House Democrats on Wednesday elected New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries — who has repeatedly painted conservatives as racists — as their leader, making him the successor to Nancy Pelosi, who led the House Democrats for decades and served as speaker when her party was in the majority.
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House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as party leader, first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress <a href="https://t.co/DexG6TNH7B">https://t.co/DexG6TNH7B</a>
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Jeffries’ leftist rhetoric over the years has included saying of Kyle Rittenhouse, “Lock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key,” prompting Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) to fire back, “If this isn’t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don’t know what is.”
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If this isn’t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don’t know what is. <a href="https://t.co/WYsTAw3PeU">https://t.co/WYsTAw3PeU</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1458639042250223617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In July 2021, Jeffries, who was named one of seven impeachment managers by Pelosi in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, ripped Republicans for their efforts to restore election integrity across the nation while branding them as racists, tweeting, “The Civil War ended in 1865 and the racists lost. Get over it.”
Crenshaw fired back on Twitter with a blunt reminder of exactly which party had the history of racism, snapping, “You’re right, the Democrats lost.”
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You’re right, the Democrats lost. <a href="https://t.co/fapklELoeh">https://t.co/fapklELoeh</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1415105589882114055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Appearing on <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2021/07/14/hakeem-jeffries-voting-rights-child-care-tax-credit-nyc-mayoral-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spectrum News NY1</a>, Jeffries was asked if President Biden had exaggerated when he called measures such as voter ID and tighter control of mail-in ballots &#8220;the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.&#8221;
“He’s not exaggerating at all,” Jeffries replied. “The Republican party has adopted voter suppression as an electoral strategy. Which is a shame because the modern history here in America post the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has largely been — this was a settled question. The right to vote was a sacred thing, an important part of our democracy.”
Jeffries implied that Republican efforts stemmed from racist reaction to the election of Barack Obama, calling the GOP efforts part of a “voter suppression epidemic.”
In February 2022, Jeffries attacked the legitimacy of the conservative members of the Supreme Court.
“Supreme Court majority has zero legitimacy,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Ghosts of the confederacy are alive and well.”
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The Supreme Court majority has zero legitimacy.
Ghosts of the confederacy are alive and well.
&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/1490913530928795648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In September, Jeffries claimed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and fellow Republican and Texas Governor Greg Abbott were “behaving like human traffickers” after DeSantis sent 50 illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.
DeSantis, who served three terms in Congress before becoming the Sunshine State&#8217;s governor, fired back at his former House colleague, noting that the Biden administration has been moving illegal immigrants around the country since coming to power.
“When Biden is flying these people all over the fruited plain in the middle of the night, I didn&#8217;t hear a peep out of those people,” DeSantis said.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/desantis-wrecks-top-democrat-for-human-trafficker-remark-i-didnt-hear-a-peep-out-of-those-people/">DeSantis Wrecks Top Democrat For ‘Human Trafficker’ Remark: ‘I Didn’t Hear A Peep Out Of Those People’</a>

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Biden Calls On Congress
On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats and Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to pass legislation to avoid a nationwide rail strike at the behest of President Biden. A strike would disrupt shipping and would likely lead to delays in Christmas gift delivery. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vowed to move quickly, saying, “Tomorrow morning we will have a bill on the floor.&#8221;
McCarthy Makes Demands
President Biden met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday at the White House to discuss his plans for the remainder of the year, as well as to go over upcoming government funding legislation. McCarthy explained to the press what was discussed.
&#8220;What I explained to all of them is that I can work with anyone who&#8217;s willing to work to get our spending under control, to work to make America energy independent, to secure our borders&#8230;&#8221; McCarthy said.
&#8220;If they don&#8217;t want to work with us, we can get this work done in January,&#8221; he added.
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&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1597700930274631680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Chinese Protests Continue
As an update to our Tuesday Morning Wire podcast, Chinese universities sent students home and police took preventative steps to curb protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign.
A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-escort-service-advertisement-bots-flood-twitter-feeds-preventing-chinese-citizens-from-accessing-covid-protest-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> indicates that search results of current widespread protests opposing oppressive COVID lockdown measures in major cities across China have been drowned out by Chinese bots advertising pornography, escort services, and gambling.
Record Voting In Georgia Continues
Georgia broke another voting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-sets-new-single-day-early-voting-record-in-senate-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record Monday</a>, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots in the 2022 Senate runoff election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. The previous early voting record was just over 233,000 votes in 2018.
“Father Stu” Returns To Theaters
Hollywood actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Sony studios <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are re-releasing in theaters a new PG-13 version</a> of Father Stu, a film about an ex-boxer turned Catholic priest after a horrendous auto injury. The film premiered earlier this year with an R-rating. Wahlberg recently explained why it will be re-released.
