'We will win': House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a confident message to Democrats in first appearance after impeachment vote

October 31, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during an interview at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on October 31, the night after the first major vote in the House on establishing procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry.
While on the show, the house speaker said she foresees a Democratic victory in 2020 — even if the "election were held today," the day House Democrats voted on impeachment inquiry procedures.
In response to Pelosi's prediction, a flabbergasted Colbert made the sign of the cross "to take the hex off" of it.
Watch her interview on The Late Show here.
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In her first appearance following a momentous vote in the House establishing procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a resounding message for Democrats: "We will win."

Pelosi was a guest on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert on October 31, and while on the show, she said she foresees a Democratic victory in 2020.

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