Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claimed that “30%” of Republican voters are unlikely to support Democrats due to their racism, sexism, and homophobia, Fox News reports.

During her appearance at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Pelosi was questioned by podcast host Kara Swisher about why the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump is so close.

“There are people who will never be, shall we say, inclined to support Democrats because of – they just have a different orientation toward women, people of color, LGBTQ, you know, they just are not ever going to be there,” Pelosi said. “So, say that’s about like 30% or something like that… of the Republicans.”

Pelosi continued, “And then you have very, very rich people who do not really want to pay taxes or have any regulation of clean air, clean water, any of that. So you have to deal with that. Now, it’s not as many very, very rich people, but it’s a lot of money that goes into a campaign.”

She then emphasized the importance of being respectful and understanding: “There are people who are concerned. They have fear of globalization. They saw the factory down the road move overseas. They’re fearful of innovation. Their father is a truck driver, and now they’re gonna have auto-”

“Autonomous truck,” Swisher interjected.

“Yeah,” Pelosi agreed. “And so the innovation, globalization, and they include immigration… So, understandably, these people have a concern about the future for themselves, but also for their children.”

Pelosi’s remarks echo Hillary Clinton’s infamous “basket of deplorables” comment from the 2016 election, where she described many Trump supporters as “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it.”

Additionally, Pelosi suggested that Trump might not attend the ABC News Presidential Debate on Tuesday. When asked what advice she’d give Trump for the debate, Pelosi responded with, “You think he’s gonna show up?”

When Swisher asked if Pelosi knew something she didn’t, Pelosi replied, “I know cowardice when I see it.”