Nancy Pelosi’s 2018 strategy: ignore Trump, focus on the economy

Pelosi wanted to talk about jobs and health care at a CNN town hall. She didn’t want to talk about Trump.

Nancy Pelosi just wants to talk about the economy, but she can’t escape the drama surrounding President Donald Trump.

At a CNN town hall on Wednesday night, the House minority leader clearly wanted to talk about the Democrats’ agenda for the future, but the first three questions she got were about Trump, the continued fallout from the Russia investigation, and his scandals involving alleged affairs.

Asked what Trump’s endless scandals are doing to America’s reputation and how it’s impacting the country’s future, Pelosi pivoted.

“Thank you so much for your very important question,” she said, before diving headlong into the Democrats’ policy platform, “A Better Deal.”

“I would say that what is important to the American people is really what affects them in their lives,” Pelosi said. “We go into the campaigns, we want our candidates to be talking about how we’ll understand their apprehension and their aspirations. That we have a better deal, better jobs, better pay, better future.”

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