On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed her party’s significant election losses in Congress, touting the popular vote tally that showed Democrats came out 2 million votes ahead of the GOP.
She said that Democrats turned out more votes despite gerrymandering and voter suppression.
"Everyone turned out, and it was a great victory, a mandate," Pelosi said, pointing to a chart displaying voter turnout by party at her weekly press conference.
House Democrats are facing a greatly reduced majority in the next Congress, which convenes the week of Jan. 3.
