Portrait of a Badass who ate the president's lunch - and then walked away like a boss

[EffieBlack]

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Bam!!!!!

[DownriverDem]

26. And to think

that some folks wanted to get rid of her. Just wait. Nancy will drive trump insane.

[Wellstone ruled]

35. To many people

are not aware of the skill set necessary as well as the experience to due the Speakers Position. If one needs a failure example,look no further than Paul Ryan .

BTW,look who is the new Assistant Speaker,a fellow whom represents the Changing America Landscape. Pelosi just drove a huge spike into the coffin of the Rethugs with this Guy. And the Girl is preparing for her retirement and leaving the California Model on the Democratic Party for decades.

[Honeycombe8]

52. Who? nt

[Wellstone ruled]

53. The Loser from Wisconsin District 1.

[Honeycombe8]

56. How can someone who lost be her asst speaker? nt

[Honeycombe8]

59. I looked it up. Her asst will be Rep Luhan (D-NM).

He has a somewhat successful, noteworthy background in the House, esp as campaign chairman for the 2018 mid-terms.

So there's an experienced team at the top going into 2019, which we're going to need.

[Wellstone ruled]

66. Oh crap,that is who I was referring to.

Luhan,not Ryan. Sorry,forgot to proof my message. Met Luhan at a function in NM two years ago,one sharp cookie.

[Grokenstein]

92. True. Yelling and table-flipping isn't leadership (just look at Trump)

...and more folks on our side need to understand that before we drop 2020 into the toilet as well.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

101. LOL!! Paul Ryan is a pretty low bar... not to take anything away from Nancy Pelosi.

[forgotmylogin]

87. All she's lacking is the slow-motion explosion behind her! (n/t)

[The Wielding Truth]

138. you made me do it

[dweller]

2. Smocking

HOT!

✌🏼️

[Judi Lynn]

23. Yes, smocking! n/t

[niyad]

3. YES!!!!

[Dem_4_Life]

4. Badass women RULE!

NANCY!!!

[calimary]

39. Did somebody unthread say "BAM!"?

BAM-BAM-DOUBLE-BAM!!!

Dayummmm!

Nancy Pelosi ROCKS! And NOBODY knows how to count votes like she can - and does.

[bdamomma]

5. Nancy seems pretty proud

of herself, she is probably saying that went well.

What a Cheshire cat smile!

[KentuckyWoman]

94. She should be

I'll admit, I'm mighty proud of her myself.

[True Blue American]

134. Do not forget Chuck

He smiled clear through the meeting, talked to the camera when speaking about Trump.

I admit I was not too thrilled with either one, but just like with Obama I changed my mind after seeing them in action.

BTW, where was Mitch? and MCarthy?

[madaboutharry]

6. This is so beautiful!

Would it be ok with you if I repost this on my FB page?

[Raster]

7. SMOCKED, I tell you, SMOCKED!

[mcar]

8. Oh yeah!

[EffieBlack]

9. If only he'd bothered to read his briefing papers ...

Link to tweet

[displacedtexan]

11. Great minds...!

[Cha]

80. LOL.. Brilliant!

Link to tweet

[displacedtexan]

10. That's my US Rep!

I walk my dogs down Nancy Pelosi Drive almost every day. If Trump every did his homework, he'd know that she came from Baltimore's Little Italy, where her father was a US Rep and her brother was the mayor.

She can chew up Trumps and spit them out before breakfast & still put in a day's work thereafter.

[EffieBlack]

13. And not smudge her shoes...

[calimary]

41. Or a single hair out of place.

He’s used to women he can bed, push around, intimidate, or some combination of the three. He has no playbook for how to dominate her. She doesn’t scare easily. And this ain’t her first rodeo. AND she doesn’t have the sword of a Special Counsel hanging over her head either. (That would be YOU, donald.)

[EffieBlack]

12. I really need that coat

But I have a feeling that I can't afford it and, even if I could, it probably sold out in the last half hour.

[dsc]

18. yeah better learn to sew if you want that coat.

[MaryMagdaline]

57. She wears it well!

She kicks ass and looks great doing it

[maddiemom]

72. I, too, also said, "I WANT that coat!"

[Hekate]

98. Ma Kent made it for her after she got done with Superboy's cape. That is Nancy's Super Cape...

And she is rocking it.

[pnwmom]

108. Maybe we could find the Nancy sunglasses somewhere.

[EffieBlack]

111. I probably couldn't afford those, either

But maybe I can find a decent knockoff ...

[betsuni]

110. Reminds me of an Audrey Hepburn coat.

[mcar]

114. It is a great coat

Sunglasses too!

[TSheehan]

14. Once Trump goes down, can we send Pence to prison too? Second in line...

[struggle4progress]

15. I really like her!

[jcgoldie]

16. Haha

I'm at work haven't seen the clips of this event, but pretty sure Nancy's face says all I need to know!

[dae]

17. Kudos Nancy and Chuck, Trumpy isn't used to be talked back to.

[Power 2 the People]

22. If this is the new Democratic strategy I love it!!!

Get in that lying SOBs face and call him on everything on the spot.

[EffieBlack]

19. Another shot of Nancy leaving the WH

Link to tweet

[EffieBlack]

20. And another take

Link to tweet

(I could do this all day - and just might ...)

[calimary]

46. OUCH!

How thoughtful of her to wear red - so the blood she just drew from him doesn’t show quite so obviously. How discreet!

She can count votes better than ANYBODY. And she’s OURS. And as of early next month, she’ll be second in line to the Presidency. Just after his little pet poodle, Pence.

It just struck me - at the next State of the Union, there she’ll be. Seated one level up, behind him, and in every shot that shows the dais from his podium of ill-gotten gain. Lurking behind him not unlike the way he tried to lurk behind Hillary during one of the debates. Payback really is a bitch, ‘eh?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. I love this gif!!!!

And Nancy—-I’ll have to find the rest of the story!

[Eliot Rosewater]

77. She is awesome, but we need to remember shutting down the government has been

ordered by putin, easier to take us over, destroy us if our entire system is fucked.

[sarge43]

21. Now that is The.Power.Walk.

[BadgerMom]

25. She would be an awesome president.

So proud!

[sheshe2]

27. That's how it is done...

and not breaking a nail!

[Fla Dem]

62. And in Heels. nt

[sheshe2]

63. And dancing backward!

[George II]

28. Yeabut, she's..........

........TOO OLD!!

[PunkinPi]

29. Nancy quote, post meeting...

Link to tweet

NancyPelosi returned from the WH meeting with the president today and went STRAIGHT for the most sensitive part of Trump’s ego: his masculinity. “It’s like a manhood thing with him — as if manhood can be associated with him,” she told her colleagues just now.

[EffieBlack]

30. DAMN! I love her!

[PunkinPi]

37. Just when I think I can love her more, she goes and says something like this...

[NastyRiffraff]

95. And she's not through with him yet!

The next few months are going to be fun to watch as she uses Trump as a pinata.

[MarinCoUSA]

31. Did Nancy have to wipe Trump feces off her shoe-

...after she landed it in is ass?

Just asking.

[MarinCoUSA]

32. And THERE, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the nest Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

Period.

[AJT]

33. That was a total smockdown...

[Kurt V.]

34. 1 million rec's

[pangaia]

36. They both ate his lunch....

Or rather.. didn't even touch it.. but just threw it back in his face...

[The Liberal Lion]

38. I'm glad she was able to lend Chuck some spine today.

Let's hope he keeps recognizing what courage and resistance looks like.
Cheers Nancy!

[StarryNite]

73. Chuck needs to glare the orange puss bag

straight in the eye when he's talking to him.

[George II]

120. They're both native New Yorkers - NOT looking him in the eye is the way to do it.

[George II]

139. One doesn't rise to be the Democratic Leader in the Senate without a "spine".....

....for what he's accomplished over the last 38 years - 18 in the House, 20 in the Senate - I'll take his demeanor (seemingly "spineless" to some) over anyone today, thank you.

[wryter2000]

40. Masterful

Can we ditch the "new blood" stuff now?

