It's official: "Madam Speaker"!

[George II]

[Scurrilous]

1. K&R

[ismnotwasm]

2. NICE!

[bearsfootball516]

3. Yes!!!

[Leith]

4. Yaayy!

Not that I was nervous, but it's nice to have it called official.

[DesertRat]

5. Whose House?

Our House!

[sheshe2]

11. THIS

[George II]

12. Sounds like you're at a hockey game!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

46. To a Canadian, every gathering is a potential hockey game, right?

Just add ice.

[akraven]

18. Beat me to it, dammit!

[DesertRat]

34. Woohoo! I love CSN&Y

And NDP>DJT

[Clash City Rocker]

52. I feel compelled, then to post this

[akraven]

54. LOL! I knew someone would.

I really like these guys. Have to put headphones on; spouse only likes old, soft, etc. but they're GOOD!

[Roy Rolling]

61. My 2 favorite House songs

Great job.

[sheshe2]

6. Me!

[nolabear]

7. A New Day is here.

Buckle up, Spanky.

[lapucelle]

8. ...

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Yup, will get the gavel again!

[bearsfootball516]

16. I've never watched a speaker swearing in before.

Is there a time when they actually hand the gavel to her or something like that?

[lunatica]

21. The present speaker hands it to the new speaker

Then she will swear all the new members in.

[bearsfootball516]

24. God, it is going to be sweet watching Ryan hand her that gavel.

[maxrandb]

30. Ryan won't be there. The coward cut and ran like a scalded dog

[Sparkly]

36. Seriously, why?

[lunatica]

51. He retired and skedadled out of Dodge post haste.

Evidently you could only see the dust as he went from being there to being gone in less than a second.

I’m sure he’s dreaming of his Presidential run, or maybe even primarying Trump. Or he’s just sucking his thumb in self pity.

[calimary]

62. Yeah. He ran away. Like Denny the Pervert Hastert before him.

Not man enough to stick around and work with a demotion. She certainly did. She didn’t cut ‘n’ run after the latest election dictated she would not continue as Speaker. She stayed. Stayed and fought the good fight. She has more balls than all the CON men in that House chamber, combined.

[lunatica]

38. He's back home sulking

because his dream of screwing people out of social security benefits and Medicare is destroyed. He tried so hard too!

He’s probably blubbering during the swearing in. Sad.

[njhoneybadger]

49. In a corner curled up in the fetal position clutching his old copy of Atlas Shrugged

[obamanut2012]

10. And, please let it be President Pelosi sometime this year

She would be a fine gatekeeper until 2020.

[lunatica]

23. And if that doesn't happen

Please let her be a giant thorn jabbing Trump’s nut sack!

[honest.abe]

13. Fantastic!

[herding cats]

14. Yes!

What a great day!

[George II]

15. I loved the way Maxine Waters voted...."reclaiming my time, Nancy Pelosi!"

[akraven]

19. Maxine absolutely rocks.

I adored hearing her! LOVED it!

[MrsCoffee]

26. Yes Indeed!

[flibbitygiblets]

42. Did she really? OMG love it!!

[IronLionZion]

17. She might actually make America great again

and kick some elephant ass

[katmondoo]

20. Thank the lord, I have waited a long time to see Nancy Back in charge

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

22. Congratulations, Madam Speaker!!!

Thanks to the OP for posting the great photo

[UTUSN]

25. K&R

[lilactime]

27. YESSSS!!!!

[Dave Starsky]

28. Hell, yes!

Let the Games begin!

[Gothmog]

29. Congratulations to Speaker Pelosi

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

39. Her pantsuit reminds me of this:

[oasis]

43. ImWithThem!

[ailsagirl]

31. FANTASTIC!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. Woo-fuckin-hoo!! Go Nancy!! Could a presidential run be next?!

