I'm Jonathan K-Part and welcome to K-Part.

On November 22nd, the Washington Post hosted its third Global Women's Summit,

and I helped kick things off in a sit-down with Speaker-Amerita Nancy Pelosi.

We talked about the 2024 election, her role in encouraging President Biden to withdraw from the race,

her book, The Art of Power, Views on Donald Trump, and why the personal attacks against her

have never bothered her.

I went from housewife to house member to house speaker for the children.

When you go in that arena, sometimes you have to take a punch.

Sometimes you have to throw a punch for the children.

So before we talk about your book, The Art of Power,

now that it's been three weeks,

let's take stock of what happened on and since Election Day.

Republicans clinched a trifecta winning the presidency,

the Senate, and the House.

Why do you think Donald Trump,

despite all of his flaws, all of his indictments,

all of his convictions, his historically low approval ratings, retook the presidency so decisively.

Well, first of all, good morning, everyone. Nice to see you here. It hasn't been three weeks.

Just think of it as every morning that I get up, and it's another morning of the reality, the reckoning.

First of all, let me just say that we have, if we're going to take an analysis of why that happened, we have to have some time to do it. People have their stories, this or that. And I've always said in an appropriator in Congress, the plural of anecdote is not data.

We have to take a look and see the demographics of the election.

We have to see the messaging of the election.

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