Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence in the Democratic Party’s chances of reclaiming the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections, speaking Thursday to attendees at the Voters of Tomorrow summit, as reported by Fox News.
The longtime California lawmaker also predicted that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., would become the next Speaker if Democrats regain control.
“We have no doubt that we will win the election with the House of Representatives,” Pelosi told the Gen Z activist crowd, prompting applause. She reiterated the point, saying, “No doubt,” in response to the reaction.
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Pelosi, who led House Democrats for two decades, said preparation would be key to flipping control of the House. She compared the current political environment to 2006 and 2018, when Democrats made significant midterm gains. Pelosi emphasized the importance of year-ahead strategy and early infrastructure-building for messaging, mobilization, and fundraising.
“It’s important to be strong in the year in advance, because that’s when the troops line up,” Pelosi said. “We have our messaging, we have our mobilization, we need the money to do it, but they go only next to a school to hold up the most important part: the candidate.”
In addition to organizing efforts, Pelosi identified lowering President Donald Trump’s approval numbers as a key objective for Democrats leading into 2026. She referred to Trump’s current polling as “terrible” and said bringing his numbers down would be a major priority.
“By October — certainly by November, but by October, we will have — with the help of so many people working — we’ll have taken what’s his name’s numbers down,” she said, avoiding directly naming President Trump.
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According to a recent Fox News poll, President Trump holds a 46% approval rating, with 54% disapproving — an improvement over his polling at this same point in the 2016 election cycle, when his approval stood at 41%.
The Voters of Tomorrow summit featured other high-profile Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and activist David Hogg. Both Harris and Raskin are scheduled to deliver virtual remarks to the attendees.
Pelosi, who stepped down from leadership after the 2022 midterms, continues to be active within the party and frequently appears at Democrat-aligned political events.
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Yeah, with blue cities burning, the Russia Hoax details being exposed, an investigation into which Democrat was the hidden actual president for 4 years, and 450K illegal alien children still missing, everybody is going to want Democrats back in charge ASAP. Honestly, for many of us this last 6 months it’s been wonderful not having to wake up every morning and check the news to see what Democrats had done in the prior 24 hours to ruin our country.
Keep in mind that she also predicted Hillary would win and that Kamala was cruising to victory.
>> “We have no doubt that we will win the election with the House of Representatives,” Pelosi told the Gen Z activist crowd, prompting applause. She reiterated the point, saying, “No doubt,” in response to the reaction.
BTW, Pelosi in 2016 Pelosi said: “Trump will not become President. And you can take that to the bank.”
Well honestly, what did you expect her to say? “We’re gonna blow it!” That filthy old fossil has predicted victory every two years since 1992. At this point she could do it blind, stinking drunk.
This evil, hate-filled harpy is still the queen of Democrat corruption and sedition.
The only predictions by Pelosi that have any value are her insider stock trades.
She really needs to lay off of the wine.
and if the republicans do not secure elections by then, they deserve to lose to the fraud.
She sounds drunk….and fully vaxxed.
In a sane world, Dime store Obama would never be speaker of the house.