{"id":1240813,"date":"2022-01-25T22:07:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T03:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1240813"},"modified":"2022-01-25T22:07:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T03:07:53","slug":"pelosi-announces-shell-run-for-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-announces-shell-run-for-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Announces She\u2019ll Run For Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-announces-shell-run-for-reelection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1240813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her run for reelection ahead of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi called the midterm elections \u201ccrucial\u201d to protecting American democracy and said she would be \u201cgreatly honored\u201d for voters\u2019 support in her reelection campaign. The California Democrat was first elected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/People\/Detail\/19519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House<\/a> in 1987 and has held her role as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/03\/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaker<\/a> since January, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis election is crucial,\u201d she said. \u201cNothing less is at stake than our Democracy. But as we say: We don\u2019t agonize, we organize! And that is why I am running for re-election to Congress and respectfully seek your support. I\u2019d be greatly honored by it and grateful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker thanked her supporters for helping Democrats deliver on \u201chuman rights, reproductive justice, LGBTQ equality, and respect for immigrants.\u201d She said the most important issues facing Congress are \u201cthe children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for giving me the privilege to represent our city and our San Francisco values in the Congress. Human rights, reproductive justice, LGBTQ equality, respect for immigrants, and care for each other,\u201d Pelosi said. \u201cWhen people ask me \u2018what are the three most important issues facing the Congress?\u2019 I always say the same thing: Our children. Our children. Our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is my why. Why I am in Congress-For The Children,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis is my story. And this is my song. As you hear me say, \u2018When you\u2019re in the arena, you have to be able to take a punch or throw a punch-For The Children.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people\u2019s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>But we don\u2019t agonize-we organize. I am running for re-election to Congress to deliver For The People and defend Democracy. -NP <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ojwFPOdRs3\">pic.twitter.com\/ojwFPOdRs3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamPelosi\/status\/1486097075142021128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/09\/04\/nancy-pelosi-be-read-to-take-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pelosi<\/a> cited accomplishments of fighting against HIV\/AIDS and the discrimination of those infected with the diseases when she first entered Congress. She touted the passage of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and the strengthening of Social Security and Medicare and the fight against COVID-19 \u201cwith equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker referred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/pelosi-calls-climate-bill-religion-550-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate crisis<\/a> as \u201can ethic\u201d in San Francisco that will be combatted through providing affordable housing, clean energy, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/28\/pelosi-democrats-embarrass-biden-voting-down-infrastructure-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infrastructure<\/a> and transportation. She said the crisis can be solved by educating the younger generation and creating \u201cgood-paying, green, union jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In order to solve crime, Pelosi said combating crime\u2019s \u201croot causes\u201d and supporting \u201cjustice in policing\u201d in order to create safe communities. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/28\/select-committee-capitol-riot-subpoenas-jim-jordan-scott-perry-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pelosi\u2019s Jan. 6 Team Plots Next Move Ahead Of 2022 Midterms)<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She thanked those serving \u201cin uniform\u201d to protect world peace and ensure \u201ca strong Democracy at home.\u201d She warned that democracy is at threat due to \u201cassaults\u201d on the truth, the Capitol and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/21\/nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-democrats-china-build-back-better-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voting rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision for a world at peace requires a strong Democracy at home as an example to the world,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are grateful to our men and women in uniform, veterans and military families and honor their sacrifice with our insistence on securing voting rights and end the big dark money in politics. And amplifying the voice of the grassroots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019ve made progress, much more needs to be done to improve people\u2019s lives. Our democracy is at risk because of assaults on the truth, the assault on the U.S. Capitol and the state-by-state assault on voting rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/17\/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker-filibuster-martin-luther-king-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pelosi<\/a> claimed Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would have \u201ctears in their eyes\u201d at the \u201cdeparture of democracy\u201d in regards to two Democrat-led elections bills known as the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act during a Jan. 17 address news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Several key House Democrats, including Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/12\/john-yarmuth-retire-before-2022-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Yarmuth<\/a> of Kentucky and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/30\/democrat-cheri-bustos-will-retire-congress-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheri Bustos<\/a> of Illinois, announced their retirements ahead of the midterm elections. Yarmuth was a major figure in crafting President Joe Biden\u2019s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan. Bustos served as chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her run for reelection ahead of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections on Tuesday.Pelosi called the midterm elections \u201ccrucial\u201d to protecting American democracy and said she &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1240813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}