Jonathan Turley writes that if Nancy Pelosi is no longer mentally or emotionally fit to carry out her duties as Speaker of the House– a job which includes non-partisan constitutional duties in addition to the partisan ones this vinegary old witch clearly relishes — then she should resign.
The House has its share of infamies, great and small, real and symbolic, and has been the scene of personal infamies from brawls to canings. But the conduct of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the State of the Union address this week will go down as a day of infamy for the chamber as an institution. It has long been a tradition for House Speakers to remain stoic and neutral in listening to the address. However, Pelosi seemed to be intent on mocking President Trump from behind his back with sophomoric facial grimaces and head shaking, culminating in her ripping up a copy of his address.
Her drop the mic moment will have a lasting impact on the House….
The House Speaker is more than a political partisan, particularly when carrying out functions such as the State of the Union address. A president appears in the House as a guest of both chambers of Congress. The House Speaker represents not her party or herself but the entirety of the chamber. At that moment, she must transcend her own political ambitions and loyalties.
And remember, this was no spontaneous outburst by a mentally-deteriorating old hag. This was a stunted planned beforehand by a mentally-deteriorating old hag. Nancy Pelosi spent half the speech stealthily pre-ripping the pages so that they’d be easier for her arthritic claws to tear at the end:
But no matter. Jonah Goldberg just declared that “Both Sides!” are to blame for both the impeachment and Nancy Pelosi’s speech-ripping stunt, pleasing his hundreds of readers and ones of rich liberal patrons.
I hope she gets a nasty papercut.
Of course, like the censure of Schiff for his bold-face lies about Trump’s call, this too will go nowhere in the Democrat-majority House where ethics are but an idea for something to accuse opponents of violating. Nancy herself pledged to take a firm line on ethics, but couldn’t bring herself to reprimand her anti-Semitic members who marry their brothers to stay in the country and steal campaign money. No, the House will simply laugh it off.
@kitt: If only Trump had had the pages laminated. We could have watched Nancy try to chew through them and drop her teeth over the front of the podium.
It was a desperate move but it worked. Reminded me of those monks that would set themselves on fire in the city square though.
Trump was killing the Dems and Nancy had to do something to destroy the moment and the aftermath. She pulled it off. Everyone is talking about her antics instead of the speech.
It was a kamikaze moment and I am impressed. Hopefully she will pay the typical kamikaze price.
@Meremortal: Pelosis most touching heart felt moment of the SOTU Really something we saw all democrats could get behind.
Nasty Nancy has to go she has proven to to be a sore loser and a total spoiled little brat