[EffieBlack]

43. "New Blood" couldn't have handled their business - or ours- like that today

[LanternWaste]

64. I wish we could, but that bumper sticker, like tide pods, have a long shelf life.

The most transparent tell about the trumpeting of "new blood" is that no one ever objectively defines it, thereby denying any valid compare-and-contrast.

It's a vague and rather meaningless fortune cookie, so I kinda get why they wrap themselves in it.

[displacedtexan]

42. And now, for your listening pleasure...

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Haggis for Breakfast]

122. Oh, that was perfect !!

Music from Peter Gunn nailed it to the wall !!

[bdamomma]

97. Caption for Nancy

I'll give you such a back hand slap!!

[3catwoman3]

121. That shot looks rather like the fingers-under-the-chin...

...gesture that some of the Italian kids in my neighborhood used to express disdain. I never knew it’s exact meaning, but it was clear that is was not an indication of affection.

[bdamomma]

140. it means

FU.

[3catwoman3]

146. That was pretty much my assumption. altho I didn't know...

...that exact language when I was in middle school in 1962-62. It had to be delivered with a sneer or snarl, and jutting chin for the full effect.

[SCVDem]

45. Dems with shades

Just like President Hillary!

[Botany]

47. An Italian lady and a jew walk into the White House .....

....

[Haggis for Breakfast]

123. You're killing me here !

[Botany]

130. thank you thank you very much ... make sure to tip the wait staff on your way out

BTW Trump's act in the White House showed he does not know how the Congress works.

Trump, "I just need 10 democrats in the senate to vote w/me."

[bdamomma]

147. now that is funny

[DinahMoeHum]

48. Schumer also had a look on his face. . .

. . .like a cat that just ate a canary.

[George II]

119. Yes, it was almost as if he was thinking "I can't believe he stepped in it."

[ffr]

49. There's a new sheriff in town - one for Nancy and one for Chuck

[orangecrush]

50. Smockingly rude!

To tRump, I hope!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

51. And I want her coat!!!

[Honeycombe8]

55. Yeah...that's a bitchin' coat. I'd get it in black or red. A power coat.

The perfect length.

[samnsara]

76. want her coat too but i have retrievers...

...sigh.....I can never have anything nice.

[Me.]

54. And JUst Who Is Going To Vote Against Her?

[delisen]

86. That trivial passel in the House.

They were the the appetizer; she just devoured the entree.
What's for dessert?

[Me.]

104. ...

[Paladin]

58. Encore! Encore with a smocking vengeance, and damned soon! (nt)

[scheming daemons]

60. I like this version better

Link to tweet

[EffieBlack]

61. LOVE it!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

102. ROFL!

[betsuni]

112. Ha!

[peggysue2]

65. Boom!

Ahhh Nancy, we love ye. Is that a shot of triumph or what???

She slayed it! LOL. And she knows it.

[volstork]

67. "I'm not bossy. I'm the BOSS."

[BigmanPigman]

68. She called out his "man hood"!

Perfect!

[pdsimdars]

69. God was I proud of her. She didn't take any of his shit like all the men seem to do.

She pushed right back. I think that will start giving others some bravery in confronting him.

[pdsimdars]

70. But one thing I disagreed with her was that she thought she shouldn't disagree with him in public

WRONG! It is a NECESSARY thing for her to do. So glad she did it. We all needed it.

[EffieBlack]

74. She SAID she didn't want to - And then did it ... beautifully

She made it clear that SHE hadn’t provoked the disagreement but when he insisted in arguing with her, she dunked on him.

[Hekate]

99. DTs insisted the press be there, and now he is whining that she set him up by having the press there

See how that works? She (and Schumer) gave him what he said he wanted, offered to change it, and proceeded to cream him six ways from Sunday in front of cameras. They were only too happy to give him what he said he wanted and then turn the tables on him bigly.

[gademocrat7]

71. Bravo, Speaker Pelosi!

[H2O Man]

75. Recommended.

That made the Liston vs Patterson fights look competitive.

