden-eyes-republicans-democrats-for-administration-posts/">list</a> of potential members for a Biden administration contained the names of 20 House members, 10 of whom would be Democrats. The New York Times’ current House projections show Republicans have a chance to pick up an additional nine seats, bringing their total to 212. Democrats may only pick up another four seats for a total of 222, giving them a 10-person majority (there is also a runoff election in Louisiana). Democrats can’t afford to lose any more members because they also still have to worry about members not voting for particular bills.
“An insider said the Biden team is looking more closely at the House — where Democrats are in the majority — rather than the Senate, the fate of which is up for grabs depending on <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/spending-on-georgia-senate-runoff-elections-could-top-200m-report/">two special elections</a> in Georgia in January,” the Post reported.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-argues-white-democrats-and-hispanics-asians-view-socialism-differently">reported</a>, Democrats have been blaming everything from each other to the coronavirus for their election losses earlier this month. Inaccurate polls suggested the party would see a Blue Wave, which didn’t emerge.
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House Speaker Pelosi

House Democrats Asking Members Not To Join Biden Administration For Fear Of Losing Majority

Democrats

Joe Biden

Even though President Donald Trump is pursuing legal challenges to the election results, House Democrats are preparing for a Joe Biden administration by

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As politicians lecture ordinary Americans about the dangers of family dinners, particularly the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are planning to hold dinners for their respective new members.
NBC News correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell reported on Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the dinners were “very spaced” and that the Capitol physician signed off on them.
“House Dem and GOP leaders are holding respective dinners for new members,” Caldwell tweeted. “.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi">@SpeakerPelosi</a> told me it’s safe. ‘It’s very spaced,’ she said and there is enhanced ventilation and the Capitol physician signed off.”
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House Dem and GOP leaders are holding respective dinners for new members.
.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> told me it’s safe. “It’s very spaced,” she said and there is enhanced ventilation and the Capitol physician signed off. <a href="https://t.co/ZXjf72lnrP">pic.twitter.com/ZXjf72lnrP</a>
— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1327340810262765568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This is just the latest example of political elites disregarding coronavirus rules and restrictions that the rest of the American people are ordered to follow. As The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-democrat-governor-gavin-newsom-caught-attending-multi-family-gathering-that-he-has-advised-against-report">reported</a>, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has been one of the leading lecturers and advocates of lockdowns, attended a birthday party for one of his political advisers. In attendance were at least 12 people, including guests from multiple households, in violation of his own state guidelines.
“The dinner the night of Nov. 6 at the famed French Laundry in Yountville in Napa County brought together at least 12 people to celebrate the 50th birthday of Jason Kinney, a longtime friend and political adviser to Newsom who is also a partner at the lobbying firm Axiom Advisors,” The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://outline.com/6cuA48">reported</a>. “State guidelines limit gatherings, defined as ‘social situations that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place,’ to no more than three households. Representatives for Kinney and Newsom declined to specify how many households the diners represented, but did not dispute that it was more than three.”
Newsom in a statement after getting caught said: “While our family followed the restaurant’s health protocols and took safety precautions, we should have modeled better behavior and not joined the dinner.”
After the November 3 election, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, another politician that has championed lockdowns, attended a large rally for Joe Biden.
“Well, look, I think that we’ve been saying all along everybody has to take care, everybody has to take precaution,” Lightfoot said on MSNBC. “I will tell you, in that big crowd a week ago, we had everybody was wearing masks. Look at, you can see the shot here – mask compliance in our city is actually up very, very high. But yes, there are times when we actually do need to have a relief and come together, and I felt like that was one of those times.”
“That crowd was gathered whether I was there or not,” she added. “But this has been a super hard year on everyone. Everyone feels traumatized. They feel threatened, their safety, and they don’t know what tomorrow’s gonna bring, and with this new surge in cases, we have just got to step up and do the right thing, and I think people understand that.”
Masks are not an iron shield against the virus.
Also following the election, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, another scold, traveled to Delaware for Biden’s victory speech. She later claimed it was “essential travel,” even though that distinction is reserved for those traveling for work, obtaining medical care or food and medicines.
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Congressional Democrats, GOP To Hold New Members Dinners As Americans Told Not To Attend Thanksgiving

As politicians lecture ordinary Americans about the dangers of family dinners, particularly the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Democratic and Republican

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), 80, celebrated on Saturday afternoon after legacy media outlets, including Fox News and The Associated Press, called the 2020 presidential race for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But in her celebratory statement, Pelosi seemed to suggest that Democrats had a &#8220;mandate for action&#8221; despite performing below expectations in House races.
“Today marks the dawning of a new day of hope for America,” declared Pelosi. “A record-shattering 75 million Americans cast their ballots to elect Joe Biden President of the United States — a historic victory that has handed Democrats a mandate for action.”
“President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris won with a strong margin, and they will have a strong Democratic House Majority by their side. Working together, we have the opportunity to deliver extraordinary progress For The People,” she said.
According to The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-house.html">election tracker</a>, Democrats have thus far failed to win a single toss-up seat or seat that was expected to go red prior in pre-election day projections. Furthermore, Democratic congressional candidates have lost several races that were expected to favor them.
The Democratic Party’s poor down-ballot performance has caused infighting within the congressional caucus, and private disagreements have started spilling out into the open.
Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who live in solidly blue districts, have made public statements rebuking some of the concerns expressed by more moderate members of the party. For example, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) took issue with “defunding the police” and “socialism” sloganeering, which she told the caucus on Thursday made her re-election bid difficult.
Ocasio-Cortez, although she did not explicitly name Spanberger, has since tweeted: “When it comes to ‘Defund’ &amp; ‘Socialism’ attacks, people need to realize these are racial resentment attacks. You’re not gonna make that go away. You can make it less effective. How do you make it less effective? Invest in year-round deep canvassing. Data shows that this kind of work helps blunt the force of racial resentment at the polls. If you’re always running away from convos about race, then the only ppl owning it are GOP. You’ll lose.”
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How do you make it less effective? Invest in year-round deep canvassing. Data shows that this kind of work helps blunt the force of racial resentment at the polls.
If you’re always running away from convos about race, then the only ppl owning it are GOP. You’ll lose.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324699605687242753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
Tlaib was even more blunt toward Congressman Conor Lamb (D-PA), who reportedly expressed agreement with Spanberger and said the Democratic Party pays “the price” for “unprofessional and unrealistic comments.”
&#8220;It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to be okay with people dying because air pollution is causing cancer in their communities. It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to look away while Black folks get gunned down in the streets by police,&#8221; declared Tlaib.
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It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to be okay with people dying because air pollution is causing cancer in their communities. It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to look away while Black folks get gunned down in the streets by police. <a href="https://t.co/Qd9FV12P4u">https://t.co/Qd9FV12P4u</a>
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1324543869141327872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
Despite all of this, Pelosi told Democratic colleagues on Thursday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-announces-speakership-run-amidst-dem-caucus-turmoil">she plans to run for Speaker</a> of the House again.
Compounding the Democratic Party’s congressional turmoil, down-ballot Democrats failed to recapture any state legislatures, and actually lost control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, reports <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/post/election-2020-live-blog-state-house-flips-republican-control-democrats-seek-recounts#stream/0">NHPR</a>.
Democratic candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives have managed to flip three congressional seats, but Republicans have managed to flip even more of them, resulting in a net gain of five seats for Republicans. On the other hand, Democrats are currently three seats short of a majority in the House. However, there are 25 races yet to be called, according to The New York Times elections tracker.
Republican currently lead in about 16 of those races, Democrats lead in nine of the races, and the Times reports that the remaining race will go to a runoff. Even if Republican candidates win in every race they are currently leading, they would have to win a half-dozen other races to gain a majority in the House, including at least four expected to ultimately go to the Democratic candidate.
As media outlets continue to project results in congressional races, the Trump campaign has pushed back against projections of a winner in the presidential election. In a statement to The Daily Wire on Saturday afternoon, Jenna Ellis, senior legal advisor and attorney for the Trump campaign, called the projections premature.
“Media coordinated efforts are attempting to simply declare Joe Biden the president and ignore the rule of law. There is no official winner until every legal vote is counted accurately, the states certify results, and all legal challenges are resolved,” said Ellis.
Biden has responded to the projections as follows: &#8220;I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris. In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again that Democracy beats deep in the heart of America. With the campaign over, it&#8217;s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It&#8217;s time for America to unite. And to heal. We are the United States of America, and there&#8217;s nothing we can&#8217;t do, if we do it together.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire previously reported, the Trump campaign has initiated a series of legal battles in different key states, but those challenges will likely take time to resolve, and it’s unclear whether they will have any impact on the final outcome of the race.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/election-2020-legal-challenges-everything-you-need-to-know">Election 2020 Legal Challenges: Everything You Need To Know</a>
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Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill

