Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday expressed confidence Democrats would keep control of the House in the 2022 election. Her comments came after a report that Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the head of the House Democrats' campaign arm, warned if the midterm elections were held now, the Democrats would lose the majority. Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence Democrats would keep control of the House in the 2022 electionHouse Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (center) has taken to calling Pelosi a 'lame duck's speakerPelosi holds a slim majority in the House: 220 Democrats to 212 Republicans and three vacant seats. Pelosi would be a lame duck only if Republicans win control of the House in the November 2022 election. McCarthy gave Pelosi the gavel in January 2019 after Democrats won control of the House in the 2018 election.

Source: Daily Mail August 06, 2021 21:00 UTC