LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC LEADER AND FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
PLEASE WELCOME NANCY PELOSI!
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>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK.
>> WONDERFUL TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: HOW YOU BEEN FEELING?
>> GOOD.
>> Stephen: YEAH?
>> GOOD.
>> Stephen: HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT THE NEXT SIX DAYS?
>> WELL, LET ME SAY THIS, UP UNTIL TODAY, I WOULD HAVE SAID
IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY, WE WOULD WIN.
>> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENED TODAY THAT CHANGED THAT?
>> NOW I'M SAYING WE WILL WIN.
WE WILL WIN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: PLEASE, DON'T SAY THAT.
PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT ON HILLARY'S FIREWORKS BARGE THAT
SHE CANCELED.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT.
>> WE WILL WIN.
WE OWN THE GROUND.
WE'RE NOT YIELDING ONE GRAIN OF SAND?
>> Stephen: AND HOW LONG ARE THE CURTAINS YOU'RE MEASURING
RIGHT NOW?
>> WE'RE NOT MEASURING.
WE'RE WALKING PRECINCTS, AND IF EVERYONE VOTES, WE WILL HAVE AN
EVEN BIGGER VICTORY.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL CARRY THE HOUSE, IF WE HAVE A BIGGER WIN,
THE SENATE, GOVERNORSHIPS.
IT WILL BE A GREAT NIGHT FOR AMERICA.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I FEEL LIKE-- I
FEEL LIKE-- I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD SACK FIELS A GOAT OR SOMETHING
TO TAKE THE HEX OFF OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT-- YOU'RE SORT OF WEARING PURPLE TONIGHT.
IS THAT AN INSCHIEWSIVE MESSAGE YOU'RE SENDING OUT THERE, THAT
AMERICA IS NEITHER RED NOR BLUE?
>> IT COULD BE.
IT'S ABOUT UNIFYING OUR COUNTRY.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO HEAL.
>> Stephen: THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK LATELY ABOUT
LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE.
HAVE YOU-- HAVE YOU SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK WHEN WE WIN, YOU WILL SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT.
BECAUSE WHEN WE DO WIN, WE WILL HAVE, AS WE OPEN THE NEW
CONGRESS, WE WILL HONOR THE VOWS OF OUR FOUNDERS.
E PLURIBUS UNUM, FROM MANY ONE.
COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY -- >> Stephen: I LIKE THAT.
I CERTAINLY-- I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
>> WHEN YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY WE WOULD BE OR HOW
DIFFERENT WE WOULD BE FROM EACH OTHER.
BUT THEY DID KNOW THAT WE HAD TO STRIVE FOR ONENESS.
IT'S OKAY TO DISAGREE MET MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS.
THAT'S EXCITING.
BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT UNIFY AND NOT
DIVIDE.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND
WHAT'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: EVERY-- EVERY ELECTION, EVERY TWO YEARS,
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AN OCTOBER SURPRISE.
AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS LEFT IN OCTOBER HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS FLOATING WITH THIS
REVOKING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, IS THAT LIKE A FORM OF AN
OCTOBER SURPRISE THAT HE'S SENDING A MESSAGE TO PART OF HIS
BASE SAYING, "LISTEN, YOU GOTTA STICK WITH ME.
I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT YOU FROM THESE SCARY
PEOPLE COMING UP OVER THE BORDER."
>> WELL, THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME OF WHAT HE HAS BEEN
SAYING, TAKING BABIES OUT OF THE ARMS OF THEIR MOMS, PUTTING THEM
IN CAGES, WARNING ABOUT A CARAVAN THAT'S OVER 1,000 MILES
AWAY.
PUTTING TROOPS ON THE BORDER THAT ARE MORE PEOPLE THAN WILL
EVER REACH OUR BORDER IN THE CARAVAN.
AND SEE IT'S JUST ANOTHER IN THAT.
IT ISN'T-- WHAT HE WAS SAYING TODAY HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO
WHAT HIS AUTHORITY IS.
BUT THAT'S, OF COURSE, NOT UNUSUAL.
>> Stephen: PAUL RYAN EVEN SAID THAT HE--
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
WELL SAID.
THE PRESENT SPEAKER, PAUL RYAN, EVEN SAID, JUST A COUPLE OF
HOURS AGO, THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO RESISTANT THE
POWER OF THE 14th AMENDMENT, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, BY AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
TRUMP, ALSO-- THE PRESIDENT FLOWEDDED -- HE SAID, "EVERYBODY
KNOWS CONGRESS CAN DO IT."
CAN CONGRESS EVEN RESCIND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP?
>> THIS IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT OUR FOUNDERS WOULD BE THINKING
TO SEE A PRESIDENT TO TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE TO PROTECT AND
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THEN ABUSE
THAT.
THE-- THIS IS WHAT THIS IS TH ELECTION IS ABOUT-- CHECKS AND
BALANCES.
