Nancy Pelosi is fucking PISSED!! Watch this video on twitter as she destroys McConnell:

[George II]

Link to tweet

[wiggs]

1. She's 110% right about McConnell and 110% right about the question. I'm telling you, there's

a different tone in the air the last week.

[uponit7771]

2. K&R, It's time dems start working the bothSidest refs in the MSM

[sharedvalues]

5. +10000000000000000

[rufus dog]

7. It's time for the dems to treat the media exactly like that

Fuck them. Treat them like shit, embarass them, make them extremely uncomfortable.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, its about time their stupid is shoved in their faces

[DemocracyMouse]

67. Agreed.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. tell it!

Tired of those damned questions that imply all responsibility for everything rides on Democratic shoulders. It should be shoved in the faces of every reporter enabling the destructive, corrupt Gangsters Of Putin.

Television is the worst; we're lucky that there are still some journalists who write and are not owned by Koch.

[yuiyoshida]

66. Its time dems started

Kicking Ass and taking names... this government is a total fucking mess.

[madaboutharry]

3. The republicans have blood on their hands.

People are lying in their graves because of these corrupt and callous politicians who don’t care about the wellbeing of the American people. They need to be voted out of office. All of them.

[smirkymonkey]

4. I'm liking this fire in Nancy.

I think we may not understand completely what they are up against. It must be enormously frustrating.

[Thekaspervote]

17. Agree....but Personally I think she's always fired up..in a good way

Those that bash her are wrong. Not saying that you are bashing her... just commenting

[Takket]

6. Who is the fucking IDIOT that asked that question?

Pelosi was way nicer than she needed to be in her reply to that AWFUL question.

[onecaliberal]

9. Hell to the yes. More of that please.

[barbtries]

10. i just watched that like 5 times in a row.

it's so beautiful.
it helps sooth the taste of the bitter pill here in NC. fucking republicans. McConnell, evil personified. I hope she does this over and over and over again.

[Hekate]

11. Hot damn. I am so sick of people banging on about how Mme Speaker isn't doing her job...

Good for you, Nancy Pelosi. Good for you.

PS: I am not in her district, but I sent a donation to her campaign anyway. I'm getting an enamel pin of her in that red coat putting on her sunglasses -- I plan to pin it on my hat.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. When Pelosi uses the finger, you know she's pissed!

[JI7]

13. the media and their both sides BS is destroying lives

[oasis]

14. Let 'em have it again if they come back for another helping.

[NBachers]

15. San Francisco City Hall- I watched this over and over again. Who you gonna dog now, media?

My Representative, Speaker of the House, my home town.

And I just gotta reward this with another donation to Tough as Nails Nancy. Here's my communication to her:

Dear Speaker Pelosi:
I just saw your response to the reporter who asked you about keeping the Congressional flame lit by keeping Congress in session to address gun violence.
Your response is appropriate and to the point. Thank you for throwing the question back onto Mitch McConnell and the Republicans.
You have inspired me to make another contribution to you. I am a proud, Democratic, voting member of your district.
Thank you, NBachers

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/nancy-pelosi-2

[calimary]

16. So what about impeachment, Madame Speaker?

[Duppers]

19. That's the question!

She has done her job gun control. Madam Speaker, now do your job on impeachment.

[Hekate]

27. Ask Senator McConnell, while you're at it

[Hortensis]

33. You know Pelosi's answer to your question. She's explained

it many times. Do you realize that the "explanations" some people here prefer are those given, not by her, but by the Republicans, the Russians, hostile LW populists, and venal and corrupt media?

How likely do you really think it is that our leaders in congress are hopelessly incompetent and scared to act? The Republicans have stopped following rules and procedures and resort to massively corrupt, fascistic tactics specifically precisely because Democrats are smarter and better at democracy than they are. When Bill Clinton wasn't fooling with his zipper, he was turning their ruthless attacks into victory after victory; the only wins they had were achieved through massive misuse and corruption of power. A big, final repeat of lessons we'd already given them. McConnell and Ryan committed to scorched earth under Obama, and he still won against them. Losses both in government and in elections have forced them to subversion of democracy because they can't win that way and we can.

Yes, we're all frustrated that the results of the Mueller Report severely set back our plans for impeachment. But if some in their frustration are going to regurgitate this hostile pack journalism and RW theme every day, they should please at least recognize and admit it for what it is.

I'm frustrated also, but I have grandchildren who have to live with what we leave them, and I won't carry water for our very dangerous enemies in these critical times.

