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84 year old congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is using a walker on the House floor today during the congressional certification of the election.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find the Pelosi fixation odd. She makes money in the market from congressional insider knowledge but less than some Republicans. She's too old for office, yet younger than some Republicans.

Yet it's always Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi.

[–] Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't is just from having been Speaker? Even though she no longer is, that gives her a distinction from the hundreds of other people in Congress.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Dennis Hastert was the longest running Speaker of the House in history and never got so much attention.

But then he didn't make millions on inside information like Pelosi. He only molested children.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert

Checks out that the molester was a Republican

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah, because Republicans are above repute. They could never criticize a member of the party!