A CHECK AND BALANCE ON THIS PRESIDENT.
( APPLAUSE )
POLICY.
IN THIS CASE, WE MEAN THIS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE AWARE THAT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S BASE, AND
WITH MANY REPUBLICANS, YOU'RE A POLARIZING FIGURE.
>> I'VE NOTICED THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE HEARD IT THOUSANDS OF TIMES, NEGATIVE ADS
WITH YOU AS NEGATIVE FIGURES HAVE BEEN RUN 30,000 TIMES IN
THIS ELECTION CYCLE, MORE THAN NEGATIVE ADS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN PEOPLE USE YOU AS A CUDGEL
AGAINST A DEMOCRAT?
THEY SAY, "WE CAN'T LET NANCY PELOSI BE THE NEXT SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE AGAIN."
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE?
>> WELL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH TO SAY TO THEM-- THE
REPUBLICANS YOU MEAN?
>> Stephen: THE PEOPLE USING THESE ADS, USING YOU AS A
CUDGEL.
>> I THINK THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
OFFER.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SAY, WE JUST PASSED A TAX BILL THAT
GIVES 83% OF THE BENEFITS TO THE TOP 1%.
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE, FEPS YOU HAVE
A PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICARE, MEDICAID,
FORGET ABOUT IT.
CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, WE'VE JUST DEGRADED ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY CAN SAY.
WHAT CAN THEY SAY.
SAY THIS WITH GREAT IMMODESTY, SELF-PROMOTION IS A TERRIBLE
THING.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
AND I SAY IT BECAUSE I WANT WOMEN TON YOU CAN'T LET ANYONE
ELSE DEFINE YOU.
YOU CANNOT LET YOUR OPPONENTS CHOOSE THE LEADERS OF YOUR
PARTY.
AND IN TERMS OF THEY COME AFTER ME BECAUSE I'M A VERY EFFECTIVE
LEGISLATOR.
THEY COME AFTER ME BECAUSE--
>> Stephen: HOW DOES THE ELECTION GO?
HOW DOES THE SPEAKERSHIP ELECTION.
>> AND THEY COME AFTER ME ABOUT BEING A BIG FUND-RAISER, WHO IS
MOVING TO REDUCE THE ROLE OF MONEY IN POLITICS, AND I KNOW
HOW TO DO THAT.
>> Stephen: SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL.
SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL.
NANCY PELOSI VALUES IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
>> SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL IS SOMETHING I'M VERY, VERY PROUD
OF.
( APPLAUSE )
THEM CRITICIZING ME.
BUT I DO MIND THEM CRITICIZING MY CITY, THE CITY OF
ST. FRANCIS.
YOU'RE A PERSON OF FAITH.
THE CITY OF ST. FRANCIS.
THE SONG OF ST. FRANCIS IS THE ANTHEM OF OUR CITY.
MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF THY PEACE, WHERE THERE'S HARKNESS
LIGHT.
HATRED LOVE, DESPAIR, HOPE.
THAT'S THE SAN FRANCISCO VALUE.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE PAINT A CARICATURE OF
YOU, THE CARICATURE OF YOU AND OF THE CITY?
>> NO, I THINK THEY DEMONIZE US.
THEY TRY TO DEMONIZE US.
I GUESS YOU COULD CALL THAT A CARICATURE.
BUT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND ME--
HE HAS VERY THIN SKIN, AND I HAVE VERY THICK SKIN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: OKAY, WELL, GOOD.
HAVE YOU SEEN-- HAVE YOU YOU SEEN THE SHOW WE PRODUCE
"CARTOON PRESIDENT" ON SHOWTIME.
HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> I HAVE.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A SPECIAL COMING UP IN THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
IT'S THE ELECTION SPECIAL.
IT'S A SPECIAL HOUR-LONG "CARTOON PRESIDENT" AND YOU AND
CHUCK SCHUMER ARE BIG STARS OF IT.
>> OH, GOOD.
>> Stephen: AND WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF THE TWO OF YOU ARRIVING
AT A RALLY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
( LAUGHS ) ( TIRES SCREECHING ).
>> WOW!
AN HONEST TO GOD, DEMOCRATIC RALLY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
NOW, THIS IS THE AMERICA WE NEED TO STEEP IN, LIKE A POR-OVER
CAFE AU LAIT.
>> KEEP THE CAR RUNNING.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
HELLO!
ME, PELOSI.
HIM CHUCK!
CHUCK, GIVE THEM A TICK TACK OR SOMETHING.
OPEN PALM!
( LAUGHTER )
THICK SKIN.
YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT?
>> AS LONG AS IT'S FUNNY.
>> Stephen: OH, GOOD.
LET'S ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW, DON'T FORGET TO GO OUT AND
VOTE NEXT WEEK.
>> FOUR-LETTER WORD.
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!
>> Stephen: LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAYS, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: NANCY PELOSI, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK