It was recently reported by Breitbart that in a Tuesday interview with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) weighed in on the upcoming midterm elections with Republicans looking to take back the House and Senate.
Pelosi emphasized that she had “absolutely no intention of us losing this election” because Democrats “have a non-menacing message that is progressive and bold.”
“We’re not talking about history. We’re talking about the future. History says the president loses seats in the off-year. Well, the president gains seats in the on-year. This president did not, but he won the election; he helped us hold the House,” Pelosi outlined. “We helped him win the election. And those of our candidates who are members, who won with Trump on the ballot and won in the Trump districts, are in pretty strong shape. But we want more. We want more. We have to offset some changes, but we want more.”
“I have absolutely no intention of us losing this election,” she added. “We’ll win it one election at a time. We own the ground with our mobilization. We’ll have a non-menacing message that is progressive and bold but non-menacing, and we’ll have the money to do so. They’ll have endless money, we will have enough, and we will win. And it is absolutely essential for our country. Our democracy is on the ballot. Our freedom is on the ballot.”
Pelosi has been having a hard time of it lately. The Hill recently reported that on Tuesday, she went after the Catholic Church for what she characterized as its hypocritical position when it comes to the politics of life and death.
Pelosi, a practicing Catholic, was recently barred by the archbishop of San Francisco from taking communion for her support of abortion rights, which the church considers to be homicide at all stages from conception to birth.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday morning, Pelosi wondered why the archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, hasn’t applied the same ban to Catholics who support capital punishment.
“I wonder about the death penalty, which I am opposed to,” she said. “So is the church, but they take no action against people who may not share their view.”
The Speaker is no stranger to clashes with Cordileone, a staunch conservative who has long denounced Pelosi’s support for abortion rights, same-sex marriage and other positions favored by liberals. His political views stirred some controversy during the coronavirus pandemic after he revealed in December that he was not vaccinated for COVID-19 and falsely claimed that the inoculation shots “are not really vaccines.”
Cordileone’s feud with Pelosi escalated last week, when he barred her from receiving communion, a central sacrament of the Catholic faith, within his archdiocese. The decision runs counter to the advice of Pope Francis and the Vatican, which have warned against denying communion to abortion rights supporters — an idea that’s gained prominence since President Biden, another Catholic, took over the White House.
In explaining the decision to ignore the Vatican, Cordileone characterized Pelosi’s support for abortion rights as a “grave evil,” a church “scandal” and a “danger to her own soul.”
