Pelosi Suggests ‘30%’ of Republicans Are Racist, Sexist, Homophobic

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested that “30%” of Republican voters will never vote for Democrats because of their racism, sexism and homophobia.

Speaking at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Pelosi was pressed by podcast host Kara Swisher on why the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump is so close.

“There are people who will never be, shall we say, inclined to support Democrats because of – they just have a different orientation toward women, people of color, LGBTQ, you know, they just are not ever going to be there,” Pelosi said. “So, say that’s about like 30% or something like that… of the Republicans.

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{snip} “There are people who are concerned. They have fear of globalization. They saw the factory down the road move overseas. They’re fearful of innovation. {snip}”

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Pelosi’s comments resemble Hillary Clinton’s infamous “basket of deplorables” comment during the 2016 election about Trump supporters.

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