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Wave of Republican retirements part of Pelosi strategy ‘to have election won by THIS November’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined her plan to expand Democrat control in Congress months ago, and it’s clear the scheme is coming to fruition.

Since April, Pelosi has repeatedly explained that she plans to maintain and expand control of the lower chamber by creating a political environment that’s so toxic it will push Republican incumbents into early retirement.

As Pelosi’s allies in the House have continued investigations into all aspects of the president’s life, more than a dozen GOP representatives have opted out of 2020, with more expected in the coming weeks. Several are in very competitive districts Democrats hope to flip in 2020, which is exactly as Pelosi predicted this spring.

“You want to talk politics? I intend to have this election won by this November,” the 79-year-old speaker told students at the London School of Economics and Political Science in April, “because by a year in advance, that’s when people decide if they’re going to run for office.”

Read the full story from The American Mirror


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