&#8220;Well, given the nature of the R-Rated movie, lots of families didn’t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; Wahlberg told Fox News. &#8220;So because the Archbishop Thomas of Nevada — who actually ordained Father Stu in Helena, Montana, came to me and said, &#8216;Mark, I understand why the language is there but it would be a sin and a shame for young people not to see this movie and to really understand the importance of this story.’”
&#8220;So we wanted to make sure that we would share that with children of all ages,&#8221; he added.
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The Netherlands Plan To Buy And Shut Down Farms 
In international news, the government of The Netherlands <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/netherlands-buy-out-and-close-farms-meet-climate-goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it could soon buy and close down nearly 3,000 farms in Holland in order to comply with European environmental regulations. The Netherlands is attempting to cut down its nitrogen pollution and will push ahead with compulsory purchases if not enough farms take up the offer voluntarily.
Biden&#8217;s Non-Binary Nuke Officer Charged With Felony Theft
Sam Brinton, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gender-fluid-biden-admin-employee-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-minneapolis-airport-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly charged</a> with a felony last month after allegedly stealing a woman’s suitcase from the baggage claim area at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Surveillance video shows Brinton removing the luggage tag from a navy blue Vera Bradley suitcase bag, dropping it into a handbag, and then leaving the area “at a quick pace” on September 16, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. Brinton made headlines for being one of the Energy Department’s first self-identified non-binary employees.
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) Dies
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.
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Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, ‘Father Stu’ Returns, And More

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, 'Father Stu' Returns, And More

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Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/newt-gingrich-nancy-pelosi-set-precedent-top-dems-booted-committees">praised</a> Kevin McCarthy, who has the inside track to follow in his footsteps, for announcing his plan to oust hard-core leftist Democrats from key House committees if he wields the gavel next year.
Gingrich, the onetime Georgia congressman who ran the House from 1995-1999, told Fox News Monday that current Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the first to purge committees of lawmakers perceived as extreme. By declaring Ilhan Omar, D-MN, and California Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell unfit for committee roles, McCarthy is just following her lead, Gingrich said.
&#8220;I think Nancy Pelosi set the precedent,” said Gingrich, whose 1994 Contract with America led the GOP to a 54-seat gain and its first house majority in 40 years. “She did something that had never been done before and reached into the minority party to decide who could and could not serve on some committees.
&#8220;I think Kevin McCarthy is following her precedent,&#8221; Gingrich said. &#8220;So the Democrats have nothing to complain about because they started this dance and frankly, the three people he&#8217;s picked so totally deserve being kicked off committees.”
Pelosi and fellow House Democrats last year voted to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, (R-GA), from the Education and Budget committees because of her prior statements on conspiracy theories including QAnon. Eleven Republicans went along with the vote, although other Republicans said Greene&#8217;s objectionable statements had preceded her election.
McCarthy, the current House Minority Leader, is poised to become Speaker after Republicans took a majority of House seats in last week&#8217;s midterm elections. He told Fox News on Sunday that he would bar Schiff, who spread disinformation about the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, and Swalwell, who allegedly had an affair with a Chinese spy, from serving on the House Intelligence Committee.
“Eric Swalwell cannot get a security clearance in the public sector. Why would we ever give him a security clearance in the secrets to America? So I will not allow him to be on Intel,” McCarthy said. “You have Adam Schiff, who had lied to the American public time and again. We will not allow him to be on the Intel Committee either.”
A day earlier, McCarthy had reiterated a previous vow not to allow Omar to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her past anti-Semitic statements in which she <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ilhan-omar-us-unspeakable-atrocities-hamas-taliban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared the U.S. and Israel to the Taliban</a>.
&#8220;You know I made another promise to you last time,&#8221; said McCarthy, who spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s 2022 leadership meeting in Las Vegas. &#8220;There was this congresswoman, Ilhan Omar. I remember what she said about me. I remember what she said about Israel. I remember what she said about the [U.S.-Israel] relationship. I remembered it so much, I promised you last year she would no longer be on foreign affairs. I’m keeping that promise.”
Gingrich said McCarthy is on solid ground keeping Democrats he considers untrustworthy off of key committees.
“Adam Schiff made a career out of lying to the American people while serving as chairman of the Intelligence Committee without any question, just plain, flat-out lying,&#8221; Gingrich said. &#8220;Swalwell has had a relationship with a Chinese communist; that&#8217;s unimaginable for somebody who&#8217;s going to have security clearance. And of course, Omar is a viciously anti-Israel, anti-Semitic orator who has consistently violated the norms of civilized behavior.”