[gratuitous]

18. "Why don't you go ask Senator McConnell?"

Well, O bulldogs of the Fourth Estate? What say ye? Why don't you ask Sen. McConnell?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. too much of the Fourth Estate is within the boundaries of Kochland

[dlk]

40. We All Know Why-McConnell Won't Speak with Reporters on This Issue

McConnell is very adept at dodging the press and the conservative press responds by giving him only softball questions when he deigns to speak to the media.

[gratuitous]

45. The days of Anne Royall are long gone

She was the reporter who had pursued President John Quincy Adams for an interview, and he stiffed her at every turn. Adams liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac, so Royall went down to the banks of the river, and sat on Adams' clothes. She wouldn't budge until Adams answered her questions.

The 21st century is a far different world.

[dlk]

61. The Mainstream Media Exists to Make a Profit

This is not to discredit the few hardworking and dedicated journalists. The issue is the media corporations that slant conservative and don’t always give a full picture. Many important stories are never covered. In this era of 24/7 coverage, most of it is mental junk food designed to increase consumerism and profits. We are full of news yet starving for the truth.

[WinstonSmith4740]

48. And while they're at it...

They should ask that fucking coward why HE isn't doing HIS job? Why does he suddenly need POTUS' permission to bring a bill up for a vote? Because that's what he's saying when he claims it's all "theater" to bring up a bill that the pResident won't sign.

[Mr.Bill]

21. And today I watched Moscow Mitch say a bill cannot become a law

without the president's signature nd no reporter had the stones to tell him that was not true.

[ehrnst]

62. Well, if a man says it....

then who are we to challenge that?

[bdamomma]

73. McConnell

how far up is your head up his ass?? You traitor. Karma will get your ass too.

[StarfishSaver]

79. This sure didn't stop them from regularly passing bills to repeal ACA when they knew President Obama

wouldn't sign them.

But that was then, this is now.

[PatrickforO]

23. Trump is a traitor, and so is McConnell.

The blood of many is on their hands.

[Aussie105]

24. Gotta love that lady!

Nancy, I tips my hat off to you!

Great handball, the blockage in the system is McConnell, not the Dems.

[BootinUp]

25. K&R

[NCLefty]

26. A-fucking-men.

[Guilded Lilly]

28. Our current terrorist attack, comes from within, largely from this one, wretched man...

It isn’t all the Cretin’s doing.
McConnell is Democracy’s monstrous enemy.
Madame Speaker, Brava!

[sheshe2]

29. Hell yes!

Thank you Speaker Pelosi!

[George II]

31. Do you have any concept at all of what Pelosi has done and is doing?

[ehrnst]

32. You know, a reporter asked her about that...

Link to tweet

You're welcome.

[irisblue]

43. Welcme to DU Obi Wan

[Joe941]

34. That reporter should be fired!

[ehrnst]

35. No, of course not. Asking leading, challenging questions isn't a fireable offense.

Pelosi handled it beautifully. Didn't get rattled, just impatient, and got the chance to fire off about McConnell.

[Mr.Bill]

74. That question showed a lack of preparation and a lack of knowledge

of the situation at hand. And it embarrasses her employer and colleagues alike. I wouldn't fire her, but I would demote her to lees high profile off camera duties until she learns how to formulate relevant questions.

[ehrnst]

75. Only if she works for a reputable journalistic source, but what if she's from someplace like

"The Intercept?"

Or TYT?

Or Jacobin?

Or FoxNews?

Or another Democrat hating source?

That's not a dealbreaker for them.

[Mr.Bill]

77. Yes, but when press credentials are issued,

You or I don't get to decide what is a reputable journalistic source. Nor does any other one person. So as long as there is a 1st amendment, these situations will exist. And it also means that Nancy Pelosi had the right to say what she said. She was absolutely right and handled it well.

[pangaia]

36. Nancy Pelosi is 79 years OLD.

Don't you think she is getting to old for this?

[mcar]

38. All the people here and elsewhere

who constantly slam and deride her for being weak, need to see this.

She was masterful!

[dlk]

39. Kudos to Pelosi for Confronting the Media's Incompetence and Obvious Conservative Bias

Every Democrat in office should take a page from Madam Speaker's playbook.

[DFW]

41. Does anyone know the song "Panama Red?" (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

If so, I will be offering my own destruction of McTurtle in less than a week. I promise you it will being a smile to ALL of us!

[Bob Loblaw]

46. I remember "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer"

[Pluvious]

50. Great song, and album

IIRC it included Dirty Business ?

