Pelosi: Many People Are Enjoying What Biden Has Done, They Just Are Not Giving Him Credit for It

MATTINGLY: “And joining us now to discuss the 2024 campaigns and also a lot more, former speaker of the House, Democratic congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of California. Madam Speaker, thanks so much for your time this morning. We have a lot to get to. I want to start with the 2024 landscape. You have been at the center of Democratic messaging and strategy for so many years, and I’m interested, you’ve made the point to my colleague Dana Bash a couple of weeks ago that this is the moment where the president and his team need to get out more. They have a message, they have a resume. They need to start talking about it more. He’s going to be in Pennsylvania today. Have you seen a shift in the message that you think is effective over the course of the last couple of weeks?
Pelosi: “Yes. Well, now we are in the election year, and the president has been working very hard over the past three years to do what is necessary to meet the needs of the American people. Now he can go talk about it. And he has a lot to say. The kitchen table needs are what are the most important to families, but also make the biggest difference in elections. Look at the votes. Look at the job numbers. Over 14 million jobs created while he was president, unemployment reduced, inflation on the downturn, and I’m very proud of what’s happening with health care. He has worked to reduce the cost of health care, whether through the Affordable Care Act or the cost of prescription drugs. People have to know because their kitchen table needs are what are important to them. And the democracy message relates to the kitchen table. Democracy is a personal issue. Freedom of choice to have — when and if you have a family, freedom to enjoy your work, knowing you have a pension so that your family will be secure. The education of your children, the safety of the environment in which they live. He scores very high on all of those points, and many people are appreciating and enjoying it. They just are not giving him credit for it. And this is — what we have to do now is to make sure that not only the president, but other validators come forward to say what he’s done. But what’s really important to people is what he is going to do. Nobody votes for you for what you’ve done. They want to know what comes next.”