Nancy Pelosi: Democrat and ex-Speaker, 83, to seek re-election
The first female House Speaker will seek a 19th term, reigniting debate about the age of US leaders.
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another canidate question what has your past politics done for me locally? even nationally? if the answer is unsure or maybe some tv propaganda answer that was fed to you then why do they deserve votes
You don't think Pelosi has done anything to advance the Democratic agenda? I don't live in her district, so I'm not sure about locally, but I do think she's been highly influential nationally, and I personally think she has done a good job.
That being said, her district is safe Democratic even if she doesn't run. She should retire, enjoy the rest of her life with her family and leave feeling good about her accomplishments. It's someone else's job to carry on the work.
She's the reason democrats won the 2018 midterms for starters.
She also helped pass loads of legislation in Obama and Biden's first term.
Absolutely
That was half a decade ago.
Nice disingenuous framing there. That's 2 elections. Pelosi needs to go but saying shit like that doesn't help anyone.
Would you perfer I pointed instead to it being about 1,825 days ago?
Why? A congressional term is 2 years. A Senate term is 6 years. Saying "it was x years/days/weeks ago" is totally unhelpful to the larger conversation. It's reductive for no reason. And I think we both know you chose "hAlF a DeCaDe" for gravitas.
Now, if you had said something like "Pelosi hasn't sponsored any major legislation since x", sure. Let's talk. Honestly, fact is she's a fundraising dynamo. I fucking hate it, but that's the framework we're working in. She brings in money and is thus valuable to the DNC. In an ideal world she'd be replaced with a progressive who isn't an octogenarian. But that's clearly not where we are yet.
Correct.
Well we sure know she used her position to advance her wallet
But yeah go off, defend this geriatric corrupt traitor. She’s not fucking special she’s a literal enemy of the people due to said corruption
Keeping it classy, I see.