The bishops did not let either Biden or Pelosi get away with it. They immediately made strong statements to refute the politicians’ erroneous (immoral) positions.
And then what happened?
Freegards
They can make all the statements they want. Words are meaningless - in fact, Pelosi’s bishop didn’t even really say much, just said he’d “talk to her” later. To my knowledge, he hasn’t done this. Or maybe he called her to congratulate her on Obama’s election.