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Showing Original Post only (View all)Nancy Pelosi gets a delivery of 10,000 roses, thanks to an online fundraiser [View all]
I posted about the fundraiser on DU a couple weeks ago - I suspect DUers gave a good chunk of dough for her roses too!: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211620387https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/09/nancy-pelosi-gets-delivery-roses-thanks-an-online-fundraiser/
Things that are often delivered to a congressional office: copies of the Congressional Record, constituent mail, mean tweets. Not so common? A drop-off of 10,000 long-stemmed red roses. You know, just because.
Newly minted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the recipient of the unusual gift Wednesday, courtesy of an online fundraiser among readers of liberal site DailyKos. It was a redux of a similar gift to Pelosi in 2010 (that floral delivery was a thank-you for the passing of health-care legislation).
DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas said that this year they surpassed their goal of raising enough money to buy 10,000 roses within an hour and a half of posting. They ended up collecting enough for 25,000 stems so many that they shipped the extras, at the speakers request, to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Newly minted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the recipient of the unusual gift Wednesday, courtesy of an online fundraiser among readers of liberal site DailyKos. It was a redux of a similar gift to Pelosi in 2010 (that floral delivery was a thank-you for the passing of health-care legislation).
DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas said that this year they surpassed their goal of raising enough money to buy 10,000 roses within an hour and a half of posting. They ended up collecting enough for 25,000 stems so many that they shipped the extras, at the speakers request, to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Her daughter posted on Twitter about the roses as well:
Link to tweet
Sweet🌹@dailykos asked for 10,000 roses for Nancy Pelosi but ended up collecting enough for 25,000 stems so many that they shipped the extras, at @SpeakerPelosis request, to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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Nancy Pelosi gets a delivery of 10,000 roses, thanks to an online fundraiser [View all]
CousinIT
Jan 2019
OP
That unity is probably why the Repugnants and their Russian allies worked to cripple the DU on
cstanleytech
Jan 2019
#85
I still remember when Helen was put back in her seat by President Obama.
True Blue American
Jan 2019
#80
Yes, Barbara Boxer got roses when she protested a stolen election on the Senate floor --
Liberty Belle
Jan 2019
#130
Yes. Maybe she'll send them out to all the reps. There's plenty to go around! nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#25
I get my son and husband flowers for their birthdays and (in my husband's case) for Father's Day...
deurbano
Jan 2019
#42
Marcos banned me from Daily Kos for saying that there are unanswed questions about the 9/11 attacks
OMGWTF
Jan 2019
#23
I remember the flowers for Barbara Boxer also but I don't remember why we sent them.
badhair77
Jan 2019
#26
I could imagine finding that extremely irritating if I were an unpaid federal worker.
cwydro
Jan 2019
#41
I guess you weren't one of those whose life was saved with the pre-existing conditions
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#112
what a great idea! I wish I had seen that fundraiser, I would have chipped in for sure!
samnsara
Jan 2019
#106
Well so is Bernie Sanders. And many other career politicians who serve the people.
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#121