In her just-ended press conference, Pelosi delivered two wowzas about Trump.

[kstewart33]

Pelosi suggested that the Trump family and staff members should stage an intervention with the President. A bit later, she suggested that he consider taking a leave of absence.

Expect a Trump twitter tirade any hour now. She so knows how to play him.

[winetourdriver01]

1. Yes

Anyone who ever had any doubts about the Speakers ability to handle Shitler should relax, she has this.

[Roy Rolling]

32. The Big Takeaway

Diplomacy and statesmanship on the level of Churchill. She's so grounded, they don't know what to do with her--even some Democrats, too.

But for sure, she brings results and that is what counts. She's the leader of Democrats we elected in 2018 to challenge the lawless Trump Administration and Republican Party.

She knows the big picture those of us can't yet see, and winning the war despite countless, distracting battles.

[mcar]

34. She's been likened to Neville Chamberlain by some on this board

[DownriverDem]

50. Isn't it time

for Pelosi attackers to just stop it?

[Victor_c3]

68. Totally agree

Her position certainly belongs to a seasoned politician. Even though I’m generally dissatisfied with the mainstream Democrats and I prefer the further left leaning leadership, the Speakership belongs firmly to someone like Pelosi. I’m extremely happy to see her in this position.

[dalton99a]

2. The very stable genius is going to be so pissed

[Voltaire2]

3. Is she exploring the 25 option?

Sounds like it.

[DBoon]

5. or making a case for impeachment if the 25th isn't used

"We would prefer the cabinet follow the constitutional remedy for dealing with this obviously unfit and medically disabled individual. Since the cabinet has chosen not to do so, our only option is impeachment"

[cwydro]

41. Did she actually say that?

I’m not near a TV, but if so, yay Nancy!

[DBoon]

44. no, but I bet she is thinking it

[cwydro]

46. Oh darn.

Well, to paraphrase Hemingway, it was pretty to think so lol.

[StarfishSaver]

49. She did bring up the 25th Amendment, though

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Unfortunately, it would require Pence and Grassley to sign on...

Section 4 of the 25th Amendment:

Section 4: Declaration by vice president and principal officers
Section 4.
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

I think they'd rather take their chances with leaving Trump in power than to be future recipients of the Profiles In Courage award.

[SWBTATTReg]

39. We already know this. I think the poster was complimenting Pelosi for her comments.

[DeminPennswoods]

63. Pence would throw his own mother overboard

for a chance to be president.

[RVN VET71]

69. That thought: Pence and Grassley showing "courage"!!

If I'd been drinking coffee, I'd've spritzed it all over my screen. Thanks for the laughs!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Not hers to explore, but it is additional pressure on TrumpRepublicons to

... renounce their Russian citizenship and become American Again.

[watoos]

4. He is not a strong person,

I fear he has eaten too many antibiotic laden hamberders and his antibiotics for his syphilis aren't having any effect.

[shockey80]

6. Pelosi has figured Trump out.

He does not know how to handle her. She has him right by the balls.

[luvallpeeps]

18. Now give 'em the gavel Nancy.

[ginnyinWI]

36. Poking the bear.

He's governed by his emotions: how could he not react? Unless someone takes away his Twitter, there will be fallout.

You are so right--she knows just how to handle him. Those comments were deliberate.

[brush]

7. She was masterful. She's slowly collapsing the walls around him...

without leaning towards the word impeachment but implying it. She's stressing the need to keep up the hearings and investigations, subpoenas and benefiting from favorable court ruling that educate the public about trum'p's criminal acts.

She keeps saying "we're not there" as far as articles of impeachment but IMO there is a huge, implied "yet" she leaves hanging in the air afterwards.

And I love how she threw off the mere mention of Kelly Anne Conway when a reporter asked her about Conway by saying "I'm not going to talk about her, I am the Speaker of the House and I address the President of the United States."

She could.ve just as easily continue, "not some staffer". I would've loved that too if she had.

[Laelth]

59. She's slap-darn right too.

Speaker Pelosi is third in line to the Presidency and head of the House of the People of the United States of America. Kellyanne Conway is a peon by comparison, and I am thrilled to see the Speaker pull rank on her ... elegantly too, I might add.