“So I think those are three pretty good targets. And I commend Speaker-designate McCarthy for taking them head-on,” Gingrich added.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-nancy-pelosi-will-not-seek-job-as-top-house-democrat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that she will not seek re-election to Democratic leadership in the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-republicans-win-majority-in-house-projection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>. This can only mean that the 82 year old is one step closer to retirement.
Good riddance.
Since she was elected into office, America has been ruthlessly gutted of blue-collar jobs, strong borders, and precious life spanning all ages.
This, of course, was not solely her fault. It takes two to tango in Washington, D.C., and her team was aided and abetted by a Republican Party that often seemed to pass Democrat-lite policies.
It was no surprise then that former GOP Speakers of the House John Boehner and Paul Ryan wished Pelosi well as she stepped down from leadership.
&#8220;Congratulations @SpeakerPelosi on a remarkable, historic run of service in the People&#8217;s House,&#8221; Boehner <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerBoehner/status/1593352550828412930?s=20&amp;t=SnPmL48Eh5s0gxqKFx9XIg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> Thursday. &#8220;We were able to disagree without being disagreeable. You&#8217;ve been unfailingly gracious to me and my family.&#8221;
Ryan welcomed her arrival in a special D.C. &#8220;club.&#8221;
&#8220;I tip my cap as I welcome @speakerpelosi to the former speaker’s club and congratulate her on a historic career in the House,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/1593296461172817920?s=20&amp;t=SnPmL48Eh5s0gxqKFx9XIg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>.
Pelosi, elected in 1987, Boehner, elected in 1990, and Ryan, elected in 1998, were intimately involved in either creating a dismal America riddled with social ailments or allowing it to happen.
In other words, their legacy has consisted of constantly putting Americans last, especially those most vulnerable among us.
For example, since 1987, nearly 40 million babies have been aborted in the womb, <a href="https://nrlc.org/uploads/factsheets/FS01AbortionintheUS.pdf">according</a> to the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute.
Pelosi has constantly championed a woman&#8217;s so-called right to choose while also claiming that she is a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-abortion-pelosi-describes-herself-as-devout-practicing-catholic-jokes-pro-lifers-would-like-to-throw-me-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">devout Catholic</a>.
Her support for the &#8220;right&#8221; to kill children has been so profound that her own bishop has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bishop-who-denied-pelosi-communion-said-biden-brings-about-pain-and-death-elected-leader-of-pro-life-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">barred</a> priests from allowing her to receive the Eucharist — the source and summit of the faith, reserved for those in a state of grace (without mortal sin).
On the spiritual side, her anti-life stance has been a source of confusion and scandal for millions of Catholics, adding to her egregious behavior.
Boehner and Ryan are also Catholic, but evidently thought she was still worthy of praise.
Beyond fatalities in the womb, deaths from drug overdoses — preventable and otherwise — have skyrocketed. &#8220;In 2020, 83,558 people died from preventable drug overdoses – an increase of 649% since 1999,&#8221; <a href="https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/drugoverdoses/data-details/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%2083%2C558%20people%20died,%2C%20homicide%2C%20and%20undetermined%20intents." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2021, more than 100,000 people <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/202205.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> of a drug overdose. Many of those deaths involved fentanyl.
Similarly, America has lost millions of manufacturing jobs over the past three decades. The nation has <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2018/beyond-bls/the-fall-of-employment-in-the-manufacturing-sector.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen</a> 5.5 million of those positions cease to exist since the year 2000.
Except, those jobs didn&#8217;t simply go away. D.C. policies often encouraged companies to create their products in far-off countries. Cheaper products would benefit the American people. In 2016, folks like Ryan were still <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/paul-ryan-free-trade-koch-brothers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that virtually unlimited free trade was a good thing, pushing back against policies he deemed &#8220;protectionist.&#8221;
To her credit, Pelosi spoke out against trade deals with China in the 1990s but was ultimately unable to stop the bleeding.
In the end, the evidence shows that the loss of jobs is partly <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606896/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responsible</a> for increased drug use since social degradation and loss of purpose lead to finding fulfillment in vices like drugs. In turn, a government <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606896/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focused</a> on creating as cheap a product as possible with little regard for the country’s social fabric, turns out, is a bad thing.
Now, despite hundreds dying each day, there does not seem to be a concern for the matter stemming from Washington. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45, yet that was barely mentioned during the midterm campaigns by either party.
Where do those narcotics come from?
According to a <a href="https://trone.house.gov/2022/02/08/cnn-commission-report-fentanyl/#:~:text=Fentanyl%20is%20trafficked%20principally%20by,Postal%20Service%2C%20the%20report%20said." target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, the &#8220;dominant&#8221; source of fentanyl in the U.S. is Mexico.
Pounds upon pounds of the deadly substance are stopped by border patrol every year, but the numbers have gone up dramatically under Biden.