Some good trips accompanied by that album

[CaptainTruth]

42. For some reason Chris Evans blocked me on Twitter. I thought he was on our side???

[George II]

44. I've been blocked by some on twitter inadvertently, I'm sure I've done it too. Sometimes...

...people just run through their followers and trim them down in big chunks, not realizing they're blocking close followers who agree with them 100%.

If you know someone who follows him, you might want to try asking them to contact Evans to get unblocked. That's worked for me in the past.

[Pluvious]

49. I'm blocked as well

Which makes no sense either

Could be a glitch or something

[Lisa0825]

82. I googled "Chris Evans blocked me" and found your post.

because he blocked me too, and I have no idea why. (FTR, I am talking about @notcapnamerica, since there are multiple Chris Evans on Twitter.)
I don't think I have ever interacted with him. It is possible I replied or retweeted something from him, but nothing all that memorable. I did find in my google search results that he is a Bernie fan, and I am not, so maybe it was something about that? He must be pretty thin-skinned, because I found several people posting that they have no idea why they were blocked!

[spanone]

47. Sean Maloney did the same on M$NBC this morning....

Chuck Rosenberg was talking about the lack of congress moving on guns....Maloney interrupted and said he loved Chuck but this is ALL ON MITCH McCONNELL.

Went off on the media saying it was congress when it is the REPUBLICANS in congress and that Democrats in congress had passed a gun bill

in February that McConnell wouldn't allow a vote on....as with all the other bills the Dems had passed.

He was passionate about it.

We can't forget how the media gave trump $2billion in free airtime in the 2016 election....the horse race has been very good for them.

[George II]

52. You waited three months to post THAT??

[StarfishSaver]

54. LOL!

[stopwastingmymoney]

70. Haha

I think someone might be lost

[George II]

71. Yes, and it has been shown the door.

[ehrnst]

57. Goodness! You seem to have stumbled on to the wrong discussion board.

[stonecutter357]

59. Donald Trump is a racist pig !

[mcar]

63. Sorry, Pelosi bashing day is Tuesday

Please keep with the schedule.

[ehrnst]

76. ....

[NastyRiffraff]

53. YES, Madam Speaker!

"Why don't you ask Mitch McConnell..."

Because, reporters who should know better will confront the woman. Hopefully, they got the message that this woman isn't taking their shit.

[Mike 03]

55. Excellent. Beto's "Members of the Press: What the fuck?" is catching on.

Who is the reporter, I wonder?

[Cousin Dupree]

56. I love this. But I have one big criticism of Dem. leadership.

They are allowing the media to control the narrative. The Dems. should schedule a weekly update in the form of an ad and put it on all major stations. A quick down and dirty of the truth of what’s going on. They are too passive about getting the message out. I think they’re in the DC bubble and they think those of us out in the hinterland have the same info they do. We don’t. They can’t rely on the media. They need to do an end-around.

[ehrnst]

58. "All major stations?" Do you know how many stations there are on cable?

They can’t rely on the media.

You mean earned media? Interviews? Pressers?

This tweet probably got way more play than it ever would in earned media or paid advertising - but on social media, it's going everywhere. For free.

This is where you saw it, yes?

[Sugarcoated]

60. Yep

Republicans are masters at it, Dems never seem to get it

[orleans]

64. as beto said:

"members of the press, what the fuck?"

[Cetacea]

65. Excellent! Thanks! eom

[ColesCountyDem]

68. Full-thickness burn!!!!

You GO, girl!!!

[SpankMe]

69. She's in top form

I only hope I'll be half as "with it" when I'm 79 years old.

[bdamomma]

72. She is pissed off

Pitchforks and torches anyone??? Enough is enough.

McConnell he can drop dead too.

[Hortensis]

78. I've read she's strong and doesn't need approval to

do what she believes she needs to. Good thing. Even Jim Carrey thinks she needs his advice.

I confess, I'd love to read the history books now so I'd know more of what she does, and of course how it turns out.

[StarfishSaver]

80. Thank you

The idea that people sitting at home who don't know a fraction of what she does feel perfectly entitled to lecture the Speaker of the House about what she SHOULD do is pretty amusing. And their certainty that if she hasn't said it to them and they haven't personally witnessed it, it's not happening AND that she is somehow obligated to explain her every move to them in advance is just as ridiculous.

People be trippin' sometimes, don't they?

[Hortensis]

81. +100. That last, succinctly expressed.