Posted on 06/23/2017 11:15:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Minority leader Nancy Pelosi thinks the Democratic Party is doing just fine despite her fellow Democrats thinking it's time for her to get the ax.
The California Democrat told reporters at LOGO's Trailblazer award ceremony on Thursday night that she doesn't believe the party is in need of any radical change while half of the party remained angry and divided for throwing millions towards a Georgia House race that was met with a tragic loss.
"We have the arena now, people are ready to listen and we'll have our message about the economy, but we will not walk away from our responsibilities,” Pelosi told reporters.
Just hours prior, New York Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice told CNN that the party was in need of a change.
"It's time for Nancy Pelosi to go, and the entire leadership team," Rice said.
The 77-year-old, who was awarding Cyndi Lauper the honor for championing LGBTQ issues throughout her career, addressed her concerns about LGBTQ issues under the Trump administration.
"Well we have to be optimistic, and we have to keep on fighting," she said.
The longtime politician's sentiments came just before Trump spoke of her in an interview with "Fox & Friends" which aired on Friday.
The president slammed Pelosi's record after the Democratic special election losses, explaining that it would be a "very, very sad day for Republicans' if Nancy Pelosi steps down."
But that didn't stop her from preaching her message of hope — just shortly after she defended her abilities as a "master legislator" following the Georgia loss.
"I'm hopeful because of all of the work and activism that happened during the HIV AIDS struggle, that really led to great achievements… it led to marriage equality and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell as well as the Hate Crimes Act so now we have an equality act but now we want to open up the Civil Rights Act and inject LGBTQ in there and that would be a great advance."
Although the party's hit some tough losses, Pelosi is standing behind her positive spirit.
"I think we made great progress. You have to look at the upside," she said. "This is not a glass that's nearly empty but nearly full and we're ready to win the Congress in the next election but in the mean time we don't want those in power to do harm to anyone in our country and certainly not the LGBT community."
The mother-of-five walked the carpet with two of her adorable grandsons, Paul and Thomas.
Well, since lunatic Nancy is always wrong about everything, I’d say she’ll be gone as leader very very soon.
We’d have to disappoint the “last one out”.
Pelosi: “We’ve got the Republicans surrounded”.
LOL!! If ONLY we had some other Gladiators other than Trump, on our side!
Who will replace her? Someone more crazy, more radical, more violent, more perverse, more out of touch? The face of the democrat party reminds me of the Picture of Dorian Gray.
Maxine Waters, comin’ right up.
She seems crazy to us but to the dims she probably seems perfectly sane. It’s just that the results have been less than spectacular that has the dims trying to figure out what is going wrong.
As long as the Democratic Party thinks LGBTQ functions are where they need to spend their time—they are burnt toast.
Look at the Dem “leadership.” They’ve got Schmucky Schumer in the Senate, Bella Pelosi in the House, and Pinko Perez head of the DNC. Some leadership! (Shaking my head in disbelief.) And they think they’re on the verge of “winning?” Taking back the House? The Senate? They think they’ve got the “right message” and that the problem/challenge for them is its marketing?
Unreal! They are so totally delusional. (Which is fine for me, BTW.)
I'm hoping the Dems will have a number of candidates seeking the 2020 nomination - Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and a few others just like them (maybe even Bernie Sanders again.) It will start out as a love fest, with all of the candidates parroting the "we hate Trump" mantra. However, it will quickly degenerate into an all out brawl as egos and blind ambition take over.
She’s daft as a brush, that woman!
Yeah, like the Christians "had the arena" when the lions were turned loose. You freaking fudge-stripe.
The New, Improved Democrat Crap Sandwich! Now with twice the crap!
Does anyone really think this nut job will attract anyone to the democrat party?
Hard to envision any Trump supporter jumping ship to join the party of Nancy.
The woman is batchitcwazee.
‘We have the arena now’
Yes however it’s empty have another snort of what ever your doing.
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker...
forget Warren; the Indian parodies are her only recognition...Booker? Nah, wrong genitalia...Harris? Yep, checks all the right boxes, looks hot, is relatively young, and has real ethnic value...
bet the house; it’s Harris in 2020...
Zero for five - SanFran Nan has them just where she wants them!
But cheer up! There's a bright side - All those losing dems won the [lefty commie] "media vote".
Their answer is not to change their message. It’s to spew more propaganda. America has been hacked by these progressives in the political parties.
I think the jury's still out on that one.
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