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Why Is 83-Year-Old Nancy Pelosi Still Running? It's All About the Benjamins, as She'll Gleefully Tell You
Red State ^ | 09/10/2023 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 09/10/2023 9:01:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

As my colleague Nick Arama reported, 83-year-old Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) inexplicably announced a run for her 20th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has been darkening the halls of Congress for 36 years—Ronald Reagan was president when she was first sworn in. 

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Our nation’s elders just can’t seem to walk away from power—President Biden is 80, and his mind shows every bit of it, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is 81 and suffering from bouts of “freezing,” and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is 90 years old and suffering from significant health problems.

Unbelievably, Pelosi said in her announcement, “Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery.” Thanks, but no thanks:

Advance San Francisco Values?? Nationwide??

Surely she must be joking......San Fran Poop Map.


pic.twitter.com/Y9vy0PlcPH— Bob (@Bob72270) September 8, 2023

You want to bring this to the rest of the country, Nancy?

Tourists at Ocean Beach in San Francisco lose their passports and laptops and everything else due to smash and grabs by thugs. Do not visit San Francisco! It’s a crime infested city with lawlessness. pic.twitter.com/oCY7nK1Oa0— Asian Crime Report (@activeasian) September 5, 2023

But why is she really running? Why isn’t she staying at home in her lovely city by the Bay, taking care of husband Paul, who in 2022 suffered a devastating hammer attack from a psycho who broke into their house?

You guessed it—it’s about the money. It’s also about her pathological hatred of former President Donald Trump, but the two things are intertwined. By raising more money, she can have a better chance of making sure Trump doesn’t win the 2024 presidential election.

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Does she have a grand vision for the country? A plan to help us navigate the malaise of the endless social battles, the lawlessness that's taken over our streets, the inflation-ravaged economy, the precarious foreign threats? Nope. But she does have a plan to raise cold hard cash:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi told a reporter Friday that she's mainly running for office to raise money for herself and other Democrats.

Speaking with outlet Politico, the 83-year-old representative from California said her veteran status in Congress is a major asset for raising funds.

"My focus is the House and presidency; you’re in a stronger position as a candidate," Pelosi told Politico in the interview. "You may not know this, but if you’re not a candidate, you really can’t raise money for yourself. And raising money for myself enables me to spend that on other people."

So there you have it, folks. The real reason Pelosi is running is not because of some grand vision, it’s just because she’s just really good at raking in the Benjamins. (She's also really good at fundraising for herself. The Pelosis have managed to increase their net worth by $140 million since the financial crisis of 2008, largely from timely stock trades by venture capitalist Paul.)

And although she wouldn’t mention Trump’s name, he clearly lives rent-free in her head:

"I feel so excited about the prospect of engaging people in this, I don’t want to use the word 'fight,' but this decision for our country," she said. "I feel I have a leverage, an influence, it’s not power — you know, I had power as speaker — it’s influence and that I shouldn’t underutilize it."

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It’s always amazed me that her pathetic stunt during the State of the Union speech in 2020 isn’t mentioned more often—she ripped up the SOTU speech of a sitting president on the House floor, as divisive and nasty act as I have ever seen in the hallowed chambers of Congress. 

Pelosi rips up Pres. Trump's speech. How utterly disrespectful & immature.


pic.twitter.com/dtRkGo41ir— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) February 5, 2020

Trump never did anything that crass, yet he is the one who is depicted by the mainstream media as the arrogant, classless buffoon. This lady couldn't spell "class" if you spotted her four of the letters. 

Pelosi may win again in her intellectually challenged district, and she may indeed raise a ton of money for Democrats. 

One thing she won’t do, however, is improve the lives of Americans or make our country better.



TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2024; congress; pelosi

1 posted on 09/10/2023 9:01:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

its how she became speaker

she raises a ton of money

and spreads it around

she is in a safe district

she doesnt need it


2 posted on 09/10/2023 9:03:46 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: SeekAndFind

Its the power. She will never give it up. She will die in office.


3 posted on 09/10/2023 9:05:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not money…power. She is addicted to it.


4 posted on 09/10/2023 9:11:35 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Money and power. She can’t give it up, like so many of these other old coots.


5 posted on 09/10/2023 9:21:36 PM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: SeekAndFind

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$and
Power, Power, Power I also suspect that if Nancy wasn’t on the ballot some AOC type would be and Nancy is the Establishment.


6 posted on 09/10/2023 9:55:11 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: SeekAndFind
San FranSH*Tco Nan is running again?

MORE PROOF ELECTIONS ARE STOLEN, because if they weren't she wouldn't dare try.

7 posted on 09/10/2023 10:01:23 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: SeekAndFind



"Bottle of Wine"

(song link)


8 posted on 09/10/2023 10:20:39 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: SeekAndFind

Pelosi is a piece of corrupt trash.


9 posted on 09/11/2023 2:45:48 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She is running to keep the revelations of her corruption, her husband’s proclivities and all the other bad data from coming out willy nilly in the press.


10 posted on 09/11/2023 2:59:23 AM PDT by Gaffer ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

She is running to keep the revelations of her corruption, her husband’s proclivities and all the other bad data from coming out willy nilly in the press.


11 posted on 09/11/2023 2:59:52 AM PDT by Gaffer ( )
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To: Gaffer

Exactly. Why would she want to retire and return home to her idiot husband who gets beat up by queer boyfriends?


12 posted on 09/11/2023 3:02:30 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looking at the Pelosi poop map, an inquisitive reporter might ask Mrs Pelosi, ‘Why does no one poop on the streets or report poop on the streets of Dogpatch?’


13 posted on 09/11/2023 4:53:59 AM PDT by DaBroasta ("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
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To: SeekAndFind

Another easy ad for the GOP that they will never use:
“Someone hands Pelosi a shovel and says ‘clean up your own mess’”


14 posted on 09/11/2023 11:01:53 AM PDT by Zathras
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