'Mark it down'! Nancy Pelosi says House Dems will 'enthusiastically embrace' the Dem nominee (even if it's the socialist)

Doug P. | 12:10 PM on February 26, 2020

Nancy Pelosi has previously been fairly reserved in commenting about the potential for Bernie Sanders to end up and the Democratic Party’s 2020 nominee. However, today she said the House Dems would embrace the eventual nominee, even if that person is Bernie Sanders:

NEW: Pelosi tells reporters that she is comfortable with Bernie Sanders as a potential nominee and doesn't think he would jeopardize the House majority.

"I think whoever our nominee is, we will enthusiastically embrace and we will win the White House, the Senate and the House."

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) February 26, 2020

Asked if she agrees with Pete Buttigieg’s assessment that Dems would lose House if they nominate Sanders, Pelosi said: “I think whoever our nominee is, we will enthusiastically embrace and we will win the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives,” per @byrdinator

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 26, 2020

Does Pelosi see some writing on the wall at this point?

This marks a considerable rhetorical shift and is as sure a sign as any that the Democratic establishment knows which way the wind is blowing https://t.co/paX6cDqgJQ

— Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) February 26, 2020

Pelosi says this now because she has no choice. But come October she will absolutely give her “majority makers” permission to distance themselves from Sanders if that’s what it takes to survive. Because she’ll have no choice then, either. https://t.co/BSdwl5Fi2d

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) February 26, 2020

Rest assured political self-preservation will be at the top of Pelosi’s mind when deciding how to proceed.