Gingrich: 'Odds are
2 out of 3' Pelosi becomes Speaker
By Brett Samuels - 10/25/18 05:33 PM EDT
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Thursday
that he believes the odds are "two out of three" that House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will
become Speaker following November's midterm elections, despite some
opposition from within her own party.
"I would say, first of all ,Nancy Pelosi is a very
smart, very tough person who has earned her position by
just brute hard work, by applying her intelligence and by applying a
network that has sustained her for a long time," Gingrich said during a
Washington Post Live event.
"Anybody who thinks they’re going to outmaneuver her
is up against somebody who has spent literally her lifetime… she’s been in this
business forever," he added.
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Gingrich, a former Speaker himself, set the odds at
"two out of three" that Pelosi will be speaker in the next session of
Congress, and "one out of three" that the job will be filled by House
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
(R-Calif.).
Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty, who moderated
the panel, noted that several Democratic candidates across the country have attempted
to distance themselves from Pelosi during the campaign cycle or outright said they would rather see a
new face at the party's helm.
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Pelosi, who has said she supports candidates doing what
they have to do to win elections, has recently suggested she could serve as a
"transitional" figure in
the role.
Gingrich added that Pelosi's efforts to campaign and
fundraise for Democrats across the country may help boost her chances at
becoming Speaker.
"Who’s going to get up and say she doesn’t have any
right to be Speaker?" Gingrich said. "So my guess is if they
win, then she’ll be Speaker."
Gingrich — who served as Speaker from 1995 until his
resignation in 1999 amid ethics scandals and poor Republican performance in the
previous elections — said at an Axios event earlier Thursday that he thinks
Republicans will "probably" hold onto the House, but acknowledged
there's a chance Democrats reclaim the majority in the lower chamber.
Democrats need to gain 23 seats in the House in next
month's midterms to regain a majority. Republicans are hoping to maintain a
majority in the Senate, as well, where they currently hold a 51-49 advantage.
Jacqueline Thomsen contributed reporting
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/413224-gingrich-odds-are-2-out-of-3-pelosi-becomes-speaker
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