Current Events > Pelosi reportedly planned on retiring until Trump won in 2016

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Bio1590
04/10/21 11:23:08 AM
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/547404-pelosi-planned-on-retiring-until-trump-won-election-report

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was planning on retiring from public life until former President Trump won the 2016 election, according to USA Today.

After three decades as a congresswoman from California, nearly half of that time as the leader of the House Democrats, Pelosi said she was getting ready to take a breath, dote on her nine grandchildren, perhaps write her memoirs, Susan Page of USA Today writes in her upcoming book Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power.

The book consists of 10 interviews with Pelosi and 150 interviews from political friends and foes and family members close to her.

The book details Pelosis confidence that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election.

Pelosis plans were to retire from her long tenure in office after Clinton became president, as she would be confident her policies would be protected by the new commander in chief.

Pelosi told Page that the shock she felt when Trump won the presidency was physical; it was actually physical."

Even though she did have plans to retire if Clinton won, some of those closest to her doubted that she would go through with it.

Pelosi was the highest-ranking woman the history of the U.S. government until Kamala Harris was inaugurated as the vice president in January.

It is not clear if Pelosi has any plans to retire soon.

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YourLovelyTina
04/10/21 11:24:52 AM
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on a related note, I was pretty pissed at RBG for dying in 2020

I was like "You had ONE job, and that was to survive the Trump presidency"
oh, well...
:/

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Irony
04/10/21 11:43:26 AM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
on a related note, I was pretty pissed at RBG for dying in 2020

I was like "You had ONE job, and that was to survive the Trump presidency"
oh, well...
:/
This is a bad take

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YourLovelyTina
04/10/21 11:44:10 AM
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Irony posted...
This is a bad take

umm... no?

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Irony
04/10/21 11:45:25 AM
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You're literally blaming her for dying of cancer just to stick it to Trump

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TheOtherMike
04/10/21 11:46:01 AM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
umm... no?

Yes.
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YourLovelyTina
04/10/21 11:46:32 AM
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Irony posted...
You're literally blaming her for dying of cancer just to stick it to Trump

The issue is that the most progressive SC judge we've ever had died and allowed Trump to appoint some regressive right-wing bitch.

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unknownhombre
04/10/21 11:46:53 AM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
umm... no?

TheOtherMike posted...
Yes.


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EnterTheTekken
04/10/21 11:48:33 AM
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That's a nice narrative the author who wishes to boost book sales has crafted.

"She wanted to retire gracefully, but the evil regime bearing down on the sanctity of the nation she holds to heart so dearly was in peril, so she suited up, lifted her shield for one more, and walked on into that everlasting unknown of serving the people"

::jets fly by::
::child holds miniature American flag::

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ghettoraider81
04/10/21 11:48:39 AM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
on a related note, I was pretty pissed at RBG for dying in 2020

I was like "You had ONE job, and that was to survive the Trump presidency"
oh, well...
:/

She should have retired when Obama asked her to.


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YourLovelyTina
04/10/21 11:50:17 AM
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remember when Scalia died like 10 months before the 2016 election and the Republicans were all "FUCK NO, Obama can't appoint a new judge"

WTF was up with that shit

then RBG dies 2 months before the 2020 election and the Republicans ram through this Coney-Barret moron

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YourLovelyTina
04/10/21 11:52:29 AM
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So yeah, I am upset that she died. Sorry if that offends you.

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Antifar
04/10/21 11:55:23 AM
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ghettoraider81 posted...
She should have retired when Obama asked her to.
That's right. Also Breyer should retire now

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UnholyMudcrab
04/10/21 11:56:40 AM
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Getting mad at someone for dying and then acting bewildered when people call you out on it is some next-level stuff
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BLAKUboy
04/10/21 11:59:10 AM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Getting mad at someone for dying and then acting bewildered when people call you out on it is some next-level stuff
There are certainly less stupid ways to get Suspended.

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BignutzisBack
04/10/21 12:00:27 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Getting mad at someone for dying and then acting bewildered when people call you out on it is some next-level stuff


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Bio1590
04/10/21 12:20:13 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Getting mad at someone for dying and then acting bewildered when people call you out on it is some next-level stuff

If we're being honest they're right, they're just going about it in a bad way.

RBG was asked to step down when Obama was President and the Dems had the House/Senate. She was already well into her 70s at that time so it wasn't an unreasonable request. She refused and of course we all know how it ended, so unfortunately that's now part of her legacy.

The Dems need to not let Breyer make the same mistake.
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hockeybub89
04/10/21 12:21:09 PM
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BLAKUboy
04/10/21 2:13:17 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
The Dems need to not let Breyer make the same mistake.
They also need to not force him to step down just to not be able to fill his seat because of Manchin and Sinema's asshattery.

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CruelBuffalo
04/10/21 2:14:28 PM
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More consequences of Susan Sarandon
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What_
04/10/21 2:16:29 PM
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Bless her
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Jiek_Fafn
04/10/21 2:19:22 PM
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Who's next in line after Pelosi anyway? I'm not a fan of Pelosi, but idk if I'd dislike her successor even more. I doubt it.

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