[UrbanProspector]

78. Where there is smock...

there is fire I guess!

[NightWatcher]

79. Left his mother fuckin ears ringin.

Add this pic to the definition of "pwnage" in the dictionary.

[Polly Hennessey]

81. I absolutely, positively want that coat.

Nancy rules.

[edhopper]

82. add the music and you get

?w=1000&h=563&crop=1

[Ligyron]

83. I'll probably get yelled at for this...

and I LOVE our next Speaker, Nancy P. (Chuck, meh) but...

I wish she hadn't requested they argue off camera and away from TV and the press. That made it look like they were afraid they might be shown up or had something to hide/weren't being transparent, etc.

Trump was obnoxious as usual, just like with Hills - interrupting, talking over them, etc. Unfortunately, his supporters will see that as strength and showing them libruls who's boss for the win. A real he-man. Sensing the opportunity to score points with his crass, deplorable base, he may very well have set this up .

Chances to confront and debate Trump in public will be few and far between.

[EffieBlack]

89. I don't think it looked like that at all

She simply made it clear that she didn't think that this kind of on-camera mud-wrestling was appropriate but now that it was happening, it wasn't she and Chuck who provoked it.

I love how she kept saying it wasn't appropriate to do this in public - and then in the next breath, as if to say, "but since you brought it up," she smacked his raggedy ass down ... in public.

I think he did set it up, but it blew up in his face. Any supporter who thinks he put her in his place already thinks he's a gladiator, so he didn't improve his standing with them. But I suspect that plenty of Republicans were impressed with Nancy and Trump diminished himself in their eyes, whether or not they admit it.

And he helped Nancy built support in her own once-shaky base.

[JCanete]

154. well who do you think that is effective for? Getting into the mud and splashing it

on us as we try to rise above it has been the GOP mo for decades now and it has worked. I don't see how this wouldn't look to those who are either painfully confused, or are already in Trump's camp, like he's the one telling it straight and the Democrats are the ones who want to do "politics" in a back room, out of the public eye. That was how it seemed to me it might strike others, even while I understood that her argument was more about the delicate nature of negotiations and not burning it all down.

I appreciate that they didn't let his shit stand, but they COULD NOT let his shit stand and he graciously, stupidly, opened up the door for them so that they didn't have to do the very uncomfortable thing of interjecting or interrupting the President. He was certainly his own worst enemy here, except that he showed the restraint of a well mannered 5 year old for once and didn't actually have a melt-down as I've seen headlines suggest....or at least not during the exchange. And somehow he kept his bile and compulsion to insult and demean to a minimum.

That said, that's my main gripe. I don't know about the heaped on praise because I don't know how many points were scored, unless you want to count all of the establishment news sources that have been waiting eagerly for this kind of material to say SEE this is why we need Pelosi! If that's what you mean by shoring up her shaky base...I guess presenting a narrative that we have a fighter because she will stand up to Trump when he lies in front of us is something...but she already had the speakership locked up. Her hapless challengers from the right of the party showed just how tone deaf they were thinking they could just incite an uprising by saying "replace."


I'll take it as a win, and I'll take any coverage that says Trump is a buffoon and the democrats cleaned his clock as a good thing, though how much does that help if its just preaching to the choir. Which leads back to my issue with this. I don't think any haymakers were thrown, no knock-out punches...and Trump literally put his chin out there. If I'm scoring, of course Schumer and Pelosi won, but how could they not win? That is such a low bar, and the only thing we really got out of this was Trump owning that he would welcome a Shutdown, which he's literally already owned in the past. Its just that he doesn't care what he's said in the past, and won't care going forward either.

BUT what is being done is this democratic bubble of praise that is being liberally attributed to some sort of video game level fatality. Perhaps that's what so many people genuinely came away with from this(and maybe its because we really need something like this)...its just that given what I thought I witnessed, it triggers my cynicism more than a little.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

125. Bless your heart! Do not ever say a single thing that

sounds like you might be actually thinking for yourself ! It is not allowed and will be flamed immediately!

Very true what you said...he probably won't put himself out there again soon.

