Pelosi Focuses On Retaking The House, Dismisses Questions About Her Leadership
September 4, 20185:00 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
SCOTT DETROW
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has gotten fed up with all the speculation.
"It is the least important question you could ask," she told NPR, "with all due respect to your list of questions there."
The question, of course, is whether Pelosi would have enough votes to retake the Speaker's gavel if Democrats win back control of Congress in November.
Republicans have focused their advertising fire on Pelosi this year, and as a result, she and many Democratic candidates are hearing that question a lot. "You wake up each day thinking, what can I do to advance what I believe in, to make the future better. And then some reporter comes up and asks you: 'who are you going to vote for for leader?'" Pelosi said.
"The most important thing is, what does this election mean for the American people?"
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