Pelosi Celebrates ‘Dawning Of A New Day,’ Claims ‘Mandate For Action’ Amidst Dem Caucus Turmoil

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), 80, celebrated on Saturday afternoon after legacy media outlets, including Fox News and The Associated Press, called

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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) officially informed her Democratic colleagues on Thursday that she plans to run for Speaker of the House again for the 117th Congress, which will take over several weeks before inauguration day.
“Our vision for the next two years must be to build on the success of the Democratic House Majority in the 116th Congress, and to harness the extraordinary vision, values and vibrancy of our Caucus to secure the progress that the American people deserve,” Pelosi wrote in a one-page letter to colleagues on Thursday, <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000175-9df8-d665-a1ff-9ff8eb560000">reports</a> Politico.
“I am writing to request your support to be re-elected as Speaker. I do so with the utmost respect for the diverse viewpoints of our Democratic Caucus, the gravity of this role and the urgency of the challenges ahead. I also do so with great joy and appreciation to so many of you who have already offered your support and engagement.”
Pelosi also made several seemingly premature claims in the letter about the future of the federal government, including a comment in which she thanked recipients for “strengthening” the Democratic majority in the House amidst the 2020 election.
However, Democrats have thus far underperformed in the House, a realization that has caused infighting within the Democratic caucus about allowing the left-wing flank of the party to dominate the narrative with radical messaging.
One of the most prominent examples of the infighting came after The Washington Post leaked audio of a Democratic caucus phone call, during which Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) blasted the left wing of the party for its sloganeering and how it allegedly made her re-election campaign difficult. She also declared that none of them should be using the terms &#8220;defund the police&#8221; and &#8220;socialism.&#8221;
&#8220;And if we are classifying Tuesday as a success from a congressional standpoint, we will get f****** torn apart in 2022,&#8221; said Spanberger.
While some members of Congress reportedly agreed with the sentiments about the party&#8217;s radical wing, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have made it publicly known that they disagree.
“It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to be okay with people dying because air pollution is causing cancer in their communities. It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to look away while Black folks get gunned down in the streets by police,” tweeted Tlaib in response to a quote from Congressman Conor Lamb (D-PA) urging “professionalism.”
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It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to be okay with people dying because air pollution is causing cancer in their communities. It’s unrealistic and unprofessional to look away while Black folks get gunned down in the streets by police. <a href="https://t.co/Qd9FV12P4u">https://t.co/Qd9FV12P4u</a>
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1324543869141327872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
“When it comes to ‘Defund’ &amp; ‘Socialism’ attacks, people need to realize these are racial resentment attacks. You’re not gonna make that go away. You can make it less effective,” declared Ocasio-Cortez in a lengthy Twitter thread Friday morning.
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How do you make it less effective? Invest in year-round deep canvassing. Data shows that this kind of work helps blunt the force of racial resentment at the polls.
If you’re always running away from convos about race, then the only ppl owning it are GOP. You’ll lose.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324699605687242753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
According to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/524503-centrist-democrats-talk-leadership-changes-after-negative-election-results">The Hill</a>, two Democratic senators have started reaching out to other members of congress in an effort to position House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as the next speaker.
“He bridges moderates and progressives better than anyone,” one of the Democrats told The Hill. “And most importantly, he’s not Nancy Pelosi.”
Jeffries has dismissed the idea of challenging Pelosi for the speakership, raising the possibility that some Democrats, much like in 2018, may be in the position of wanting someone other than Pelosi without anyone to actually challenge her for the position.
During a press conference on Friday afternoon, Pelosi seemed to acknowledge Democrats performed below expectations in the House but pointed to other victories and declared that soon Biden would become “president-elect.”
“We did not win every battle in the House, but we did win the war,” said Pelosi.
She also said Biden would have a “strong mandate to lead and he’ll have a strong Democratic House with him,” echoing remarks from her letter to colleagues, which referred to Biden and Harris as “president-elect” and “vice president-elect.”
No major media outlets or election trackers were calling the race for Biden at the time the letter was sent out, but in the time since, including prior to Pelosi’s press conference, DecisionDeskHQ has called the race for Biden. No other major organizations have called the race as of publication.
Pelosi also claimed in the letter that the “American people elected Democrats up and down the ballot with a resounding and remarkable mandate” — even though Democrats have thus far picked up no legislative majorities, and actually lost a majority in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/05/democrats-downballot-misery-continues-with-state-legislative-battles/">The Washington Post</a>.
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Speaker Pelosi Briefs Press In Weekly News Conferece

Pelosi Announces Speakership Run Amidst Dem Caucus Turmoil

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) officially informed her Democratic colleagues on Thursday that she plans to run for Speaker of the House again for the

