Sometimes it really just takes something as appalling - and such an assault on privacy, on precedent, on the Constitution, on personal liberty and the rights of women and families in our country - that bring people's focus into, this is what your vote means in the election and how it affects the courts and how it affects you. We often wonder, why don't people understand when they vote for President that it's about the third branch of government? That this President will appoint - and it's not just the Supreme Court, it's all of the Justices along the way. And that means we have to win two more who are pro-choice, but also who are willing to pull back the filibuster in order to do that with 51 votes. I do think that once we win in this election in November, which we fully intend to do, and we have a couple more just, Senators who are pro-choice, we’ll be able to enshrine Roe v. It was not only how people voted for President, but it was how they voted for – in the Senate. Mitch McConnell had over and above his priority to put Justices on the Court that would overturn a woman's right to choose.
There has been a single focus on the part of the Republicans, and I put some of the – all of this at the doorstep of Mitch McConnell. Bush's pick for Chief Justice – don't take away a Constitutional right? How do you match the intensity, at an emotional gut level, on the other side? How do Democrats do the opposite and make sure that the Court, and making sure that we don't have five Justices – that excludes George W. It's how they plugged their nose and vote for Donald Trump. They’ve been focused on it, and Republicans have a lot more voters who vote on Supreme Court picks and nothing else. Part of how we got here – and I'm, to be blunt, partly to blame – is Republicans have been maniacally focused on filling the Supreme Court with nominees who would do just this.
So you know I appreciate and respect the differences that we have in our own lives, but the fact is it's not up to the Justices of the Supreme Court or Members of Congress to determine the size and timing of America's families. Because I have very serious concerns about what that means in the lives – you know, I had five children in six years and one week. It will take us down a path, and we have to keep fighting until that right is protected. We already passed that in the House months ago. Wade, and we want to enshrine that in the law. The Republicans want to say, ‘Let's talk about how the leak came out.’ No, we're talking about what this means in the lives of the American people and our commitment to the calibration that is contained in Roe v. So again, we are – in other words, let's not take our eye off the ball. About fourteen times there have been legal decisions addressing the precedent and the privacy that is contained in Roe v. Wade. Now, when you hear the debate now, the Republicans are saying, ‘Oh, they want this, they want that.’ No, we want this calibrated position that was declared by the Supreme Court, really upheld by Casey. Wade in the law so that there cannot be undue burdens placed on it in different states in the union to overturn a woman's right to choose. We have to make sure we keep the focus on enshrining Roe v. It weighs equities in terms of timing and all the rest. Well, thank you, Nicolle, for focusing on this very important issue in the lives of the American people, America's families, America's women, of course. That's how radical it is, and to Charlie's point, how do you make sure that your party's messaging keeps you where you are, which is in the mainstream of public opinion and that Republicans don't successfully turn themselves into the ones advocating for the mainstream when they are not? They are way out of the mainstream on this. All the Republicans on this Supreme Court didn't vote to overturn it. They saw, also - Democratically- and Republican-appointed Justices saw privacy as worthy of protecting. Democrats and Republicans affirm Roe in Casey. Democrats and Republicans decided Roe for the very reasons you said in that clip we played: privacy. So here's what – here’s what I haven't heard from Democrats yet, and I know the House has moved to protect abortion rights, so I'm not asking you this in your role as Speaker, but as your role as a leader of your party. It's wonderful, always, to be with you, Nicolle. I know it's been a really busy couple of weeks.
Madam Speaker, thank you for making some time for us today.
Joining us now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC's Deadline: White House to discuss her Congressional delegation to Ukraine and Poland, the draft Supreme Court decision on Roe v.
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