Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made headlines again recently when she urged Republicans to take back control of their party from former President Donald Trump, whom she referred to as a “thug.”
During a chaotic interview on MSNBC, the California Democrat said that she is “rarely surprised in politics,” but, “It is surprising that the Republicans do not honor the oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, to honor the institution in which we serve, and to respect the obligation that we have to the American people to get the job done for them.”
Hayes then asked: “Yes, and we never saw anything like this, as many people have remarked upon. One of the things that happened today, which seems to be really — I mean, part of this, frankly, I find sort of entertaining because it’s just — it’s sort of funny to watch. But something that is sort of darker to me is the fact that Tom Emmer’s vote to certify the election, and any vote to certify the election, to uphold, as Jamie Raskin often puts it, the constitutional republic, is clearly a red line for Donald Trump personally and the MAGA faction. I wonder what you think the implications are for the country and for the House, if that is the case if that is a disqualifying vote.”
Pelosi responded by saying, “Well, let’s just look at today. Today, you had the former president of the United States in court, his chief, as he called himself in his book, Mark Meadows, saying that he told the president that he was wrong about the election; at least that is what has represented it in the press.”
“The president’s in court, the president’s chief is getting immunity for what he has to say about what the president knew about the election, and you have the Republicans in Congress listening to a president in court, whose own chief of staff is saying he was wrong, and they are using that as the basis of how they go forward. What I gained from that, what I learned from that is, to the Republicans in America, take back your party, the Grand Old Party, a great party that made such a contribution to our country, with great leadership in so many ways,” Pelosi added.
“Again, who am I to be advocating for a strong Republican Party, but it is what our country needs, in addition to a strong Democratic Party and whatever other party that people put out there. But not to have a cult, really, effectively, a thug as the representation, the manifestation of the Republican Party now. The same day he is in court, his chief of staff asked for immunity, and they are following the lead of the person whom his chief of staff is asking for immunity to tell the truth about,” she continued.
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Pelosi made headlines last week when she flipped out over the idea of a major third-party push shaking up the 2024 presidential election.
“No Labels is perilous to our democracy. I hesitate to say No Labels because they do have labels. They’re called no taxes for the rich. No child tax credit for children. They’re called let’s undo the Affordable Care Act,” the former House speaker told reporters.
Pelosi made her statement at a breakfast hosted by Third Way, a Democratic-centrist organization that has emerged as one of No Labels’ main adversaries this election cycle.
Twelve states have already allowed No Labels to access the ballot for November 2024. The far-left group MoveOn has asked state secretaries to look into No Labels’ potential status as a dark money organization.
Pelosi claimed that she had disregarded No Labels, even though the organization targeted her while she was the House Speaker, but that the election of 2024 will be different.
“When they jeopardize the reelection of Joe Biden as president of the United States, I can no longer remain silent on that,” she said.
The nonprofit is requesting access to the national ballot with the intention of putting together a unity ticket with a Republican and a Democrat as its leaders. The organization has not yet disclosed who would be in charge of such a ticket, as it is currently set up as a nonprofit organization exempt from donor disclosure requirements.
Essentially, Pelosi and Third Way are worried about No Labels because they believe a moderately successful third-party candidate could garner enough electoral college votes to prevent either major party nominee from receiving the necessary majority of votes to win the presidency.
While it is improbable that a third-party candidate would receive enough electoral college votes, they worry that No Labels might give the Republican nominee the presidency if the election is forced upon the congressional delegations.
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