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Only a few days before the election, Nancy Pelosi became the latest in a long line of Democrats to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8913641/Nancy-Pelosi-brands-Amy-Coney-Barrett-illegitimate-Supreme-Court-Justice.html">call</a> Amy Coney Barrett an &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; Supreme Court Justice. From the moment the vacancy opened, all the way up to and through the hearings and confirmation vote, Democrats labeled the process a &#8220;<a href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/video/4811724-dems-call-judge-amy-coney-barrett-hearing-vote-a-sham/">sham</a>&#8221; and openly questioned the very validity of Barrett&#8217;s judgeship. There was, of course, no basis for these charges. Barrett was nominated and confirmed by an entirely legal and constitutional process, and there was nothing even vaguely strange or troubling about the way the White House and Senate Republicans handled the matter. Still, Democrats were willing to destroy America&#8217;s faith in the judicial branch just for the sake of scoring political points.
This has been a tried and true Democratic strategy for many years — especially since President Trump&#8217;s election, the results of which they have never for a moment been willing to accept or validate. Hillary Clinton has spent Trump&#8217;s entire tenure crying foul to anyone who will listen, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president/2019/09/26/29195d5a-e099-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html">branding</a> Trump an &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; president who &#8220;stole&#8221; the election. Nearly every Democrat on the national stage has echoed these sentiments. The rest have aided the slander through their silence. There is, once again, no basis for any of this. Donald Trump was elected fairly and legally, and no accusation of &#8220;collusion&#8221; with Russia was ever proven despite ceaseless attempts by an opposition party determined to punish Trump for the crime of having become president in the first place.
Democrats have never taken kindly to losing, nor have they been willing to admit when it happens — just ask Stacey Abrams. Or better yet, Al Gore. In 2000, Gore refused to concede the presidential election until a Supreme Court decision forced his hand in mid-December of that year. Bush was tagged as an <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/none-dare-call-it-treason/">election thief</a> thereafter, and the label stuck at least until the media started rehabilitating his image in order to use their newfound respect for him as a bludgeon against Trump.
These are all things to keep in mind as you watch the media and Democrats hyperventilate over Trump&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-6b5e72b684cf34f55df454930a2d661d">shocking</a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/biden-campaign-blasts-false-trump-s-false-victory-claim-as-outrageous-1.9287730">unprecedented</a>&#8221; claims that the 2020 election is being stolen from him. Whatever you think of the fraud allegations being made by the Trump camp, it must be said that the shock Democrats are feeling is the shock of having the shoe on the other foot. If Trump&#8217;s cries of illegitimacy and vote theft are knowingly incorrect, the ruse is unprecedented only because it&#8217;s a Republican pulling it this time.
As it happens, there are actually valid reasons in this case to get the courts involved and take a second look at the counting process in some of these states. This election has what no other election in American history has ever had: tens of millions of people mailing in ballots over the course of months, coupled with tens of millions more showing up to the polling place the old fashioned way on Election Day. At best, the last minute rule changes to allow this overwhelming influx of mail-in votes have caused confusion. At worst, it has provided a forum and cover for fraud. Whatever the case, there is grounds for litigation. But even if you disagree, if you are a Democrat who has been screaming that Trump is &#8220;not your president&#8221; over these past four years, you are in no position to criticize what he&#8217;s doing now.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. 
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WALSH: The Left Has Called Trump’s Election Illegitimate For Four Years. Now They’re Mad That He’s Returning The Favor.

Only a few days before the election, Nancy Pelosi became the latest in a long line of Democrats to call Amy Coney Barrett an &quot;illegitimate&quot; Supreme Court

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Friday that she was &#8220;personally delighted&#8221; by the apparent results of the 2020 presidential election, and claimed that President Donald Trump seeks to &#8220;paralyze government&#8221; in the waning days of his presidency.
&#8220;I wish we weren’t wearing masks so we could see how exciting it is to come before you today with Joe Biden having the tremendous mandate that he has,&#8221; Pelosi said. &#8220;And that pretty soon the hyphen will be gone from vice president to president-elect Joe Biden [sic]. It’s a happy day for our country because Joe Biden is a unifier. Because he is determined to bring people together. Because he respects all points of view, and as he has said, &#8216;I ran as a Democrat. I’ll govern as president for all of the people, whether they voted for me or not.'&#8221;
&#8220;So I am so officially pleased with the outcome that is imminent and also personally delighted because of the quality and caliber of leadership that Joe Biden will provide,&#8221; Pelosi continued. &#8220;This morning it is clear that the Biden-Harris ticket will win the White House. His election is historic, propelled by the biggest vote ever in the history of our country, 73.8 million-and-counting Americans. The most votes ever received by any presidential ticket in history.&#8221;
Pelosi went on to say that &#8220;President-elect Biden has a strong mandate to lead and he’ll have a strong Democratic House with him and many Democrats in the Senate. This has been a life or death fight for the fate of our democracy, as he says, &#8216;the soul of our country.&#8217; We did not win every battle in the House, but we did win the war.&#8221;
Pelosi also claimed that President Donald Trump will be &#8220;up to mischief&#8221; during the last months of his administration and called him a domestic enemy.
&#8220;So many people have said to me, and perhaps some of you along the way, &#8216;What damage do you think that Trump will do between losing the election and the inauguration of Joe Biden?&#8217; Maybe you didn’t phrase it quite that way, but that’s how I heard it. And we knew that he would be up to mischief, separate and apart from trying to destroy the credibility of our elections, which we criticize other nations for doing. And now with all enemies, foreign and domestic, making an assault on our elections. Well, we have one domestic, but apart from that on the policy side, which is why we are here,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;This lame duck Trump rule seeks to paralyze government and generations of life-saving protections and try to burden the new president elected by the American people right out of the gate,&#8221; Pelosi later added, citing &#8220;a radical new rule that would make regulations from the FDA and other health and human services agency automatically sunset, unless the agencies undertake a cumbersome time consuming process to renew them.&#8221;
As of Friday afternoon, five states — Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Alaska — have yet to be called, though Biden leads in the Electoral College vote 264-214. The leads Trump had in Pennsylvania and Georgia earlier in the morning disappeared as the ballot count continued.
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Tune in as I speak with reporters this morning in Washington. <a href="https://t.co/P20e3SZxiy">https://t.co/P20e3SZxiy</a>
&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1324742251239645187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Draws Criticism For Patronizing A Closed Hair Salon

‘We Won The War’: Pelosi ‘Delighted’ By Apparent Election Results, Claims Trump Will Be ‘Up To Mischief’ As Lame Duck

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Friday that she was &quot;personally delighted&quot; by the apparent results of the 2020 presidential election, and claimed

