House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi released a new video on Wednesday that blasts Republican lawmakers for embracing the policies and positions of their party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
The video does not mention Trump by name, but instead uses a series of soundbites taken from interviews and floor speeches given by congressional Republicans to further substantiate the Democrats’ claims that Trump and House Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-women, and anti-LGBT.
Statements made by Republican Reps. Peter King of New York, Steve King of Iowa, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and Louie Gohmert of Texas, among others, about immigrants, monitoring mosques and ending the federal funding of Planned Parenthood are featured in the video.
“House Republicans: The Party of Radicalism and Fear,” the screen reads after nearly two minutes of soundbites.
Pelosi released the video during a press conference Wednesday morning as part of the Democrats’ effort to win back a majority in both chambers now that Republicans face a rift in their own party with Trump as their nominee. She argued that Republicans can’t pretend to be shocked by Trump’s controversial comments when they agree with so much of what Trump says.
“[D]on’t you wonder why, and since when, all of the sudden, [the] Republican establishment is appalled by the comments of what Donald Trump is saying when it’s what we hear here every day?” she asked.
