Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) trashed the Republican Party as "a cult to a thug" during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday.
The former House speaker urged moderate Republicans to "take back your power" from the party's extremists, who she said had been ramming through unpopular legislation and court opinions – specifically the overturning of abortion rights.
"You know, in the last election, people said we were going to lose 40 seats because I was incorrectly focusing on a woman’s right to choose, on democracy, on climate, on gun violence protection," Pelosi said. "So that’s not the issue here, and what did we lose? We lost five seats. We lost five seats in New York, but we won in the rest of the country because Roe v. Wade was not, as our democratic movement opponents were saying, in the rearview mirror."
"I keep saying, take back your party, go to the Republicans, take back your power," she said. "This is a Grand Old Party. It had been part of Planned Parenthood right from the start, environmental protection right from the start, and what has it gone on to be? A cult to a thug. That's another issue, I don't want to talk about him."
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