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Things did not go well for House Democrats on Election Day.
While some races are still being tabulated, Democrats lost some of &#8220;their most vulnerable members and have not picked off a single Republican incumbent heading into Wednesday evening,&#8221; The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/524503-centrist-democrats-talk-leadership-changes-after-negative-election-results">reported</a>. After all the votes are counted, Republicans could end up gaining as many as ten House seats.
The dismal performance — Democrats were expected to add seats, not lose them — has once again sparked talk of ousting 80-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The California Democrat has served in the House for 33 years and held two stints as Speaker, but her time at the top may be coming to an end — and that talk is coming from at least two moderate members of the party.
Two centrist Democrats told The Hill on Wednesday that they were &#8220;reaching out to their colleagues about backing one of Pelosi’s top lieutenants, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (NY), for Speaker in the next Congress.&#8221;
“He’s the only one prepared and positioned” to be Speaker, one of the Democratic lawmakers told the political website. “He bridges moderates and progressives better than anyone. And most importantly, he’s not Nancy Pelosi.”
Jeffries, for his part, told The Hill he&#8217;s focused on his current job.
Ousting a presiding Speaker is a dangerous undertaking. Lawmakers may grumble behind the scenes, but should they band together for a coup and fail, they become targets. That&#8217;s why most often the coup is usually heard only in the corridors of the Capitol — until it blows up. Once that happens, everyone comes out of the woodwork like roaches.
There were rumors in 2019 that some Democrats would make a move to unseat Pelosi, but that never reached critical mass.
Yet the shifting House after Tuesday&#8217;s election might put Pelosi in a tough position. &#8220;A slew of moderate lawmakers, whose wins in the 2018 midterms handed the gavel again to Pelosi, have lost or are on track to lose their seats,&#8221; The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-house-didnt-flip-but-the-results-were-a-flop">reported</a>. &#8220;Meanwhile, several establishment Democrats are set to be replaced by staunch progressives, shifting Democrats’ political center of gravity further left in the lower chamber of Congress.&#8221;
Some House Republicans say Pelosi faces an uphill climb to hold onto the gavel.
&#8220;I mean Nancy Pelosi doesn&#8217;t even have a majority where she can be elected Speaker again,&#8221; Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-of-cards-pelosi-to-have-a-hard-time-becoming-speaker-as-results-trickle-in-officials-say">said</a> on Fox News on Wednesday. &#8220;Whoever would have guessed that it&#8217;d be possible that Nancy Pelosi might not be the Speaker?&#8221;
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said the waning Democratic majority — and a growing number of younger, more progressive members of the party — could hit Pelosi hard.
“I know the vote on the floor is difficult for Speaker. I know there was a number of people who did not vote for her last time,&#8221; McCarthy said at a press conference on Wednesday. &#8220;And as our numbers continue to grow, I think at the end of the day, no matter where we end up, we&#8217;ll be able to have a very big say, or even run the floor when it comes to policy.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2020-post-mortem-democrats-blame-each-other-polls-impeachment-coronavirus-for-house-failure">2020 Post-Mortem: Democrats Blame Each Other, Polls, Impeachment, Coronavirus For House Failure</a>
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Can She Survive? Some Democrats Mull Ousting House Speaker Pelosi After Dismal Election Showing

Things did not go well for House Democrats on Election Day. While some races are still being tabulated, Democrats lost some of &quot;their most vulnerable

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House Democrats expected to pick up seats on Election Day after months of polls and pundits insisted 2020 would bring about another Blue Wave. Even Fox News projected Democrats would gain five seats in the House.
So far, Democrats have only managed to flip two districts while Republicans have flipped eight, meaning the GOP has a net gain of six. Republicans have won or are leading in all 26 House races they were expected to narrowly win and have won or are leading in 25 of the 27 races labeled as tossups <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-house.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Article&amp;state=default&amp;module=styln-elections-2020&amp;region=TOP_BANNER&amp;context=election_recirc">by The New York Times</a>. Republican candidates have also won or are leading in nine of the 36 races expected to be narrowly won by Democrats.
The Blue Wave didn’t emerge, and now House Democrats are looking for someone or something to blame. Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/04/dems-post-mortem-election-2020-434044">reported</a> Wednesday that members of the party are blaming everything from the stalled coronavirus relief bill to the polls to the left-wing rioters in Democrat-controlled cities over the summer and into the fall. Others blamed party leadership.
“Some corners of the party were also beginning to question the message and tactics at the top, with several Democrats predicting — and some even demanding — a significant overhaul within the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, including possibly even ousting chairwoman Cheri Bustos, whose Illinois race has yet to be called,” the outlet reported. “Just 24 hours earlier, Democrats including Bustos and Speaker Nancy Pelosi were boasting about the opportunity to expand their majority, with some even predicting they could win as many as a dozen seats in the House by clawing back GOP territory in the suburbs of Texas, Ohio and Illinois.”
Some Democrats blamed the left wing of the party, saying the specter of socialism loomed large in Trump-leaning districts. Others told Politico the DCCC spent money in races it had no hope of winning. Still others suggested the party had no real message beyond bashing President Donald Trump.
As it currently stands, 40 House races have yet to be called, leaving control of the lower chamber up in the air. Democrats are expected to maintain control, though not by much.
“I think there’s still a lot of uncertainty. I would say the high expectations that a number of pollsters and pundits created obviously have not been met,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) told Politico. “We’ll have a Democratic majority in the House, and it remains to be seen how big that will be.”
Some losses for Democrats were a surprise, including Rep. Donna Shalala’s (D-FL) loss to Republican challenger Maria Elvira Salazar in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Shalala previously served as President Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. Salazar was endorsed by Trump.
Democratic lawmakers privately told Politico they expected Pelosi to face a tougher leadership vote than usual, though none said they thought she should step down or even suggested a challenger.
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2020 Post-Mortem: Democrats Blame Each Other, Polls, Impeachment, Coronavirus For House Failure

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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who is seeking an eighteenth term in the House of Representatives, told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/25/politics/pelosi-house-speaker-reelection-cnntv/index.html">CNN</a> anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday morning that she also wants to be Speaker of the House again, should Democrats retain their majority.
Pelosi made the remarks after Tapper played a short segment from the final presidential debate when President Donald Trump predicted a Republican takeover of the House.
“You keep thinking that, Mr. President. You just keep on thinking that,” said Pelosi, adding that Trump’s prediction was an example of his “delusional” statements.
“If Democrats keep the House, are you going to run for another term as speaker?” Tapper asked Pelosi, who promptly and enthusiastically replied: “Yes I am, but let me also say, we have to win the Senate.”
Should Democrats retain the House, and President Donald Trump wins re-election, Pelosi seeking the leadership position again could bring into focus her relationship with the president, with whom she hasn’t spoken in over a year.
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-pelosi-coronavirus-election/2020/10/17/392fcdd2-0fe1-11eb-8a35-237ef1eb2ef7_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reports that Trump and Pelosi’s last meeting was at the White House on October 16, 2019, when Pelosi left and claimed Trump called her a “third-grade politician.” Trump reportedly told Pelosi, “We’ll see you at the polls” after she decided to leave, and both of them later accused each other of having a “meltdown.”
Several notable roadblocks could also stand in the way of Pelosi retaining her position. On the one hand, Republicans could manage to reclaim the House majority, or Pelosi could lose the California 12th congressional seat to left-wing challenger Shahid Buttar.
Should both those scenarios fail, Pelosi would also still have to receive support from a Democratic Congress, which could include progressives hostile toward the speaker, who first took on the role in 2007 and represents a Democratic Party establishment that doesn’t always get along with the members of its uber-progressive base.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who supported Pelosi for speaker as a freshman congresswoman, said Sunday she will support the “most progressive candidate” for speaker, suggesting she wasn’t ready to commit to the San Francisco Democrat.
“I am committed to making sure that we have the most progressive candidate there. But, if Speaker Pelosi is that most progressive candidate, then I will be supporting her,” Ocasio-Cortez told CNN on Sunday morning, reports <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/ocasio-cortez-declines-promise-support-180206224.html">Yahoo News</a>.
When she announced her support for Pelosi in 2018, Ocasio-Cortez shared a New Yorker article which led with the claim: “The strange thing about the fight to displace Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is that no one seems willing to run against her.”
As such, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: “All the challenges to Leader Pelosi are coming from her right, in an apparent effort to make the party even more conservative and bent toward corporate interests. Hard pass. So long as Leader Pelosi remains the most progressive candidate for Speaker, she can count on my support.”
“I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership. But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here,” she tweeted.
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I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership.
But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here.
Otherwise it’s a just new figure with the same problems.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1065335144809197569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Pelosi Says She Wants To Be Speaker Again If Dems Control House

