Pelosi: Republicans ‘Want to Take Us Backwards in Terms of Even Our Personal Liberties’

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PELOSI: "Yeah, I think it's really important, thank you for asking, to have reinforcement of the message. As the president indicated very clearly, the State of the Union was solid. That is to say, the jobs are up to the tune of — what did he say, 15 million and still counting. Wages are up, unemployment is down, inflation is down. We still have to do more. So I think what’s important about the message is, we’re proud of what has been done, but elections are about the future, and he talked about what needs to be done next. And that’s the message we must reinforce. Some of what comes next springs from what we have done in terms of the infrastructure bill and the chips bill and the rescue package and the PACT Act and the IRA, the Inflation Reduction Act in terms of saving the planet and reducing the cost of prescription drugs. But more needs to be done. So I think the message of where we go from here, the president was clear in the distinction he made as to they want to take us backwards in terms of even our personal liberties; we want to go forward in terms of opportunity for all Americans, especially the middle class and those who aspire to it."