House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives April 12 for an event celebrating the newly designated Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. | AP Photo Pelosi predicts 'implosion' of GOP if Trump denied nomination

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicted the Republican Party will implode if conservatives choose a candidate other than front-runner Donald Trump at a contested convention this summer.

And that, the California Democrat added, would be a boon for her party.


“If they reject the public will, they will really hand us a bigger victory than I'm even anticipating now, because that will be an implosion of the Republican Party," Pelosi said at her weekly news conference Thursday.

The effect of Trump or Ted Cruz on down-ballot Republicans has been a hot topic of debate lately. Some Republicans argue the GOP billionaire would almost certainly cost Republicans control of the Senate and could even put the House in play.

So Pelosi, of course, is framing the GOP's situation as a no-win for the party.