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who is seeking an eighteenth term in the House of Representatives, told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday morning that

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) struggled during a CNN interview on Sunday to answer why she is refusing to pass a COVID-19 relief bill to help struggling Americans.
CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper noted during the segment that the Trump administration has &#8220;moved closer&#8221; to Pelosi&#8217;s positions &#8220;on lots of issues&#8221; in an effort to help the country, which Pelosi denied.
&#8220;And also same thing, they keep moving the goalposts,&#8221; Pelosi claimed. &#8220;They, every time they say we move the goalposts, that means they&#8217;re projecting what they did.&#8221;
&#8220;I get that you&#8217;re waiting for it on paper. But it just seems like, you&#8217;re winning. I mean, that&#8217;s what it seems like to me,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking at all the things that the White House is moving forward to your position on. And it seems like you could take yes for an answer.&#8221;
Tapper made mention of the fact that poverty levels have surged as tens of millions of Americans have gone on unemployment benefits due to the pandemic.
Tapper also noted that three Democratic governors have urged Pelosi and others to put political differences aside and pass a &#8220;much-needed COVID-19 relief bill.&#8221;
&#8220;In addition, one of your own members, Congressman Max Rose, said this week that the Democratic Party needs to learn, to a certain extent, how to declare victory and go home,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;You&#8217;re getting a lot of messages from Democrats saying: This is good enough. We need to say yes.&#8221;
Pelosi downplayed the messages, saying, &#8220;that is not a lot of messages.&#8221;
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CNN&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JakeTapper</a> calls out <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> for refusing to pass a Covid relief bill despite the GOP caving: &quot;It seems like you could take yes for an answer&quot; <a href="https://t.co/QUs2aAEiU9">pic.twitter.com/QUs2aAEiU9</a>
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<blockquote>JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: So, we know that the White House has moved closer to your position on lots of issues, coronavirus testing, contact tracing strategy, unemployment benefits, local government &#8212; local government&#8230;
NANCY PELOSI, HOUSE SPEAKER: No, no. Excuse me. They haven&#8217;t yet.
TAPPER: They haven&#8217;t?
PELOSI: That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re waiting for.
We&#8217;re waiting for the final yes.
TAPPER: Well, they &#8212; so, they said they would.
PELOSI: But they haven&#8217;t yet.
TAPPER: And you&#8217;re waiting to see it on paper.
PELOSI: They haven&#8217;t yet.
And also same thing, they keep moving the goalposts. They &#8212; every time they say we move the goalposts, that means they&#8217;re projecting what they did.
But let&#8217;s just &#8212; let&#8217;s be hopeful. We&#8217;re nine days before an election.
TAPPER: Yes.
PELOSI: We&#8217;re trying to unify the country.
And one way to do it is to come together to crush the virus, so that we can open our economy, open our schools, feed our people, 17 million children food-insecure in our country.
TAPPER: Right. I&#8230;
PELOSI: But, again, the answer is, crush the virus.
TAPPER: So, I get that.
But it just seems like they keep moving closer and closer.
PELOSI: They don&#8217;t.
TAPPER: I get that you&#8217;re waiting for it on paper. But it just seems like, you&#8217;re winning. I mean, that&#8217;s what it seems like to me.
I&#8217;m looking at all the things that the White House is moving forward to your position on. And it seems like you could take yes for an answer.
PELOSI: Well, as soon as they say, this is it.
We &#8212; in our negotiations, yes, that is the case. But then they take it back. And when they come back, it isn&#8217;t always &#8212; it isn&#8217;t what we anticipated.
So, I&#8217;m hoping, tomorrow, Monday, the secretary &#8212; I &#8212; I sent over on Friday the list of the concerns that we still had about, what are &#8212; what is the answer? What is the answer? What is the answer?
And my understanding is, he will be reviewing that over the weekend, and we will have some answers on Monday.
TAPPER: So, more than 23 million Americans are on unemployment benefits right now, as you know.
PELOSI: Yes.
TAPPER: One study shows the poverty rate is higher now than it&#8217;s been in the whole pandemic.
PELOSI: Exactly.
TAPPER: Three Democratic governors in the Midwest, Whitmer of Michigan, Evers of Wisconsin, and Walz of Minnesota, three Democratic governors wrote to you, President Trump, and other congressional leaders saying, among other things &#8212; quote &#8212; &#8220;We implore you to put differences aside and agree to another much needed COVID-19 relief bill.&#8221;
PELOSI: Right.
TAPPER: In addition, one of your own members, Congressman Max Rose, said this week that the Democratic Party needs to learn, to a certain extent, how to declare victory and go home.
You&#8217;re getting a lot of messages from Democrats saying: This is good enough. We need to say yes.
PELOSI: Welcome to my world. That is not a lot of messages, although I respect each and every one of them.
The fact is, if we don&#8217;t agree to the science to crush the virus, if they did what is in our bill that science dictates that we do, then, if we do that, we can lower the incidence of the virus in certain areas, open schools, open businesses and the rest.
If we don&#8217;t, we&#8217;re just giving money to the president to spend any way he wants. And that has not been in furtherance of crushing the virus. So, again, in terms of &#8212; we all want an agreement. Nobody wants it more than the House Democrats. We represent these people.
We have been fighting for food for the hungry&#8230;
TAPPER: Right.
PELOSI: &#8230; rent assistance for those who may be evicted.
But, most importantly, we really have to stop the spread of the virus.
TAPPER: So&#8230;
PELOSI: And it&#8217;s, what, nine months later.
TAPPER: Yes, no, I hear you.
PELOSI: &#8230; and they still will &#8212; have refused to honor science with the solutions.
And then, of course, we&#8217;re praying for the vaccine, and, hopefully, that will be soon.
TAPPER: Yes.
PELOSI: But many more people will die in the meantime.</blockquote>
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Tapper Grills Pelosi For Refusing To Pass COVID-19 Relief Bill: ‘You Could Take Yes For An Answer’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) struggled during a CNN interview on Sunday to answer why she is refusing to pass a COVID-19 relief bill to help

