House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who faced a crushing defeat in the 2010 midterm elections, told then-President Barack Obama that Democrats were smashed at the ballot box because of “white men’s things.” new documentary footage reveals.
On November 2, 2010, in footage from the new HBO Max documentary “Pelosi in the House,” Pelosi called Obama and said, “Hey, Mr. President, good night.” Shot by House Speaker Alexandra Pelosi, the documentary chronicles Nancy Pelosi’s rise to Congress and her signature achievements, including passing the Affordable Care Act.
In a phone call with Obama, Pelosi said Democrats shouldn’t view their wipeout as a referendum on health care reform. Instead, she blamed the Democratic Party’s losses on white men reeling from high unemployment.
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President Barack Obama takes the stage after being introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on September 22, 2010.
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President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference at the White House on December 22, 2010.
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“Our members say they don’t regret their health care bills across the board. I was going to lose the election, and it was about work,” Pelosi assured the president.
“The thing about white men is just – it’s the dominant thing. They feel bad when they’re not at work,” she said. We have to make some decisions at the caucuses on how to move forward.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives with her daughter Alexandra for the American Arts Awards on October 5, 2009 in New York.
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The call came as Democrats began to grapple with their worst midterm results in more than half a century. Republicans won the most seats in the House of Representatives since 1938. This was after Obama’s signature health care reform bill, known to detractors as Obamacare, was passed.
Political analysts have largely attributed the Democrats’ defeat to the unpopularity of Obamacare, widespread economic dissatisfaction, and the failure of President Obama’s promise of “work-ready jobs” before passage of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act. I thought it was the cause. Great depression.
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Pelosi resigns as House Democratic leader at the end of the year and hands the torch to Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (DY). She has led House Democrats since her 2003.
