“What we’ve been saying to them is take back your party. It’s been hijacked by a radical wing of — I don’t even know of what — of our country, not even of your party," Pelosi said. | Getty Pelosi to Trump: Bill Clinton not on ballot

Bill Clinton is not on the ballot, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday, insisting that Donald Trump should leave the former president out of his debate with Hillary Clinton.

Trump has hinted that he will invoke Bill Clinton’s indiscretions when he faces off with Clinton in the second presidential debate Sunday evening, calling him an abuser in a video statement Saturday and retweeting one of his accusers twice.


“No,” Pelosi told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” when asked if such attacks are fair game, “because, you know why? Elections are about the future. They’re about the future. He’s talking about something [about] Bill Clinton. He’s not on the ballot.”

Pelosi declined to offer Hillary Clinton any advice for Sunday’s showdown in the event that Trump broaches her husband’s infidelities, hailing her as “such a talented debater” who needs advice from no one.

“But what’s really important to note about all of this is that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress when it comes to issues that really affect people’s lives,” she said.

Pelosi also praised the GOP, remarking that the Republican Party has done great things for America.

“What we’ve been saying to them is take back your party. It’s been hijacked by a radical wing of — I don’t even know of what — of our country, not even of your party,” she added, also noting the success of Democrats in Congress working with former President George W. Bush. “We need a strong Republican Party. I don’t paint everybody with the same brush, but the Republicans in the House of Representatives, I do.”