Pelosi insists crime, inflation not big midterm issues — but abortion is

Nancy Pelosi pressed to convene hearings to probe Biden’s Saudi oil ask GOP candidate closing in on Pelosi pal in hotly contested NY House race House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied recent polling showing rising crime and rising prices are the top issues to voters this November — joining President Biden in trying to turn the focus to abortion rights. A New York Times-Siena College poll released Monday showed the economy and inflation were the most important issues to a combined 44% of likely voters — part of a larger shift toward Republicans just three weeks before Election Day.-- More...

Pelosi on polls showing GOP gains:

Pelosi: "The NYT poll is an outlier poll, you just cite one poll, all the other polls have a different-"

Andrea Mitchell: "It’s also the Real Clear Politics average"

Pelosi: "It was an outlier. It wasn’t that big a sample. So I dismiss that." pic.twitter.com/gIrns7sSLj

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