Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) is voicing optimism about Democrats' chances heading into the 2020 elections, predicting Tuesday that the party will keep the House, retake the presidency and "hopefully" flip the Senate.

Speaking with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Pelosi said that if her forecasts come to fruition, Democrats would have majorities in 2021 to shore up the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE and GOP leaders have fought for years to dismantle.

"When we win — I anticipate that we will win the House and hopefully win the Senate and certainly win the White House — but in the course of all of that, let's use our energy to have health care for all Americans," Pelosi said in the interview that aired Tuesday evening.

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The comments came on the same day Rep. Paul Cook Paul Joseph CookLawmakers seek extension for tribes to spend stimulus money following Treasury delays The 14 other key races to watch on Super Tuesday Republicans eye top spot on Natural Resources panel MORE, a four-term California Republican, announced that he'll retire at the end of next year, making him at least the 17th GOP lawmaker to rule out a return to Congress in 2021.

The growing list of GOP retirements and resignations has complicated the Republicans' bid to retake the lower chamber, which they lost in last year's midterms, and suggests that even some GOP lawmakers consider the gavel out of reach.

Pelosi's other predictions are much less certain. While Senate Republicans are defending 23 seats in 2020 — versus just 12 for Democrats — very few of those GOP lawmakers are considered vulnerable, creating an uphill climb for Democrats hoping to flip the upper chamber.

The presidential race is also nebulous. Trump's approval rating has continued to hover underwater, but a long list of Democratic hopefuls continue to slug it out on the primary trail.

Pelosi has praised each of the Democratic contenders while emphasizing that she doesn't agree with everyone's policy prescriptions.

On Tuesday, she reiterated her opposition to those pushing for a "Medicare for All" health care system, for instance, touting the benefits contained in the ACA, which she had helped usher through Congress under then-President Obama.

"With all the respect in the world for all of our presidential candidates — and I think any one of them would be a better president of the United States in terms of integrity, et cetera — I do not support some of the policies that are being advocated," Pelosi said.



Pelosi also used the interview to question Trump's approach to China's abusive trade practices. The Speaker said she supports the notion of confronting China on the issue but warned against policies that harm American farmers and consumers, which critics have criticized Trump's tariffs for doing.

"They cannot be ignored. But they cannot continue to violate our trade relationship," Pelosi said of Beijing. "I think the president had to do something about it. I'm not sure he went the right way. I think we should have done it multilaterally with the [European Union] and the rest."



"Whatever path you want to take to improve a trade relationship," she added, "do not empower the other side to hurt your farmers and your consumers."