House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) threw shade on some major elements of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential platform, even as she suggested to reporters at a Democratic congressional summit in Baltimore that she wasn’t choosing sides in the party’s primary.
“We’re not running on any platform of raising taxes,” Pelosi said Wednesday, according to CNN, referring to Sanders’ plan to raise taxes to pay for a single-payer model health care overhaul.
She said the single-payer model was once “a very popular idea,” but argued, “It’s no use having a conversation about something that’s not going to happen.”
She dismissed questions that a nomination of Sanders would have a negative down-the-ticket effect for other Democratic races, as some Dem lawmakers have stated. Pelosi also praised Sanders for “enlarging the universe of people who are paying attention to the election.”
“We hope that he will bring them to the polls in November to support the Democratic nominee,” Pelosi said.
I wish we could clone Nancy Pelosi. She’s got more brains and savvy in one little finger than damned near any other Democrat around. Plus she’s always been and remains one of the best and most dedicated Democrats you can find.
I’m tired of old rich politicians telling us what we can and cannot have.
By “old rich politicians,” are you referring to the expert on what can and cannot be moved through the current House of Representatives, on what is utterly unrealistic in 2016 – or are you simply objecting to someone who’s saying something you don’t want to hear?
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Pretty soon I’ll be too unhip to read TPM.
She’s finally mentioned the elephant in the room. Sanders is running for President on a platform of raising taxes. The last person to try that was Walter Mondale.