In a recent interview, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated that approximately 30 percent of Republican voters may exhibit racist, sexist, and homophobic tendencies. She further noted that her own Democratic Party contains individuals who are preoccupied with issues related to sex, race, and LGBTQ identities. This provocative statement has been likened to former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton’s infamous characterization of Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables.”

“There are people who will never be, shall we say, inclined to support Democrats because of — they just have a different orientation toward women, people of color, LGBTQ, you know, they just are not ever going to be there,” Pelosi said during a festival sponsored by the left-wing publication Texas Tribune. Her remarks were in regard to the closeness of the 2024 presidential race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the New York Post reported.

“So, say that’s about like 30% or something like that … of the Republicans,” Pelosi added.

She subsequently asserted that a greater number of affluent Americans are backing Republicans in order to maintain lower taxes and to protect their businesses from expensive and superfluous environmental regulations. This statement contradicts the backing her party receives from millionaires and billionaires, particularly from her home state of California.

“Then you have very, very rich people who do not really want to pay taxes or have any regulation of clean air, clean water, any of that. So you have to deal with that. Now, it’s not as many very, very rich people, but it’s a lot of money that goes into a campaign,” Pelosi said.

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