During an appearance on the network, Pelosi touted President Bidenā€™s record on the economy, saying, he ā€œcreated 9 million jobs in his term in office. Donald Trump has the worst record of job loss of any president. So we just have to make sure people know.ā€

Host Katy Tur briefly interjected, telling Pelosi ā€œthere was a global pandemicā€ during Trumpā€™s presidency.

Pelosi paused, looking shocked, before shooting back at Tur that ā€œhe had the worst record of any president. Weā€™ve had other concerns in our country.ā€

ā€œIf you want to be an apologist for Donald Trump, that may be your role, but it ainā€™t mine,ā€ she added.

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    2 months ago

    By definition, swing voters can go either way. We try to get their votes because in our FPTP system, you only win elections by getting the most votes in enough states.

    Donā€™t forget that you need to appeal to a majority of the voters in many of the states to win a Presidential election. That includes in swing states where the center is well right even of Joe Biden.

    Iā€™d be happy to read about polls that show otherwise. For now it looks like a lot of progressives like to think their policies are very popular but canā€™t win outside of California and Massachusetts.

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      2 months ago

      Iā€™d be happy to read about polls that show otherwise.

      Uh huh. Iā€™ve seen what this platform says about polls that indicate that people arenā€™t happy with centrist Democrats.