During an interview for PBS NewsHour on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was asked by hostess Judy Woodruff to explain how Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton can overcome Donald Trump’s lead among white men in the November election.
“Donald Trump is doing much better than Hillary Clinton among white men, and particularly white men who have not attended college,” Woodruff said. “How does Hillary Clinton counter that?”
“With an economic agenda to create jobs—good-paying jobs—increasing paychecks, the economic agenda is what is really—it’s about the economy,” Pelosi replied. “You know that statement; it’s not a cliche, it’s a fact.
“And I think that so many times white, non-ed—non-college-educated white males have voted Republican—they voted against their own economic interest—because of guns, because of gays, and because of God. The ‘Three Gs,’ God being the woman’s right to choose.
“That is softening, and there are some of those people were never going to be voting Democratic anyway. But I believe that with the turnout that we expect to have, we will draw some of them in with our message, and enough other people to win the election.”
As one might expect, conservatives have generally—and forcefully—rebuked her comments as “bigoted” and “hateful.” Liberals, on the other hand, have applauded her comments.
