Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection (www.npr.org)

submitted 11 months ago by LoveTrumpsHate@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Thank God! Let's get in someone that will fight for the people. Let's pass universal healthcare, 6 months paternity and maternity leave, childcare, etc

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[-] manxu@piefed.social 21 points 11 months ago

She was a good Speaker of the House during her tenure, and she terrified the Republican caucus. Many thanks to her for that!

Maybe she stayed a little too long. She, and RBG, and Biden and so many more old-school Democrats that just couldn't let go when they should have. So many people will be remembered not for the things they accomplished, but for enabling the chaos that came after them because they were not willing to let go of power.

Tolkien was onto something with the rings of power. Humans can't let go of it.

[-] LoveTrumpsHate@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

She was certainly better than Mitch McConnell, but in addition to being there too long, she enriched herself by hundreds of millions of dollars with insider trading - making her corrupt like Donald Trump, he is just doing it more by several orders of magnitude.

Also, she could have pushed for more progressive reforms, but she didn't, she was/is a corporate Democrat. She knew who she was accepting donations from.

[-] rhurruck@piefed.social 8 points 11 months ago

There is more to it than that. Her current net worth is $246 million. In 2021 it was $120 million. In 1987 she was worth $3m. Her stock returns put hedge funds to shame. I don’t see how that can be anything other than corruption.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Her husband is a professional finance guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pelosi

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 12 points 11 months ago

With some serious insider knowledge

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think AOCs former chief of staff has been running for this seat?

edit: AOC’s Former Chief of Staff: The Democratic Party Stands for NOTHING (w/ Saikat Chakrabarti)

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

For me, she lost all credibility when she refused to impeach Bush for war crimes. Seriously, Abu Ghraib? The torture memos? Nothing?

If we had gone hard on Bush, Trump never would have run.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

She only doing this because democracy is over and no one that will replace her will make the rich accountable.

[-] LoveTrumpsHate@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, I just saw an interview with him the other day with Mehdi Hasan and he sounds like he would be excellent!

https://youtu.be/zQVGqOa0Lr0

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's sad that she will never get the firing squad.

[-] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

She's leaving but someone has already been groomed to fill her shoes and will continue defending the status quo

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Yeah but they aren't going to win.

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