The nation’s most prominent elected Democrat said Friday her party must resist the temptation to chase progressive dreams, such as Medicare for All, if it wants to win the 2020 elections. The key to victory, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, is policies that appeal to the political mainstream.
“I just say to all of our friends, you know, you want to go to the left? You want to win the election, let’s make a decision to win the election. And when you make a decision to win the election, you have to make every decision in favor of winning,” Pelosi said in an interview Friday with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board.
“There’s plenty of progressive work that we can do in the mainstream without, um, shall we say, having the luxury of our exuberances in carving up a pie we don’t even have,” she said.
“We all understand what is at stake,” Pelosi said. For Democrats, it’s defeating President Donald Trump and maintaining the House and winning control of the Senate.
“I just say to all of our friends, you know, you want to go to the left? You want to win the election, let’s make a decision to win the election. And when you make a decision to win the election, you have to make every decision in favor of winning,” Pelosi said in an interview Friday with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board.
“There’s plenty of progressive work that we can do in the mainstream without, um, shall we say, having the luxury of our exuberances in carving up a pie we don’t even have,” she said.
“We all understand what is at stake,” Pelosi said. For Democrats, it’s defeating President Donald Trump and maintaining the House and winning control of the Senate.
