House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is about to join @EmCollective Senior Advisor @evanasmith at #SXSW for @TheAtlantic's FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY summit. I'll be live-tweeting excerpts from their conversation.
.@evanasmith kicks off with a question about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (in Pelosi's backyard).
“I don’t think there’s any appetite in this country for bailing out a bank," Pelosi responds, while conceding the need to protect depositors and small businesses. #SXSW
“I don’t think there’s any appetite in this country for bailing out a bank," Pelosi responds, while conceding the need to protect depositors and small businesses. #SXSW
Pelosi on SVB: "What we would hope to see by tomorrow morning is for some other bank to buy the bank."
She says there are multiple potential buyers, but can't reveal them.
She says there are multiple potential buyers, but can't reveal them.
The conversation has moved onto the state of democracy:
Pelosi: "I keep saying to my Republican friends—and I do have some—'take back your party!'"
"Radical right-wing, destructive [sic], led by somebody who just feeds the flame, is a problem we must face and must win..."
Pelosi: "I keep saying to my Republican friends—and I do have some—'take back your party!'"
"Radical right-wing, destructive [sic], led by somebody who just feeds the flame, is a problem we must face and must win..."
.@evanasmith asks about the manifestation of extremism that made its way inside Pelosi's own house.
Pelosi says her husband Paul was able to make the trip here with here, which is very unusual.
"I was the target, he paid the price." #SXSW
Pelosi says her husband Paul was able to make the trip here with here, which is very unusual.
"I was the target, he paid the price." #SXSW
Pelosi says the GOP mischaracterizes the value "many of us share." She notes it's Sunday morning and she's a devout Catholic, but nonetheless expresses full support for abortion rights. #SXSW
.@evanasmith asks Pelosi to reflect on January 6
"Anarchists were making poo–poo on the floor of the Capitol," Pelosi says.
She acknowledges that she was a target that day—"bullet in the head, and all that."
And then this: “Something must be wrong with Tucker Carlson."
"Anarchists were making poo–poo on the floor of the Capitol," Pelosi says.
She acknowledges that she was a target that day—"bullet in the head, and all that."
And then this: “Something must be wrong with Tucker Carlson."
Pelosi on Speaker McCarthy and the GOP's push for transparency w/r/t January 6 materials and footage.
“Why would you give it to somebody who is a denier of democracy?” #SXSW
“Why would you give it to somebody who is a denier of democracy?” #SXSW
Pelosi on her successor, Speaker Kevin McCarthy:
“We need to listen, and I hope that Kevin will listen to other than just the very radical, right-wing fringe of his party." #SXSW
“We need to listen, and I hope that Kevin will listen to other than just the very radical, right-wing fringe of his party." #SXSW
.@evanasmith asks Pelosi about foreign policy, specifically Taiwan and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Pelosi: “Money buying Russian oil is paying for the assault on democracy in Ukraine.” #SXSW
Pelosi: “Money buying Russian oil is paying for the assault on democracy in Ukraine.” #SXSW
Pelosi says China is buying votes from small countries at the U.N. with “our money.” #SXSW
Pelosi: “Now you see China and Russia cozying..."
(She's talking about how the battle for democracy all comes down to money.)
"We have to join with the EU in using the leverage of this big market to have the playing field be more even." #SXSW
(She's talking about how the battle for democracy all comes down to money.)
"We have to join with the EU in using the leverage of this big market to have the playing field be more even." #SXSW
Pelosi: “I was never going to let the president of China isolate Taiwan, and so that’s why we went.”
"I knew I had to go." #SXSW
"I knew I had to go." #SXSW
“I am the least astute and knowledgeable person about what goes on in the Republican party," Pelosi says. #SXSW
Pelosi says she's not convinced Trump *won't* be the 2024 GOP nominee. "If he is: we impeached him twice, and he’s gonna lose twice."
On Biden potentially running in '24: "I certainly hope that he will."
#SXSW
On Biden potentially running in '24: "I certainly hope that he will."
#SXSW
More Pelosi on Biden '24:
“I think it would be efficient for us to have a president seek reelection, and we should be moving on with it when we can. Whatever decision he makes, we’d like to know.” #SXSW
“I think it would be efficient for us to have a president seek reelection, and we should be moving on with it when we can. Whatever decision he makes, we’d like to know.” #SXSW
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