Latenight host Stephen Colbert must have pulled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the freezer to make her annual election prediction. The two are sure Democrats are going to hold a majority in the House and Senate. At least, that’s what Pelosi predicts—I guess she saw her shadow?
When asked what makes her so sure, Pelosi explained that Democrats were planning this back in 2020 — Hence all of the unfounded court cases and committees with actual movie producers. Dems are just trying to sell a narrative:
“We started right away to prepare for the next election in terms of organization, own the ground. When you mobilize, you must own the ground to take out the vote. You have to do that with inspiration and how it put together our messaging and that’s the second “M.” And the third is money.
So, we’re getting ready for the election. That was in December of 2020. In January 6, you know what happened, an insurrection incited by the president of the United States on the U.S. Capitol, on our Constitution, on our democracy. The greatest influx of candidates came forward, young people, people of color, people of different generations, different backgrounds and the rest, the beautiful diversity of America, came forward. They didn’t pay attention to those pundits who said you can’t win.
They went in with courage and confidence that they could win. So when Roe v. Wade came down, boom, we were totally ready. And that just caused a whole different attitude on the part of some of whether we could win. We always believed we could win because we knew we had to, because our democracy was on the ballot, our planet was on the ballot, a women’s–everything was on the ballot in this election, more than in regular– majorities come and go.”
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I feel like I could have saved Colbert the time it took thawing out Pelosi. It doesn’t matter how many times she or her pals claim the ‘red wave’ is a myth—November is coming and people are fed up with Democrats. No handout or big production is going to change that.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.