[hostalover]

33. Hallelujah, hallelujah!!!!!

[DeminPennswoods]

35. Perfect way to celebrate passage of the 19th Amendment

[flibbitygiblets]

58. Thank you for reminding me DeminPennswoods! 100 years ago.

And now a woman will lead us as Speaker of the House. With male reps like Ted Lieu singing "California here we come!" as they escort her to the speaker's chair. And the gavel handed to her by the incoming house minority leader because the outgoing Republican former speaker is a freaking sad sack.

[tblue37]

37. K&R! nt

[NBachers]

40. My representative! A representative for ALL of us!

[gademocrat7]

41. Congratulations,Madam Speaker!

[Power 2 the People]

44. Now the governing begins!

[Thunderbeast]

45. Many thanks

to the volunteers and donors who made today's victory possible. Nancy Pelosi owns the gavel thanks to folks who made the calls, knocked on doors, and wrote the checks to create the "Blue Wave".

Americans HAVE rejected Trump Tea Party policies.

12 Million MORE voter cast their ballot for DEMOCRATS than Republicans in US Senate races.

8 MIllion MORE voters cast their ballots for DEMOCRATS than Republicans in US House of representatives races.

3 Million MORE voters cast their ballots for HILLARY CLINTON than Donald Trump in the corrupted 2016 election.

The Supreme Court has a conservative majority ONLY because Republicans callously rejected constitutional norms.

Republicans have harnessed the reins of power through suppression, collusion, gerrymandering, and the Constitutional legacy of a government structure designed originally to grant disproportionate powers to small rural (slave) states.

The rebuilding of democracy begins today.

[elmac]

47. darn, I missed it, first sunny day since last week so had to take a walk. nt

[Kurt V.]

48. K&R!

[iluvtennis]

50. Brava, Brava, Brava.....

[Turbineguy]

53. I like it!

[Clash City Rocker]

55. Trump, in some ways, will be the best thing to happen to her

Nancy has suffered the same stigma women routinely deal with in a position of power...people attached whatever they view as a negative to her, then reworked the facts to fit their perception. Thus Republicans assumed she was a socialist, and the most liberal decided she was practically a Republican. She’ll never win over the Trumpbots, but that’s pretty much a badge of honor at this point. The rest of America will see a strong, smart woman who courageously stands up to Herr Drumpenfuhrer. She’ll go down in history as one of the greatest leaders, and one of the greatest civil rights icons, of our time.

[llmart]

56. Great post!

I agree with all of it.

[Wounded Bear]

57. Never a doubt...

for all of the hoopla and bullshit during the transition, there never was a real challenger to her for the gavel. What it was was the usual jockeying for seats, committee chairs, and positions in the new House leadership.

A good strong woman is badly needed in this country. Nancy is that and more. Nobody counts votes like Nancy.

[workinclasszero]

59. Thank God sanity and competence

has finally returned to Washington DC!!!

[DeminPennswoods]

60. Did you all see her budding politician grandson?

The mic caught him telling her "they're already standing" when she was giving instructions for taking the oath of office and asking all members to stand. LOL!

[warmfeet]

63. I love it.

The only thing better, would be if she became POTUS.

Hey, it's my dream. Leave me alone.

[wroberts189]

64. +100000000000000000000 n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

66. Happy!! 💙👏🏾

[Baltimike]

67. YAAAAAS!!!! nt

[Hortensis]

68. Madame Speaker opening the 116th house congress:

Let us declare that we will call upon the bold thinking needed to address the disparity of income in America – which is at the root of the crisis of confidence felt by so many Americans.

As Justice Brandeis said, “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.”

We must end that injustice and restore the public’s faith in a better future for themselves and their children. We must be champions of the middle class, and all those who aspire to it – because the middle class is the backbone of democracy.

We must also face the existential threat of our time: the climate crisis – a crisis manifested in natural disasters of epic proportions.

The American people understand the urgency. The people are ahead of the Congress. The Congress must join them.

That is why we have created the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The entire Congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.

That first is a call to a second, 21st century New Deal to undo the transfer of national wealth and power to new classes that are wealthy beyond the imagining of normal citizens. It's so far gone mostly unremarked, but from her mouth a commitment of great import.

[Gothmog]

69. K&R