{"id":1294976,"date":"2022-02-13T13:50:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294976"},"modified":"2022-02-13T18:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T23:52:56","slug":"pelosi-slams-manchin-not-right-for-him-to-say-what-were-doing-is-contributing-to-the-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-slams-manchin-not-right-for-him-to-say-what-were-doing-is-contributing-to-the-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Slams Manchin: \u2018Not Right\u2019 For Him \u2018To Say What We\u2019re Doing Is Contributing To The Inflation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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-slams-manchin-not-right-for-him-to-say-what-were-doing-is-contributing-to-the-inflation%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=1294976&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-13-at-6.03.30-PM-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) slammed Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) during an interview on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d on Sunday for blaming Democrats\u2019 policies for skyrocketing inflation rates.<\/p>\n<p>Host George Stephanopoulos noted that inflation, which is at its highest levels in 40 years, is costing the average American family approximately $275 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi gave a long-winded response to Manchin\u2019s remarks before claiming, \u201cit\u2019s not right \u2014 with all the respect in the world for my friend, Joe Manchin \u2014 it\u2019s not right to say what we\u2019re doing is contributing to the inflation because it is exactly the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC NEWS HOST:&nbsp;We\u2019re joined now by the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Madam Speaker, thank you for coming in again this morning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): My pleasure. Good morning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: So, we \u2014 you just saw those reports right there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The White House is warning of an imminent invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainians seem to think that that\u2019s all hype.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Are \u2014 do you believe that Putin is poised to invade?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, I think we have to be prepared for it. And that is what the president is \u2014 yes, I do believe that he is prepared for an invasion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I also understand why the President of Ukraine wants to keep people calm and that he wants his economy not to suffer. But, on the other hand, if we were not threatening the sanctions and the rest, it would guarantee that Putin would invade. Let\u2019s hope that diplomacy works.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s about diplomacy deterrence. Diplomacy deterrence. And the president\u2019s made it very clear. There\u2019s a big price to pay for Russia to go there. So if Russia doesn\u2019t invade, it\u2019s not that he never intended to. It\u2019s just that the sanctions worked.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Are you convinced that President Biden is doing everything he can to prevent an invasion? Is Congress doing everything you can to prevent an invasion?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, look, I\u2019m very proud of the work the president has done. The unity of our allies and NATO to come to an agreement as to the severity of the sanctions is very, very important. And that is \u2014 that is something that Putin should pay very close attention to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Actually, our allies in Europe can suffer sometimes from some of the sanctions because of the impact it has on them, and yet they are there fully on the sanctions front. Yes, we in Congress \u2014 the sanctions are the tactic the president is taking. He can do that by executive order. It would be better if we could do it \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: What should President Putin know from you, the Speaker of the House, about the consequences of an invasion?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, the fact is, is that we think that an assault on Ukraine is an assault on democracy. And that we are not \u2014 we understand the loss of life, the damage, the collateral damage to civilians, to military, and the rest are severe, if he decides to invade.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The mothers in Russia don\u2019t like their children going into war. He\u2019s (ph) had to experience that, forgive the expression, body bag from the moms before. So he has to know that war is not an answer. There are very severe consequences to his aggression, and that we are united in using them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Let\u2019s talk about the situation here at home. Families are feeling the hit from the highest inflation in 40 years. Right now, it costs the average American family about $275 a month. What can Congress do right now to bring those costs down?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, let me just talk about the inflation then. Because people are saying, well, what we\u2019re spending is causing \u2014 the fact that people have jobs always contributes to increase in inflation. That\u2019s a good thing. But inflation is not a good \u2014 you know, we have to contain that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Wages are not keeping up with prices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: That\u2019s right. And let me just say about what Congress has been doing. When we did the COMPETES Act last \u2014 what contributes to inflation? More people having jobs, scarcity of products, which makes the prices go up, and the rest. So when we passed the COMPETES Act last Friday, this was a giant step forward. Now we have to go to conference with the Senate and we will shortly. We\u2019ll send it to the president\u2019s desk. But what that does is addresses the supply chain shortages that we have, and therefore, will decrease inflation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Secondly, it\u2019s important to note this about the BBB, the BBB is a deficit reduction bill. It\u2019s a bill that \u2014 some people say when you increase the national debt, you increase inflation. Seventeen Nobel laureates wrote that the \u2014 the way the BBB was written with long-term investments and increasing the capacity of people to participate in our success is noninflationary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition to that, the tax \u2014 the Joint Tax Committee, which is the imprimatur (ph) on all these issues, the Joint Tax Committee says that BBB will reduce the national debt by $100 billion in the first 10 years and $1 trillion in the second 10 years. So what we are doing is, what are the three effects (ph)? More people going to work. That\u2019s a good thing. More product to lower the cost, you know, the supply side of \u2014 the supply and more supply, lower costs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And then third, and \u2014 third, the terms of not increasing the national debt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: But as you know, Senator Manchin, who is the senator that matters right now because he\u2019s against it, disagrees. He said it\u2019s going to hurt inflation. Let\u2019s take a look.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SENATOR JOE MANCHIN, (D-WV): This is not a time to be throwing more fuel on the fire. We have an inflate \u2014 we have inflation and we have, basically, an economy that\u2019s on fire. You don\u2019t throw more fuel on the fire that is already on fire causing the problems that we have. So we\u2019ve got to get our house in order.