The results of a video survey of registered Democrats, Republicans and independents showed respondents react poorly to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claiming Democrats would win the midterms.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told late night host Stephen Colbert that she expects Democrats to win more seats, and made an offhand comment about former President Donald Trump.did not like what the Democratic leader had to say about her party's chances in the midterm elections when she appeared on CBS'"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" earlier this month.
"I believe that we will hold the House, and we will hold the House by winning more seats," Pelosi told liberal host"We won the 40 seats, then we lost some when Trump was on the ballot. We lost some of the Trump districts, but we held enough seats to hold the House with him on the ballot. He's not on the ballot now. Oh, did I say his name? I didn't mean to," she quipped while referring to the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a media availability at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2021. In a survey that played the video and allowed respondents to track their reaction in real time, 200 participants evenly split between Democrats , Republicans and independents , had overall negative responses to Pelosi's remarks. Republicans and independents both awarded her an"F" grade, while Democrats only awarded her a"C."
According to pollster and Fox News contributor Lee Carter, who conducted the survey through her company Maslansky + Partners, many respondents felt Pelosi was saying something obvious that anyone would expect to hear from her.Carter explained that a large number of the respondents felt Pelosi's comments about formerThen-President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after disembarking Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Sept. 26, 2019.
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