Chuck Todd: Nancy Pelosi Gave Swalwell ‘a Little Bit of Running Room’ When She Endorsed Him

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TODD: “The two current senators, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi need no introduction, and Gavin Newsom. If all five of them endorsed the same candidate, maybe Xavier Becerra, maybe Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, most of them were supporting Swalwell, by the way, not Newsom, but most of the — that quintet that I just told you, if they move together in a ‘stop Steyer Democrat’ or a ‘stop Katie Porter Democrat,’ that‘s a possibility. But it‘s getting close enough to the primary, right, to primary day that, you know, there‘s also risk if you‘re trying to ‘stop Steyer,’ you may lose. And then Steyer is sort of almost an independent operator, even if he is the next Democratic governor of California. So, that‘s what I‘m looking for this week. Do those five leaders in particular, because Nancy Pelosi is who gave Swalwell a little bit of running room. Suddenly she decided to endorse him, shifted, and then he became ‘the chosen Democrat.’ So, that‘s who I would keep an eye on there as sort of the king and queen maker here.”