Even as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich rose in the polls, President of the Republic, minority leader Nancy Pelosi said she was convinced the Presidency Gingrich “would not have happened.”
“Let me just say this. That will never happen. He’s not going to be President of the United States, “Pelosi told CNN’s John King in an interview on Tuesday. “It’s not going to happen. Let me just make my prediction and stand by: it’s not going to happen. “
When pressed about why he was so sure, Pelosi said: “there is something I know. Republicans, if they choose to nominate him, that is their prerogative. I don’t even think it’s going to happen. “
In a statement, Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill says Pelosi is not secret knowledge with the offending comment who know “something.”
“The ‘ something ‘ Pelosi leaders know that Newt Gingrich would not be the President of the United States. He made that clear last night, “said Hammill. “Pelosi leaders before making a reference to a vast amount of information that is in the public records, including a comprehensive report on the Committee that the public may not realize fully.”