Republicans believe government cannot and will not work. Elect them and they will show you. 😉
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It's not like the Republicans set a high bar. Pelosi barely cleared it.
You might disagree with her policies but she was one of the absolute best at being speaker and getting votes.
and getting votes
Votes for what? Compromise isn't intrinsically good.
Pelosi stood on top of a pile of money she insider-traded on to top that bat
Truly heartbreaking.
Pelosi was a good politician. That doesn't make her a good person. She fleeced millions from insider stock trading in her position of power.
Good politician in terms of behaving like a politician, maybe. In terms of serving her constituents? Nah.
Good politician is generally taken to mean good at corralling the other politicians into passing your agendas, at least how I usually see it use. Like how people call McConnell a "good" politician . Idk tho
Yeah that's pretty much what I meant. Good at playing the game, not great at representing the people. Like most politicians.
She was very effective at using her inside knowledge to trade on the stock market.
Funny, I didn’t think it could really get worse than Pelosi until Johnson showed up.
So you thought Kevin McCarthy was better than Nancy Pelosi?
Hah, no, of course not. There’s been many horrible speakers.
Hastert was a child molester. Boehner and Ryan were nothing to get excited about, either.
And then there is Newt, who bears responsibility for so much that is awful about our political situation these days.
Yeah, you’re right, they’re all horrible.
Of all her crimes, that outfit might be near the top.
That outfit says, "I need mental health help", and also "Notice ME!!!".
Looks like she's getting ready to enter the fire temple.
Why? Because she can count? Because she can be stern to her caucus and get them to STFU?
She took impeachment off the table for Bush.
Wow, this century is a long time. Nope, just 25 years. Wait, 25 years? Y2K wasn’t that long ago, was it?
No. It was 26 years ago, because we were handling it in the run-up to 2000, not the following December.
Jan 1, 2000 was almost 26 years ago..
What a weird photo
It’s like they put two balloons in a pink dress and stuck two pvc pipes underneath
Huh. Here I am sort of agreeing with Nancy Mace.
Nobody asked what you think Nancy
Apparently she ran out of people willing to shake her hand.