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) snapped at a reporter on Thursday who asked her about the growing controversy surrounding a laptop allegedly belonging to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, saying that she would not talk about the issue.
&#8220;Madam Speaker,&#8221; the reporter began, &#8220;the [serious] allegations of corruption involving Joe Biden have —&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; Pelosi responded. &#8220;I&#8217;m not answering your questions, okay? We&#8217;re talking about the coronavirus — that’s what I &#8230; I don&#8217;t have all day for questions.&#8221;
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Pelosi later addressed a recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bombshell-iran-interfered-in-u-s-election-to-damage-trump-by-posing-as-right-wing-group-and-threatening-democrats-feds-say">press conference</a> from FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe about recent election interference involving Iran.
“The U.S. government has concluded that Iran was behind a series of threatening emails arriving this week in the inboxes of Democratic voters,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/20/proud-boys-emails-florida/">reported</a> yesterday. “The emails claimed to be from the Proud Boys, a far-right group supportive of President Trump, but appeared instead to be a deceptive campaign making use of a vulnerability in the organization’s online network.”
&#8220;One other subject I wanted to bring up is the subject of the foreign interference in our elections. When I leave here, I will go to a briefing from the DNI and perhaps others,&#8221; Pelosi said. &#8220;And I’ll be very interested to hear what they have to say in a classified briefing, because everything we have seen in the public domain does not justify the statements that we heard yesterday. We don’t want any foreign interference in our elections from anyone. We think intimidation in the election is wrong, foreign or domestic, foreign or domestic. So to give equivalence to one country and another, when we know that Russia has for a long time, 24/7, in the past election and this one, been there to undermine our election, they try to make an equivalence with China. I take second place to no one in this Congress in my criticisms of China, whether it’s human rights, whether it’s trade violations, whether it’s proliferation of weapons technology that are dangerous and sending it to rogue nations.&#8221;
&#8220;But the fact—I know what they’re doing, I’ve tracked them every day for 30 years or a little bit more. But in the public domain, you can see that what they are doing is their usual trying to infiltrate the thinking of people in our country to be sympathetic to China, a lot less to do with the elections. Russia is the villain here,&#8221; Pelosi continued. &#8220;From what we’ve seen in the public domain, Iran is a bad actor, but in no way equivalent, and they always try to find some [equivalence] to protect their friend, Russia. I have confidence in the director of the FBI that votes will be protected, that laws will not be violated. And we don’t want this message coming out from the DNI now to give people any impression that they should be afraid to vote, that their vote will not be counted as cast.&#8221;
&#8220;I’ll be eager to hear what they have to say,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;I’m glad I’m having this meeting with you before I hear what they have to say, because everything I’ve said to you now is in the public domain. Elections are sacred. They should be treated with respect. I don’t know what the DNI is up to with this. Hopefully, it is wholesome. That remains to be seen.&#8221;
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House Speaker Pelosi Holds News Conference On Establishing Commission On Presidential Capacity

Pelosi When Asked About Alleged Biden Laptop Scandal: ‘I’m Not Answering Your Questions’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) snapped at a reporter on Thursday who asked her about the growing controversy surrounding a laptop allegedly belonging

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has given the Trump administration 48 hours to address differences between what Democrats and Republicans want in a second coronavirus relief bill.
Drew Hammill, deputy chief of staff to Pelosi, <a href="https://twitter.com/Drew_Hammill/status/1317650979429470210">tweeted</a> Saturday night that the speaker and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke for an hour regarding the relief bill.
“While there was some encouraging news on testing, there remains work to do to ensure there is a comprehensive testing plan that includes contact tracing and additional measures to address the virus’ disproportionate impact on communities of color,” Hammill tweeted. “There remains an array of additional differences as we go provision by provision that must be addressed in a comprehensive manner in the next 48 hours. Decisions must be made by the White House in order to demonstrate that the Administration is serious about reaching a bipartisan agreement that provides for Americans with the greatest needs during the pandemic.”
Pelosi’s 48-hour deadline rings hollow given in her own refusal to seriously address a second round of relief. Earlier this month, Pelosi held a vote on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package that received zero Republican votes and even lost 18 Democrat votes, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-partisan-2-2-trillion-covid-19-relief-bill-without-gop-support">reported</a>. Democrats even messaged Pelosi and asked her to accept the Trump administration’s $1.6 trillion offer.
“Republicans have put forward a serious offer and I think leadership should stay at the table and get this across the finish line,” Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT) said at the time.
“This is going nowhere, we know it’s going nowhere. This is just a vote to make people feel good,” said Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA). “I want to help people, and that means sitting at the table and getting the damn deal done.”
Last Tuesday, prominent Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-the-deal-prominent-dems-scorch-pelosi-after-she-refuses-1-8-trillion-white-house-covid-deal">told</a> Pelosi to accept the Trump administration’s $1.8 trillion deal, which was the White House’s compromise.
“Nancy Pelosi take this deal!” said entrepreneur Andrew Yang, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. “Put politics aside people are hurting.”
Former Obama administration adviser Dan Pfeiffer also told Pelosi to “aggressively pursue a COVID Relief deal with Trump.”
“People in need can’t wait until February. 1.8 trillion is significant &amp; more than twice Obama stimulus,” said progressive Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). “It will allow Biden to start with infrastructure. Obama won in 08 by doing the right thing on TARP instead of what was expedient. Make a deal &amp; put the ball in McConnell court.”
Pelosi’s demand is especially odd given that just Thursday, a YouGov <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-blame-pelosi-for-holding-out-on-coronavirus-stimulus-poll">poll</a> showed Americans are blaming her for the delay in a new coronavirus relief bill. Forty-three percent of those polled blamed Pelosi for the delay while 40% blamed Trump. For independents, 45% blamed Pelosi while just 30% blamed Trump.
When asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer why Pelosi doesn’t accept a deal with the White House, the speaker snapped. “What makes me amused if it weren’t so sad, is how you all think that you know more about the suffering of the American people than those of us who were elected by them to represent them at that table,” Pelosi said.
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Pelosi Gives Trump Administration 48-Hour Deadline To Compromise On Coronavirus Relief

