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81-year-old Nancy Pelosi, who has been in Congress for over 30 years, has confirmed that she is seeking another term in Congress.
This announcement ends widespread speculation that she might retire.
After three decades in office, Pelosi said, “While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy.”
“I am running for re-election to Congress and respectfully seek your support,” she said, adding that her goal is “to deliver For The People and defend Democracy.”
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While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy.
But we don’t agonize-we organize. I am running for re-election to Congress to deliver For The People and defend Democracy. -NP pic.twitter.com/ojwFPOdRs3
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) January 25, 2022
Despite Pelosi’s intention to run, it looks like Democrats are in trouble across the board. There is wide speculation that a massive red wave is coming in the midterm elections.
So far, at least 28 Democrats are calling it quits, either retiring or running for a different office.
As members of the Democrat Party drop like flies ahead of the 2022 midterm election cycle, it’s quickly become known as the “Democratic plight.” It’s undoubtedly a bad time to be a Democrat.
So far, roughly 12 Republicans in the House won’t run for reelection.
Gallup polling has shown there is a huge shift in Americans who no longer identify or lean with the Democrat Party. Republicans currently hold a five-point advantage when asking Americans which political party they identify with or lean towards.
NPR political correspondent Mara Liasson noted that the “Democratic plight” is unique. “The mood is bad,” she said.
“I haven’t ever covered a midterm election cycle when one party is as pessimistic about their prospects as Democrats are today or that the other party, the out party, is as optimistic about their prospects as Republicans are about winning back the House,” she said.
Politico national correspondent David Siders is forecasting doom for Democrats in Congress, writing, “The House? Likely gone. The Senate? A crapshoot.”
Public Opinion Strategies pollster Glen Bolger confirmed that they can track election outcomes based on presidential polling with close accuracy.
With Biden’s approval crashing as low as 33%, Democrats are likely to lose the 41 seats that Trump lost, Washington Examiner reports. This is 34 more seats than the GOP needs to take control of the House of Representatives.
Biden’s sinking approval rating is worst than the lowest rating ever received by President Donald Trump, according to Gallup.
Polls reveal that many Americans are furious with Joe Biden, and rightfully so. Biden attempted to force private employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine via a shot in the arm without providing individuals exemptions for health or religious reasons.
Biden also insulted the American people by saying they’re stupid if they choose not to receive the vaccine. “You’re not nearly as smart as I thought you were,” Biden said to those who were unvaccinated in July of 2021. Even 35 active-duty Navy SEALs have filed a lawsuit against Biden for failing to provide our most highly trained forces with religious and health exemptions from the overly intrusive vaccine drug mandate. If Americans rejected the drug injection, they would face the dire consequence of losing their employment and means of living.
13 U.S. servicemen and women died during Biden’s botched withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. He also stupidly left behind tens of millions of dollars in military equipment at the hands of Taliban terrorists.
Inflation continues to soar at record rates. Gas was as low as $1.87 a gallon when President Donald Trump was in office, but now prices have gone through the roof as Biden stopped the XL Keystone pipeline, stopped the flow of existing pipelines, and prevented drilling on federal lands.
Biden opened the flood gates at the southern border, creating another instant catastrophe. Trump oversaw the lowest number of illegal crossings along the southern U.S. border in over 40 years. Under Biden, the U.S. has suffered the highest number of illegal border crossings in over 60 years.
Biden destroys everything he touches. He’s failing on every front. Election integrity measures by Republicans remain intact. The 60-vote filibuster threshold is surviving in the Senate.
To top everything off, the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately blocked Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employers. The high court rightfully shot down Biden’s drug mandate that has been widely criticized as unwise, unsafe, and unconstitutional.
The Court ultimately ruled that the Biden administration doesn’t have the authority to impose such a mandate. The federal government may “set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures,” the Court ruled.
