After the 2016 election, Sanders hit a similar theme when he told a crowd of supporters “It’s not good enough for somebody to say ‘hey I’m a Latina vote for me’ that is not good enough,” and went on to add “It is not good enough for somebody to say, ‘I’m a woman, vote for me.'”

Fact Check: The only arguable “opponent” of Sanders who has said anything like this is Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti, who told Time Magazine that the 2020 Democratic nominee “better be a white male” because “When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight.”

Pelosi explained that no negotiations of any kind can occur until Trump reopens the government, because otherwise a dangerous precedent would be set of letting Trump use shutdowns to hold employees “hostage.” Her correct definition that federal workers going without pay are being used as hostages by Trump is a knockout blow.