Pelosi Not Keen On GOP 'Pledge'

By Kyle LaFleur - Talk Radio News Service

During a press conference with reporters on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted Republicans over their “Pledge To America,” a 21-page document that outlines what the GOP’s agenda will be if they win back Congress this fall. Pelosi said the manifesto makes her party the clear choice for voters this November.

“Democrats are for making it in America. Republicans, as they demonstrated in their proposal, are for shipping jobs overseas. Democrats are for preserving social security, Republicans are for privatizing it. Democrats are for tax cuts for the middle class, the Senate Republicans have held up those middle income tax cuts unless there are tax cuts for the wealthiest people in America,” said Pelosi. 

The Speaker justified the Democrats’ decision to not roll out a similar plan in response.

“I’m not big on these pledges, I think they are a lot of showboating,” said Pelosi. “I don’t like to take them. I don’t like to exact them.”