-Laelth

[DeminPennswoods]

62. What an awesome smackdown!

LOL! Love it!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

65. She owns her power well! 👏🏾

[drray23]

8. At this rate she is going to drive him insane and committed to a mental health facility.

Maybe trump will have a complete breakdown.

[TruckFump]

9. Fiddle meet bow!

Way to go, Nancy!

[honest.abe]

11. "consider taking a leave of absence."

[UTUSN]

12. K&R

[triron]

13. Nancy needs to go on the Colbert show. Could be a riot.

[Blue Owl]

14. She slapped the baby beautifully

n/t

[saidsimplesimon]

33. I'm glad you didn't

say spanked his bottom. Stormy implied he paid for that.

Madame Speaker Pelosi was awesome, she sent him to his room with a time out. Well done Madame Speaker.

[peggysue2]

15. Pelosi was made for this moment

She knows exactly how to get under Trump's skin. I'm sure the fact she's a woman makes the comments all the more scalding for Donnie. When he reacts to these comments, he frequently shoots himself in the foot, blurting out things that simply expose him all the more.

I didn't listen to yesterday's Rose Garden comments (simply can't stand listening to the fraud) but reportedly he blurted out that he did in fact talk to Don Jr about the Trump Tower meeting. This is after all the denials.

The man is a thin-skinned, walking disaster. Nancy Pelosi has his number.

Btw, I loved the Speaker's slap down of Kellyanne. She speaks to the President, not staff. LOL. Kellyanne is now claiming that Pelosi's retort is evidence of 'elitism.' Lame. Means the comment left a mark.

[Pluvious]

23. History will be exceptionally unkind to Kellyanne - too many video clips

Will even PoxNews deign to have her ?

[sop]

37. Elitism? So what is it when Trump refuses to meet with the Speaker of the House,

doesn't shake anyone's hand and storms out in a huff after only a couple of minutes?

Kellyanne Conway has no policy authority in the Trump administration. The woman's just a paid spinmeister. Her only job is standing in front of TV cameras and repeating Trump's lies.

[Marcuse]

70. The Speaker should have told Kellyanne to have her husband explain it to her.

[Grasswire2]

16. the equivalent of "Put Grandpa down for his nap"?

Hahahahaha

[LanternWaste]

17. She's getting under his skin and causing him to trigger.

She opened her act slowly with her state of the union clap, but she's in third gear now.

[CaptainTruth]

19. Pelosi is the cat. Trump is the (orange) mouse.

I think she may provoke him to behave so outrageously that Republicans start to abandon him.

And that's probably the ONLY way anyone will get Republicans (some, not all, but enough to make a diffetence) to abandon him.

And I believe that's part of her plan.

[Gothmog]

20. trump has been showing signs of senility for a long time

[backtoblue]

21. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, remember this ?

"Can you imagine Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House?" Trump asked a crowd at a Minnesota rally in October. "Don't do that to me!"

[SergeStorms]

22. An intervention won't help.

What Trump needs is an exorcism. A good old pea soup heaving, head spinning in a circle exorcism. There are evil spirits in Donald Trump, and they start in that devil's nest of crap on the top of his head, and range all the way down to the bone-spurs in his feet. He's an evil, evil sack of protoplasm.

[saidsimplesimon]

26. Laughing so hard, this

post made my day, "exorcism, pea soup heaving, evil spirits, devil's nest" and you reminded my of the "Champ" Ali. I forgot to mention, by the time I reached protoplasm, my laughter could be heard next door.

[Ligyron]

52. "devil's nest of crap on the top of his head..."

Now, that's a keeper!

[Lifelong Protester]

55. Made me laugh

out loud. You are a good writer!

[calimary]

66. And finishing with an evil sack of protoplasm!

Nicely done, SergeStorms!

[SunSeeker]

25. I was hoping she would announce formal impeachment investigation hearings. nt

[DownriverDem]

51. Well stop hoping

and watch as the process unfolds. Nancy knows what she is doing. Why would Pelosi do what trump wants her to do?

