Democrats ‘doubled down on the status quo’ with Nancy Pelosi: RNC

The Republican National Committee said the return of Nancy Pelosi as leader of House Democrats exposes the tone deafness of her party.

“This year voters went to the polls and made a bold statement for change in Washington but House Democrats just doubled down on the status quo,” the RNC said in a statement. “The American people have been trying to send the Democrat Party a message by selecting historic numbers of Republicans for office at nearly every level of government but Nancy Pelosi’s re-election shows Democrats aren’t listening.”

Mrs. Pelosi secured an eighth term as leader of House Democrats Wednesday after beating back a challenge from Rep. Tim Ryan, who argued the 2016 election showed it was time for new leadership and the party had become too coastal.

He also pointed out that Democrats had lost 60 seats since the high water mark of Mrs. Pelosi’s tenure, which started in 2003.

The RNC delivered a similar message after learning that Democrats had re-elected her to her leadership post.

“Despite Nancy Pelosi keeping her caucus firmly in the minority for six years, Democrats inexplicably keep rewarding her track record of failed leadership with successive terms as House Minority Leader,” the RNC said. “Voters have repeatedly rejected Pelosi’s liberal agenda of higher taxes, weak border enforcement, and government-run healthcare, yet out-of-touch congressional Democrats have chosen to side with Washington insiders to pursue more of the same. “