Pelosi on Midterms: Crises Like ISIS, Ebola Distracted Voters from Our Message

Nancy Pelosi does not believe the midterm results were a Republican wave; she says they were more of a Democratic ebb. And in a new interview, the House Minority Leader says that it didn’t help that voters were distracted during the final leg of the campaign by various international crises.

In an interview with Politico out today, Pelosi continued to insist there was “no wave of approval for the Republicans” and even admitted that Democrats need to do a better job mobilizing voter turnout on their side the next time around.

But when pressed on whether the Democrats lost because of a “failure of politics,” Pelosi completely dismissed that idea:

“I don’t think it was a failure of his message; it was the extent of his success. Let’s say it in a more positive way. This president has accomplished many great things. You know there is always an October eclipse. We couldn’t catch a break.”

Pelosi here is referring to international crises like the fight against ISIS and the brief moment of U.S. panic over Ebola that, she believes, distracted from the Democrats’ economic message.

You can read the full Politico interview here.

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