House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) said on Friday that she would have retired from her leadership role and longtime position in Congress if Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 election, because then the Affordable Care Act would have been safe.
The Christian Science Monitor hosted a Friday breakfast where Pelosi said that if Clinton were in charge, she wouldn't have to "worry" about the bill.
"I would have been gone by now if she had won," Pelosi said.
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Pelosi said she "knew" Clinton would win in 2016, so when President Donald Trump did win, the shock "motivated" her to stay in Congress.
"This was, oh my gosh, it was really shocking that somebody like Donald Trump becomes President of the United States, oh my gosh," Pelosi said of Trump's win.
Republicans, according to Pelosi, didn't care about millions who would lose their health care as a result of repealing Obamacare.
"They really don't care about the 20 million who will lose their benefits," Pelosi said. "That comes through loudly and clearly."
Pelosi made it clear that Obamacare is a part of her legacy she is not willing to let go of. She told Politico, "The Affordable Care Act is important for all of our legacies, including President Obama's."
"She shepherded it through, it would not have gotten through without her," Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) said of Pelosi and the Affordable Care Act.