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(END VIDEO CLIP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Without his vote, this isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, the fact is, is that \u2014 clearly, he has \u2014 you know, look, Joe Manchin, as you said, is the senator who counts, every senator counts. And we have legislation that is so transformative for our country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When you see what President Biden has done in this year, whether it\u2019s the rescue package that has put money in people\u2019s pockets, taking people off poverty, vaccines in their arms and the rest, you know that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Yes, but people aren\u2019t feeling it right now. They\u2019re upset.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(CROSSTALK)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: No, I understand that. No, I understand that, but there has to be a cumulative effect, a cumulative effect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And part of the consequences of all of that investment, the infrastructure bill and the rest, is that more people have jobs and, therefore, inflation goes up. When I first went to Congress, you were there working for Dick Gephardt \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: (INAUDIBLE) Dick Gephardt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Yeah. We go all the way back. I went to my first meeting where the head of the Fed came in to talk about inflation and unemployment. That was a requirement that the chairman reported to Congress on that. And the first thing Chairman Greenspan said was, unemployment is dangerously low.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Well, if you\u2019re just measuring it by inflation. But the fact is, that the rise in employment and President Biden has nearly 7 million jobs in his year in office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So, yes, we have inflation. It\u2019s very important for us to address it. We must bring it down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And \u2014 but is not \u2014 it\u2019s not right \u2014 with all the respect in the world for my friend, Joe Manchin \u2014 it\u2019s not right to say what we\u2019re doing is contributing to the inflation because it is exactly the opposite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: The other thing that is weighing \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Seventeen Nobel laureate, the Joint Tax Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: The other thing that\u2019s weighing on people right now is rising crime. And there appear to be some divisions among Democrats about how to handle it. Your colleague Karen Bass, running for mayor of Los Angeles, trying to increase the police force in L.A.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Yes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Cori Bush, congresswoman from Missouri, is saying it\u2019s time to defund the police. She\u2019s sticking by that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re the speaker, how do you think Democrats should address rising crime?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, with all the respect in the world for Cori Bush, that is not the position of the Democratic Party. Community safety, to protect and defend in every way, is our oath of office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And I have sympathy \u2014 I \u2014 we\u2019re all concerned about mistreatment of people. And that\u2019s why Karen Bass had the Justice and Policing Act. And we would hope to get some of that done, whether it\u2019s no-knock, chokehold, or some of those issues, even if we can\u2019t get it all done.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But the \u2014 but make no mistake, community safety is our responsibility. And I told one my colleagues from New York, Ritchie Torres, a brand new member of Congress, way on the Left, saying that defund the police is dead. That causes a concern with a few in our caucus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But public safety is our responsibility. And I support what Karen Bass is doing and Mayor Adams of New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Inflation, the rising crime are both weighing down on President Biden\u2019s approval ratings. Right now, they\u2019re weighing down on Democrats as we head into the midterms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You say you\u2019re going to run again this year. But 29 of your fellow Democrats are not running for re-election.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How worried are you about the midterms right now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: I \u2014 I don\u2019t agonize. I organize. And we are fully intent to win this election. Nothing less is at stake.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: How about debunking history?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Well, forget history. We\u2019re talking about future, you know? And when people say, well, the history says that the presidents lose seats in the off year. Presidents gain seat only (INAUDIBLE).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We didn\u2019t gain seats when President Biden won. We worked together to win the Senate, win the House, and win the White House. It was cumulative, but it wasn\u2019t an increase.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And one of the reasons that, in part, the president\u2019s party loses seats in the off years because they gain so many in the on-year. We won 40 seats in \u201918, 31 in Trump districts. In this year with Trump on the ballot, we lost a third of those Trump seats.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, the people who survived in those Trump seats with Trump on the ballot are in very good shape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We take nothing for granted. We intend \u2014 by redistricting, which did not do us harm, as people predicted, history and all that, by recruitment, great people coming forward believing that we can win, with raising of money and attracting the support, and about raising interest in the volunteers. We have every intention every single day to do everything in our power. We have decided to win and that\u2019s what we will do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: So, if you maintain control, are you going to run for speaker again?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: That\u2019s not a question. My purpose right now is just to win that election. It\u2019s to win that election. Nothing less is at stake than the \u2014 our democracy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But, very important in all that is what it means personally to the American people, to their kitchen table issues. Whether it\u2019s whether they\u2019re going to be able to pay for food, for medicine, for rent, children\u2019s education, and the rest. So, our focus that unifies our Democrats \u2014 you talked about what may have divided a few of them. What unifies us is the \u2014 is the empathy that we have for America\u2019s working families and the priority of meeting their needs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lower cost, bigger paychecks, lower taxes, all paid for by making everyone pay their fair share with a great president. I think his message \u2014 see, when we won in \u201906 and \u201908, we were left to our own devices. Just us kids. We didn\u2019t have a Democrat in the White House. Now we do. So even stronger in ability to win. And who is more empathetic than Joe Biden? Who has more \u2014 a bigger vision, more knowledge, more strategic thinking about all this, more authenticity in associating with America\u2019s working families?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEPHANOPOULOS: Madam speaker, thanks for your time this morning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PELOSI: Yes. Onward to a great Democratic victory (ph). Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) slammed Sen. 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