[SunSeeker]

56. Unlike the GOP, Dems do what's right, not what is politically expedient.

I don't think Pelosi bases her decisions on what Trump wants or doesn't want.

Besides, Trump definitely does not want impeachment proceedings to start. With formal impeachment investigation proceedings, Pelosi will have the legal right to access grand jury info, unlike with regular oversight hearings. We should not fall for Trump's clumsy attempt at reverse psychology. He is deathly afraid of an impeachment inquiry, just like he was deathly afraid of Mueller's inquiry ("This is the end of my presidency. I'm fucked." ). This time, Barr won't have control over the finished product. Pelosi will decide how the uncovered facts are presented to the American people.

[unblock]

27. "Leave of absence"! Omfg, that's brilliant!

[onetexan]

38. LOL mama is putting the bad boy in a corner

[ProudLib72]

40. He's been on a leave of absence for two damned years!

[Different Drummer]

54. I was thinking that just before I read your post. Great minds! n/t

[NCjack]

28. Regarding the "i" word, appears to me that the Orangejuan-#45

may have lost the ability to say the word "impeach".

[Nuffer]

29. Pelosi

She is running circles around him....got trump in an absolute tizzy! And I love she told Kelly to basically "talk to the hand!"

[nocoincidences]

30. This is exactly how you play someone,

using their personality deficiencies to accelerate the inevitable explosion, breakdown.

I've done it a couple of times in my life, but Nancy is the total master of using Trump's weaknesses to hasten his disintegration!

Go Speaker go!

[Bradshaw3]

31. It may not be a ploy

After the latest episode, she could very well believe he needs an intervention.

[pdsimdars]

35. Like a violin.

[MontanaMama]

42. Madame Speaker suggests

that baby needs a time out!!!

[Grammy23]

43. It is about time for someone in power to meet his tantrums

With calling him out for what he is and is not. He is not fit to lead a pack of dogs through the woods, much less lead the free world. He IS unbalanced and unhinged in his approach to every single aspect of the office. In other words, he needs to go. He has had his chance to prove he is up to the task. That’s what was asked of us. Just give him a chance they said. He’s had the chance and has blown it in every way imaginable.

Now Ms. Pelosi is just giving him the straight truth. And he can’t handle it. Watch him implode. It will happen. It IS happening. The end is near. (Fingers crossed.)

[Vinca]

45. If your father was (unfortunately) Trump, you'd be looking at retirement homes for him.

The man's a babbling, self-obsessed idiot.

[Poiuyt]

58. If he was my father, I'd be looking at merciful euthanasia programs.

[Vinca]

61. LOL - a much better suggestion than mine.

[Honeycombe8]

47. I can't believe it. She is goading him into another baby tirade.

Good she's no shrinking violet. This is not a normal President or Presidency. Our response can not be normal, for the good of the citizens and country.

Recognition of what's going on, and responding appropriately.

[CDerekGo]

48. and can I just say

That I'm certainly happy, those that wanted to replace Nancy Pelosi as Speaker, should be reminded how well she does when behind the Gavel!

[Texin]

53. While I agree that she's a master class on how to put a burr under Shitler's saddle,

She could bear bait this uncontrollable moron into getting his war on with Iran just to feel like a man. She's dealing with someone with absolutely ZERO impulse control and a total inability to listen to advisors that are nothing but sycophants. Bolton is not Tillerson. Bolton is the most determined chicken hawk that ever walked the planet, except perhaps for Hitler and Attila the Hun.

[dlk]

57. Pelosi Does Well to Focus on the Constitution and Finding Out the Truth for the American People

By actually focusing on doing her job, it makes creating partisan spin to tear her down much more difficult. She’s brilliant!

[stuffmatters]

60. Just brilliant!

[DeminPennswoods]

64. Pelosi wratchets it up a notch

Nancy Pelosi
?Verified account @SpeakerPelosi

Nancy Pelosi Retweeted Kelly O'Donnell

When the “extremely stable genius” starts acting more presidential, I’ll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues.

Link to tweet:

Link to tweet

Like telling a toddler, when you finish all your vegetables, you can have desert.

[MasonDreams]

67. Wow! Now feed medical info to Jr. & his daughters

This could work!