House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) apparently believes she decides what to answer when making the Sunday TV talk show circuit.
Margaret Brennan, host of the CBS Sunday program “Face the Nation,” asked Pelosi whether she would remain in leadership in the next Congress.
“I’m not talking about that,” responded the 82-year-old California Democrat, “I’m here to talk about how we win the election.”
“I’m not here to talk about me,” she continued, “I’m here to talk about the future of America’s working families, for the children.”
Pelosi declared that seniors, women of childbearing age and Americans who care about the planet have a lot at risk.
“Now, we’re down to the stretch,” she told Brennan. “And we’re down to very close elections. We feel very confident.”
“I see very clearly that the ownership of the ground is with us,” Pelosi continued. “It’s about getting out the vote.”
Republicans have no plan for reducing the cost of living or prescription drugs, she said, and believes that Democratic leaders are working hard to tackle those issues and have legislation to show for it.
“The fight is not about inflation; it’s about the cost of living,” the House Speaker explained. “And if you look at what we have done to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, to bring down the cost of energy and the rest in our legislation, you will see that it has been opposed every step of the way by the Republicans.”
Pelosi’s unwillingness to address Brennan’s question about her continued leadership role in the next session of Congress is probably moot, anyway. Forecasts by political analysts like FiveThirtyEight and Real Clear Politics predict Republicans will comfortably regain control of the House, putting Pelosi in a minority leadership role — at best.
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