Pelosi: Warren doesn't speak for all Dems

[Capt. Obvious]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) disagrees with Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) notion that the Obama administration is too soft on Wall Street.

While Warren has been a vocal critic of how some of President Obama’s top lieutenants policing Wall Street have done their job, Pelosi cast her perspective as an outlier among her colleagues.

When asked in a CNBC interview if the president is too soft on Wall Street, Pelosi replied, “The financial industry doesn’t agree with that.

“There may be a couple people who say that, but that is not the consensus in our party,” she added.
Warren has been a thorn in the side of the Obama administration on all things financial. She led the charge to scuttle a top Treasury Department nominee over his extensive ties to the financial sector, and earlier this month, she detailed her perceived failures in Mary Jo White, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

But Pelosi was quick to caution anyone from taking Warren’s argument and applying it to the entire Democratic Party.

“People will express themselves the way they do. That doesn’t mean they speak for the whole party,” she said.

TheHill

[HassleCat]

1. That's right, Nancy.

Warren does not speak for the whole party. Neither do you.

[daleanime]

2. But she might speak for, and to.....

the money.

[djean111]

3. She speaks for me, and you do not - Ms. Chained CPI will Strengthen Social Security. nt

[old guy]

4. "That doesn't mean they speak for the whole party"

Exactly. That also applies to you Rep. Pelosi.

[think]

5. An overwhelming .1% strongly agree with you on that Representative Pelosi

[whatchamacallit]

6. Because most dems think we should do more for Wall Street?

Pelosi is just another rich tool, taking care of her con$tituent$.

[onecaliberal]

7. Warren speaks for a hell of a lot more people

Than the representative from Wall Street.

The corporatists are worried, they should be.

[Jefferson23]

8. Who is she appealing to?

There may be a couple of people saying that? She should be embarrassed to say that.

[arcane1]

9. "that is not the consensus in our party" and that's the problem with the party.

Methinks Pelosi should face a primary challenger and maybe she won't be as comfortable dissing progressives.

[fredamae]

10. Oooops, Nancy not too bright today or just unprepared?

Pelosi is Just NOW figuring This out? Where the Hell has she and the "other dems" been all this time? That is the Dumbest thing to say Ever.

It IS the Point behind the damned Progressive Movement in the first place, I believe.

But, Pelosi is sorta right....I don't think she meant to distinguish...but in my view she kinda accidently Did.

Warren doesn't speak for the elite wealthy wall streeters, like Pelosi.....but Warren Absolutely Does speak for Ordinary Dems/GOP/TP/Conservatives et al..Americans!

[LittleBlue]

11. She speaks for me, you sellout

You and the other elites taking bribes from Wall Street aren't worth a plug nickel.

[gratuitous]

12. Looks like more shit-stirring from The Hill

How often does The Hill interview and headline a piece from, say, Mitch McConnell, saying that Donald Trump doesn't speak for all Republicans? Or Rand Paul? Or Louie Gohmert? Or Steve Stockman? Or . . . well, you can fill in the name of whatever Republican nutter got in front of a live mic this week.

As it is, no one person is the voice of "whole party" when it comes to Democrats. Someone actually got paid to write this fatuous bit of nonsense for The Hill, hoping to create divisions within the party. Nice try, assfaces at The Hill; why don't you go do something constructive, for a change?

[Capt. Obvious]

13. It is a shame that they quoted her

I mean they had to go digging hard to find the quotes. Who the hell watches CNBC?

[gratuitous]

20. It does seem rather apparent, though, doesn't it?

If Sen. Warren is saying that the administration hasn't been very hard on the crimes of Wall Street, that in and of itself would be evidence that not all Democrats are singing from the same songbook.

Makes one wonder why CNBC sought out Rep. Pelosi to interview: This is news? Nothing else to report? And why The Hill thought it was worth reporting on what CNBC talked to Pelosi about. Are there concomitant stories about high-ranking Republicans discounting the opinions of others in their caucus? No? Why might that be? I mean, Rep. Glenn Grothman just came out with a stone-brained statement on marriage. Are the popular media flocking to Sen. McConnell or Rep. Boehner to ask them whether Grothman represents the totality of Republican thought on marriage?

[frylock]

15. Is Mitch McConnell saying that Donald Trump doesn't speak for all Republicans?

link?

[gratuitous]

22. That's my point

Nobody in the popular media are seeking out McConnell to comment on Trump. Why might that be???

[frylock]

14. Duly noted

[Prism]

16. They need to Centrist-Up for the election

The billions won't raise themselves, you know.

The Warrens, Sanders, and O'Malleys in the party are a pain in the Establishment's ass.

Good.

[ananda]

17. And that is the tragedy of our party and of Congress.

Warren should be speaking for all Dems, indeed, all Americans!

She certainly speaks for me.

[lame54]

18. When Pelosi took impeachment off the table...

she wasn't speaking for ANY dems - but she did it anyway

Besides she speaks for me - and that's good enough

[n2doc]

19. Pelosi speaks for the Corporate Party, "D" wing

Warren for what's left of the old FDR Democratic Party.

[Orsino]

21. Proceed, Congresswoman.

Tell us where on your corporation the bad senator called for regulation.

[MisterP]

23. sheesh, we already know the party's restricted to a charmed circle: that's why Sanders does so well

[WillyT]

24. This Will Look Good On Her Resume' When She Applies For Lobbiest...

[hifiguy]

25. Mustn't bite the hand that feeds us!

[PowerToThePeople]

26. Big tent can cover lots of trash. n/t

[bigwillq]

27. I'd rather have Warren speak for me than Pelosi.

Time to go, Nancy.

[Hatchling]

28. Sheesh.

I remember when being registered as a Democrat meant you were a bleeding heart liberal. Now those of us who espouse the real planks of the party are fringe leftists, stuck in an airless corner of the "big tent".

[hobbit709]

29. Pelosi is the one that doesn't speak for Dems, she speaks for corporatists.

[mmonk]

30. Fine. Never said so. But quit telling us to sit down and shut up

because we ARE freaking Democrats.

[mmonk]

31. I'm serious when I ask this. Is the Democratic Party

the only party where many of its elected officials tell a substantial amount of its supporters to go screw yourselves? Just wondering.

[Enthusiast]

32. This is why congress has a less than 9% approval.