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Americans are placing blame on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for the delay over a new coronavirus stimulus bill, a recent poll from YouGov reveals.
&#8220;The survey, <a href="https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/7h9ohi94io/20201011_yahoo_coronavirus_tabs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">conducted by YouGov</a> Oct. 9-11 among 1,525 registered voters, found that 43% of voters said Pelosi is more to blame for the lack of progress on a stimulus package, while 40% blamed President Donald Trump. 17% of those surveyed were unsure,&#8221; The Blaze <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/poll-most-americans-blame-nancy-pelosi-for-failure-to-pass-coronavirus-stimulus?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter">reported</a> Wednesday.
&#8220;By party affiliation, an overwhelming majority of Democrats blame Trump and an overwhelming majority of Republicans blame Pelosi,&#8221; the outlet notes.
However, Pelosi is also viewed as responsible for the delay by self-identified independents: &#8220;45% of self-identified independents said Pelosi is more responsible for the failure to reach a deal, compared to 30% who said it was Trump&#8217;s fault. 25% of independents were unsure.&#8221;
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Trump offered Democrats a $1.8 trillion compromise last Friday, The Blaze noted &#8212; &#8220;a compromise that Pelosi swiftly rejected.&#8221;
Speaker Pelosi became noticeably unglued on Wednesday during an appearance on CNN when anchor Wolf Blitzer pressed the leading Democrat about her apparent political miscalculation that is now hurting millions of American people in need.
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The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pelosi-comes-unglued-when-cnn-presses-her-on-stimulus-bill">reported</a>: &#8220;Blitzer pointed out that Pelosi wrote to House Democrats that &#8216;the president only wants his name on a check to go out before election day and for the market to go up,&#8217; then asked Pelosi, &#8216;Is that what this is all about? To not allow the president to take credit that there’s a deal that will help millions of Americans right now?&#8217;
Pelosi answered, &#8220;I don’t care about that. He’s not that important. But let me say this, with all due respect, you really don’t know what you are talking about.'&#8221;
“They really need the money right now, and even members of your own caucus, Madame Speaker, wanted to accept this deal, &#8221; Blitzer continued.
“What I say to you is, I don’t know, you’re always an apologist,” Pelosi lashed out at the CNN anchor. “And many of your colleagues, apologists for the Republican position.&#8221;
Later in the interview, Pelosi again lashed out, mistakenly referencing former President Barack Obama: “I didn’t come over here to have — so you’re the apologist for the Obama — excuse me, God forbid.”
“Madam Speaker, I’m not an apologist,&#8221; Blitzer said. &#8220;I’m asking you serious questions because so many people are in desperate need right now. Let me ask you this: when was the last time, Madam Speaker, you spoke with the president about this?”
“I don’t speak with the president,&#8221; Pelosi confessed. &#8220;I speak with his representative.”
“Why not? Why not call him and say, Mr. President, let’s work out a deal,&#8221; asked Blitzer. &#8220;It’s not going to be everything you want, it’s not going to be everything I want, but there are so many Americans right now who are in desperate need, let’s make a deal.&#8221;
“What makes me amused if it weren’t so sad, is how you all think that you know more about the suffering of the American people than those of us who were elected by them to represent them at that table,&#8221; Pelosi responded.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pelosi-comes-unglued-when-cnn-presses-her-on-stimulus-bill">WATCH: Pelosi Comes Unglued When CNN Presses Her On Stimulus Bill</a>
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Americans Blame Pelosi For Holding Out On Coronavirus Stimulus: Poll

Americans are placing blame on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for the delay over a new coronavirus stimulus bill, a recent poll from YouGov reveals.

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A House Republican has introduced a resolution that calls for the removal of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who he says lacks the &#8220;mental fitness&#8221; for the job.
Pelosi, 81, a career politician who has served in the House for 33 years, is third in the line of succession for the presidency, essentially putting her two heartbeats away from the White House.
Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) finds that unacceptable. &#8220;It&#8217;s clear that Nancy Pelosi does not have the mental fitness to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives. I&#8217;m introducing a resolution to push for her removal,&#8221; he wrote on Twitter on Sunday. He introduced the resolution on Monday.
&#8220;Nancy Pelosi’s unwillingness to abide by the Constitution, combined with her recent actions, call into question her own mental fitness,&#8221; he wrote on Twitter. &#8220;It’s critical that the House of Representatives demand her removal from the line of succession.&#8221;
Fox News obtained a <a href="https://dougcollins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fox-news-rep-doug-collins-introduces-resolution-push-pelosi-removal">copy</a> of Collins’ resolution, which says Pelosi “is unable to adequately serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives and should therefore be removed from her position.&#8221;
The resolution also says Pelosi “has spent the majority of the House of Representative’s time pursuing baseless and fruitless investigations” against President Trump and his administration, including last year&#8217;s impeachment inquiry. “On October 31, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi oversaw the first party-line vote to begin an impeachment inquiry into a president in the history of our country,&#8221; the resolution says.
The resolution lays out a litany of past actions by Pelosi, including when she “ripped up the State of the Union speech” delivered by the president in February “before the American people.&#8221;
The resolution also notes that Pelosi “visited a shuttered hair salon in San Francisco where she received a blow-out without wearing a mask in violation of San Francisco’s laws concerning the coronavirus;” and “cast blame on the salon’s owner for ‘setting her up.&#8217;”
“Over her tenure of her speakership, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has started to demonstrate a decline in mental fitness, calling into question her ability to adequately serve the House of Representatives and the American people,” the resolution says.
Collins also pointed out that during an interview this month on ABC News, Pelosi “appeared confused and exhibited bizarre behavior” by “blurting out randomly ‘Good Morning, Sunday morning.'&#8221;
Pelosi last month also raised the possibility of impeaching Trump again as part of a ploy to stop him from filling a recently vacated Supreme Court seat, saying on ABC that Democrats “have arrows in our quiver.”
Host George Stephanopoulos pressed Pelosi on the issue, asking, “But to clear, you’re not taking any arrows out of your quiver, you’re not ruling anything out?”
Pelosi then gave a puzzling answer, responding, “Good morning. Sunday morning. The, uh, we have a responsibility, we take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. We have a responsibility to meet the needs of the American people, uh, that, uh, is, uh, when the we weigh the equities of protecting our democracy requires us to use every arrow in our quiver.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-pelosi-couldnt-pass-basic-aptitude-tests/">Trump Says Pelosi Couldn’t Pass ‘Basic Aptitude Tests’</a>
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House Republican Introduces Resolution To Remove Pelosi As Speaker Over ‘Mental Capacity’

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On Tuesday, appearing on CNN with host Wolf Blitzer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi furiously and hysterically accused Blitzer and some of his colleagues of being “apologists for the Republican position” after Blitzer repeatedly asked her why she would not get together with President Trump to make a deal for a coronavirus stimulus bill.
Blitzer pointed out that Pelosi wrote to House Democrats that “the president only wants his name on a check to go out before election day and for the market to go up,” then asked Pelosi, “Is that what this is all about?  To not allow the president to take credit that there&#8217;s a deal that will help millions of Americans right now?” Pelosi answered, “I don&#8217;t care about that.  He&#8217;s not that important.  But let me say this, with all due respect, you really don&#8217;t know what you are talking about.”
Blitzer said of Americans, “They really need the money right now, and even members of your own caucus, Madame Speaker, wanted to accept this deal. 1.8 trillion dollars; Congressman Ro Khanna, a man you know well, I assume you admire him, he&#8217;s a Democrat, and he just said this, he said, &#8216;People in need can&#8217;t wait until February.  1.8 trillion is significant &amp; more than twice the Obama stimulus &#8212; make a deal &amp; put the ball in the McConnell court.&#8217;  So what do you say to Ro Khanna?”
“What I say to you is, I don&#8217;t know, you&#8217;re always an apologist,” an irate Pelosi snarled. “And many of your colleagues, apologists for the Republican position. Ro Khanna: that&#8217;s nice.  That isn&#8217;t what we&#8217;re going to do. And nobody&#8217;s waiting until February.”
“I want this very much now,” Pelosi claimed. “Because people need help now. It&#8217;s no use giving them a false thing just because the president wants to put a check with his name on it in the mail that we should not be doing all we can to help people pay the rent, put food on the table then enhance benefits that they don&#8217;t lose their jobs if they&#8217;re state and local. We&#8217;re talking about the consequences of a pandemic. The symptoms of a problem that the president refuses to address.  And that is the coronavirus. That is the coronavirus.”
“We know the problem out there but there are millions of Americans who have lost their jobs, they can&#8217;t pay the rent, their kids need the food,” Blitzer persisted. “1.8 trillion dollars. The president just tweeted: ‘Stimulus: go big or go home.’ He wants even more right now, so why not work on a deal with him and don&#8217;t the perfect, as they say here in Washington, be the enemy of the good?”
Pelosi, losing all sense of logic: “Well, I will not let the wrong be the enemy of the right.”
Blitzer: “What&#8217;s wrong with 1.8 trillion dollars?”
“Do you know what?” Pelosi asked. “Do you have any idea of what the difference is between the spending that they had in their bill and that we had in our bill? Do you realize that they have come back and said all these things for child tax credits and earned income tax credits and helping people who have lost their jobs, are eliminated in their bill? Do you realize they pay no respect to the fact that child care is very important for people whose children cannot go to school cause they&#8217;re remote learning and yet they minimize the need for child care which is the threshold with which people, mothers and fathers, can go to work if they had that. Do you have any idea at how just woefully short their concern —”
Blitzer: “That&#8217;s precisely why, Madam Speaker, it&#8217;s so important now. Yesterday I spoke to Andrew Yang, who says the same thing: It&#8217;s not everything you want, but there&#8217;s a lot there.”
Pelosi: “Yeah, but you know what? Honest to God, I can&#8217;t get over it. Because Andrew Yang, he&#8217;s lovely. Ro Khanna, he&#8217;s lovely. They are not negotiating this situation. They have no ideas of the particulars. They have no idea of what the language is here.”
Another slip: “I didn&#8217;t come over here to have &#8212; so you&#8217;re the apologist for the Obama — excuse me, G-d forbid.”
Blitzer, protesting, “Madam Speaker, I&#8217;m not an apologist. I&#8217;m asking you serious questions because so many people are in desperate need right now. Let me ask you this: when was the last time, Madam Speaker, you spoke with the president about this?”
Pelosi: “I don&#8217;t speak with the president. I speak with his representative.”
Blitzer, trying to be reasonable: “Why not? Why not call him and say, Mr. President, let&#8217;s work out a deal. It&#8217;s not going to be everything you want, it&#8217;s not going to be everything I want, but there are so many Americans right now who are in desperate need, let&#8217;s make a deal.”
Pelosi, haughtily: “What makes me amused if it weren&#8217;t so sad, is how you all think that you know more about the suffering of the American people than those of us who were elected by them to represent them at that table.”
Later, Blitzer pointed out, “Here&#8217;s what you wrote in a letter to House Democrats, Madam Speaker&#8230; &#8216;The president only wants his name on a check to go out before election day and for the market to go up.’ Is that what this is all about? To not allow the president to take credit that there&#8217;s a deal that will help millions of American&#8217;s right now?&#8221;
Pelosi: “I don&#8217;t care about that. He&#8217;s not that important. But let me say this, with all due respect, you really don&#8217;t know what you are talking about. …&#8221;
Blitzer repeated, “1.8 trillion dollars is a lot of money. The American people need that money ASAP because they&#8217;re suffering right now.  I&#8217;m not saying it&#8217;s perfect&#8230;”
Pelosi: “You don&#8217;t care how it&#8217;s spent.”
Blitzer: “Of course, I care how it&#8217;s spent. But what I don&#8217;t understand is why not talk to the president personally. Call him up and say, &#8216;Mr. President let&#8217;s get a deal tomorrow.&#8217;”
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WATCH: Pelosi Comes Unglued When CNN Presses Her On Stimulus Bill

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused the White House&#8217;s offer of a $1.8 trillion &#8220;compromise&#8221; deal on coronavirus relief almost immediately upon offering, but some prominent Democrats are now firing back at the longtime leader, telling her to take the deal.
Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate, tweeted point-blank at the Speaker over the weekend, telling Pelosi to &#8220;take the deal&#8221; or risk political fallout.
&#8220;Nancy Pelosi take this deal!&#8221; Andrew Yang, he said, directing her to the $1.8 trillion plan. &#8220;Put politics aside people are hurting.&#8221;
Former Obama administration bigwig Dan Pfeiffer agreed, telling Pelosi to ignore &#8220;potential risks&#8221; and ink the deal with President Donald Trump, sending relief to families in need instead of forcing them to wait until after the presidential election.
&#8220;While there are potential risks, Democrats should aggressively pursue a COVID Relief deal with Trump,&#8221; Pfeiffer tweeted.
&#8220;It&#8217;s the right thing to do, but the politics can also work in our favor,&#8221; Pfeiffer added, citing an op-ed that suggests Democrats will share both credit and blame &#8212; and would be better off sharing credit ahead of a contentious November election.
Even progressive Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who typically falls further to the left than Pelosi on most issues, urged his boss to ink the deal, suggesting that the stimulus package would make Joe Biden&#8217;s transition to power much easier if he wins in November.
&#8220;People in need can’t wait until February. 1.8 trillion is significant &amp; more than twice Obama stimulus,&#8221; Khanna said. &#8220;It will allow Biden to start with infrastructure. Obama won in 08 by doing the right thing on TARP instead of what was expedient. Make a deal &amp; put the ball in McConnell court.&#8221;
The deal doesn&#8217;t cover all of Democrats&#8217; top priorities, but it does, reportedly, deliver a second round of $1200 stimulus checks to individual taxpayers, grants a small reprieve from student loan payments, and extends the supplemental federal unemployment benefit, though it lowers the weekly amount from $600 to $400 (it currently sits at $300, where applicable). The bill also, according to experts, extends a hand to cities and states suffering from the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdowns, though it does not allow cities and states whose financial issues predate COVID-19 to claim benefits.
The $1.8 trillion bill does not include a bailout for the United States Postal Service, something the Democrats have insisted on, but it is remarkably close to the amount Democrats wanted to spend to &#8220;bail out&#8221; American industries. The final Democrat-authored coronavirus relief bill came in at $2.2 trillion, just around $400 billion less than the White House&#8217;s version.
Pelosi, though, called the deal a &#8220;step back&#8221; in a letter to colleagues.
&#8220;This proposal amounted to one step forward, two steps back,&#8221; she said, noting that it failed to include “strategic plan to crush the virus,&#8221; even though few entities are prepared to issue such a plan, even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Instead, the CDC is focused on issuing temporary guidelines to control and limit coronavirus transmission while the White House pursues a coronavirus vaccine.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused the White House&#039;s offer of a $1.8 trillion &quot;compromise&quot; deal on coronavirus relief almost immediately

&#039;Take The Deal&#039;: Prominent Dems Scorch Pelosi After She Refuses $1.8 Trillion White House COVID Deal

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