Tag Archives: Nancy Pelosi

ABC News reports: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to her spokesperson. Pelosi notably attended Trump’s inauguration in 2017, when she was the House Democratic leader. A spokesman did not disclose a reason why the California Democrat is skipping the high-profile event. Trump labeled Pelosi at his 2024 campaign rallies as “an enemy …

CBS News reports: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement after being hospitalized during a trip to Luxembourg, her office said Saturday. “Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend,” spokesperson Ian Krager said in a statement. The operation was conducted at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Landstuhl …

The New York Times reports: Ms. Pelosi, 84, “sustained an injury during an official engagement,” the spokesman, Ian Krager, said in a brief statement that provided no details on the nature of the injury or how it occurred. He said she was admitted to a hospital for evaluation. Ms. Pelosi tripped going down marble stairs at the Grand Ducal Palace …

CBS News reports: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in the hospital after sustaining an injury on an overseas trip in Luxembourg, her office said Friday. “While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted …

The Associated Press reports: Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech with a sense of gratitude for President Joe Biden, even after her doubts about his campaign fed into the pressures that led him to end his reelection effort. “Thank you, Joe,” Pelosi said after going through Biden’s legislative achievements. Then the former House speaker added, “I know that Vice President …

“Today, it is with immense pride and limitless optimism for our country’s future that I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. “My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal and political. “Officially, I have seen Kamala Harris’s strength and courage as a champion for working families, notably fighting for a woman’s right …

“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. “I think overwhelming support of the caucus — it’s not for me to say, I’m not the head of the caucus anymore — but, he’s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to …

“I want you to know I came home to California, south and north, and the people are for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They have some judgment about a person who stood on that stage and lied, lied, lied, if you’re just talking about the debate. “I am respectful of some of the opinions that people have, but it is also …

CBS News reports: President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to 19 recipients, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore and Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky. he awards will be presented at the White House on Friday. “These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America …

Axios reports: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signed onto a call by progressive members of Congress for the U.S. to stop transferring weapons to Israel over a strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza. It’s a significant break with Israel by a long-standing supporter that underscores growing fissures between Democrats and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The …

Courthouse News reports: Of the hundreds of calls Steve Martis made to elected officials between 2018 and 2021, “only a few drew scrutiny,” his attorney told a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday morning. “What did he say?” asked U.S. Circuit Judge Michael Hawkins. “I’m coming to kill you, c-u-n-t,” Michele Moretti, the attorney, replied, spelling out the last word. “Are you …

The Hill reports: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi took aim at ousted Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) after he exited the House chamber Friday before his expulsion vote had come to an end, calling him a “coward” for doing so. Pelosi said that while the historic 311-114-2 vote to boot Santos was “heartbreaking,” it was “necessary.” “This is not a casual vote …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: In an unexpected move, the defense in the federal trial of David DePape called DePape to the stand Tuesday morning, and he became emotional as he discussed his conspiracy-theory-driven motives for attacking Paul Pelosi. “When Bush was in office, I thought 9/11 was an inside job,” he said. DePape burst into tears just minutes into …

The Washington Post reports: A key element of both the assault and attempted kidnapping charges is that the alleged crimes were in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi’s work in the House. Opening statements made clear that the defense strategy will be to try to undercut that part of the prosecution’s case by showing that it was instead Daviud DePape’s belief in …

CNN reports: Kevin McCarthy was behind interim Speaker Patrick McHenry’s move to kick former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer out of their office spaces, two Republican sources told CNN. GOP Rep. Garret Graves told reporters on Wednesday that McCarthy is getting the office that McHenry has ordered her to vacate. “Look the deal is that …

Politico reports: As one of his first acts as the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday, according to an email sent to her office viewed by POLITICO. “Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” wrote a top aide on the Republican-controlled House Administration Committee. The …

“I will say this one thing, listening to your conversation – if that’s a conversation – your back and forth there. It’s such a fraud when they say the basis of this is about spending. These are people who gave a tax cut to the richest people in America to the cost of $2 trillion to our national debt when …

The Messenger reports: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced she will seek another term in Congress, batting down speculation that she would retire. “@SpeakerPelosi just told volunteers at a breakfast in San Francisco that she will run for another term in Congress,” Dustin Gardiner of Politico tweeted on Friday morning. This comes after months of speculation about her …

“This is about being afraid. As I’ve said before, Donald Trump is the puppeteer and what does he do all of the time but shine the light on the strings. These people look pathetic. Kevin is playing politics. It is not even clear if he constitutionally can expunge those things. If he wants to put his members on the spot, …

The Hill reports: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former Speaker, questioned calls for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to step down over her health, arguing that she has never seen a man in that position face similar calls. “It’s interesting to me. I don’t know what political agendas are at work that are going after Sen. Feinstein in that way. I’ve …