[JCanete]

153. totally agree with this, and said it myself elsewhere. We have the right of it. We should give

him all the rope to hang himself.

[Geechie]

84. At left, portrait of a guy

who is eating said Badass's dust.

[EffieBlack]

91. Oh, I don't know - I think Chuck held his own today

[In It to Win It]

105. I think Chuck almost let Trump drag him down to his level.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

133. you might want to watch it again

[blueinredohio]

85. She looks so smug and I love it!

[redstatebluegirl]

88. Love it, a woman did this to him, it has to make him nuts.....

[JHan]

90. BOOM

[warmfeet]

93. Would be pretty nice if she was POTUS.

Just sayin.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

103. Would love to see Nancy run in 2020... why the fuck not?!

Talk about a powerful, well-qualified woman!!

[EffieBlack]

113. Because she so olllllld!

[Pisces]

141. No, because she has no command voice, is a terrible public speaker and poor communicator. She

May heard cats well, and have the best vote count, know how to twist arms behind the scenes etc., but she projects weakness. Kamala Harris the opposite. Clear and concise with a command presence. Her and Shumer did well in that they got the President tripped up and got him to own a shut down.

They need to fact check him on camera especially about the caravan and the wall. I did not like that they let him say 10 terrorists were taken into custody last month implying they came from the caravan which is a lie that stood unchallenged.

[EffieBlack]

142. You don't seem to know what a Speaker's job is

Which is no big deal since the people whose opinions about Pelosi really matter - the members of her Democratic Caucus - know exactly what the job entails and know that Nancy Pelosi is one of the best in history at doing it.

And you seem to have mistaken a soft voice and dignified demeanor with “weakness.” Pelosi’s trophy wall is lined with people who made the same error of misjudging her.

[Pisces]

145. I was commenting on the idea of her for President not Speaker

[Takket]

96. badass

[In It to Win It]

100. LMAO! LOVVVEEEEEE IT!!!!!!!!

This was right on time! I was just thinking how much I loved Nancy Pelosi, and how underappreciated she is, after seeing that happened today.

[Ilsa]

106. How could anyone think she isn't the best asset,

best negotiator, best strategist, for the House Democrats?

[Baltimike]

107. I wonder who wants to put an asterisk by her name now?

term limits? retroactive term limits? LOLOL

[pepperbear]

109. Meme it. Meme it good.

[D23MIURG23]

115. Glad she will be the next speaker.

We need someone who knows how to fight.

[JBoy]

116. You know she's cool, 'cause she's not looking back at the explosion. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

117. Badass Woman Doing BadAss Shit.

Pay attention, boys and girls. Age and cunning beats youth and exuberance, hands down.

[EffieBlack]

118. "Face it girls. I'm older and have more insurance."

[betsuni]

136. Ha! Good "Fried Green Tomatoes" reference.

[Mendocino]

124. The Notorious NDP

[NoMoreRepugs]

126. Bonespurs brought an overcooked spaghetti noodle

to a serious knife fight. Wow, what an ass whuppin'.

[joshcryer]

127. President Pelosi

[Tactical Peek]

128. Hey Donald

[Tactical Peek]

129. Correct syntax for a change

[Lady_Chat]

131. Nobody puts Nancy in the corner! Love her and her coat!

She rocks!

[Hekate]

132. "Everyone just chill out. I got this."

[liberalguilt57]

135. Reminds me of THIS

[MFM008]

137. Apparently Schumer

Is looking for maggot crap on those suede shoes of hers.

[workinclasszero]

143. DEAL WITH IT Dumpster!

[Baltimike]

144. I LOVE how there's only crickets from the "limit Nancy" crowd. nt

[Sloumeau]

148. Nancy Pelosi came to chew bubblegum and...

...kick ass and she was all out of bubblegum.

[EffieBlack]

149. ROFL:

[rocktivity]

150. And I don't think it's an accident that she's dressed like Melania, either

Welcome to aggressive progressiveness, Nancy!


rocktivity

[Rver]

151. January 3rd can't get here soon enough.

[Afromania]

152. thoroughly enjoying this thread.