All three — Pelosi, Boehner, and Ryan — opposed varying degrees of tighter border security and often worked for some <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/boehner-gop-immigration-plan-not-amnesty-msna261096" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amnesty</a> for illegal immigrants.
That porous border has undoubtedly contributed to the epidemic of drug overdoses, a report from the federal Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking <a href="https://trone.house.gov/2022/02/08/cnn-commission-report-fentanyl/#:~:text=Fentanyl%20is%20trafficked%20principally%20by,Postal%20Service%2C%20the%20report%20said." target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a>.
On that note, according to a 2018 Yale study, as many as 29 million illegal aliens have <a href="https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/yale-study-finds-twice-as-many-undocumented-immigrants-as-previous-estimates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entered</a> the country since 1987. Our sovereignty has taken a dramatic hit since the 1986 amnesty bill heralded by then-Congressman Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
In recent years, Biden&#8217;s policies, supported by Pelosi, have created a tsunami of illegal immigration.
Again, how is that worthy of praise from former GOP elected officials like Boehner and Ryan?
Through it all, federal spending has also <a href="https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/federal-spending-per-person-is-skyrocketing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soared</a>, as has the size of government, yet when real conservative opposition formed in reaction to that reality — The Tea Party — Boehner, Ryan, and Pelosi threw them under the bus.
In 2021, Boehner <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/04/john-boehners-political-memoir-disses-trump-and-tea-party-but-avoids-ohio-controversies.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in his memoir, &#8220;What Nancy Pelosi and other sane Democrats — the ones who’ve been around long enough to know how things work — are dealing with from AOC and her Squad reminds me a lot of what I had to deal with during my days as Speaker from the far-right kooks of the Tea Party or the Freedom Caucus or whatever they were calling themselves.&#8221;
The Tea Party and Freedom Caucus simply wanted a government that stayed within its budget, returned power back to the states, defunded Planned Parenthood, and secured the border among other things that Republicans such as Boehner and Ryan had been promising to do for years.
To put into context how unbelievable Boehner’s remark is, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus — which would mean that Boehner thinks of him as a &#8220;kook&#8221; as well.
The trio&#8217;s gripes with former President Donald Trump are well known, yet none of them seem to realize that their failure on matters discussed in this column can explain his rise and why Americans flocked to him.
Boehner resigned as speaker in 2015 after his apparent life goal of getting the pope to speak before Congress was accomplished. There was <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/09/john-boehner-resigned-after-the-popes-visit-there-was-nothing-left-for-the-house-speaker-to-achieve.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nothing</a> left for him to do, he has implied numerous times. A pope speaking before Congress is nice, but it doesn’t really do anything for the American people.
Ryan decided against seeking re-election during the Trump administration and slinked away for a few years only to return in recent months to castigate Trump. Ryan is still arguing that Republicans <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-plan-to-save-americas-finances-fiscal-monetary-policy-debt-deficits-social-contract-midterm-election-healthcare-11668638378" target="_blank" rel="noopener">need</a> to focus mostly on economic issues and the threat of government in order to win big.
He says this despite social issue victories in states like Virginia and Florida. Trump’s policies, which Ryan has warned against, grew the party in ways Ryan only dreamed of. Now DeSantis and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) are expanding on Trumpism.
Yet oddly enough, Boehner and Ryan have kinder words for Pelosi than they ever have had for Trump or the Tea Party.
Sure, she held her left-wing socialists at bay in recent years, but Pelosi also enriched herself with all-too-timely stock trades that have raised eyebrows.
Americans, meanwhile, have suffered under the Swamp as multiple generations of politicians from both parties have focused on all the wrong problems as they silence any true grassroots movements to shake up the system.
She scored wins for the Democratic Party, but those don&#8217;t translate into victories for the voters.
Why the praise, unless your worldview aligns more with the Democrats than the conservative base?
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Pelosi And The Swamp: Millions Of Babies Killed, Record Overdoses, Job Loss, And Open Borders

Pelosi And The Swamp: Millions Of Babies Killed, Record Overdoses, And Open Borders

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The Catholic bishops of America chose their new leader of their pro-life committee on Wednesday, and not only was he the first U.S. bishop to publish a <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248727/christian-response-to-transgender-conflicts-needs-charity-and-clarity-arlington-diocese-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">catechetical letter</a> discouraging gender “transitioning” and using gendered pronouns that had nothing to do with biological sex, he also issued a ban on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi receiving Communion in his Arlington, Virginia, diocese.
Bishop Michael Burbidge was elected the leader of the pro-life committee 174-63 over Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri.
Burbidge wrote last May that the <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251305/archbishop-cordileone-nancy-pelosi-communion-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Communion ban</a> on Pelosi issued by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone in Pelosi’s home of San Francisco was his guidance, <a href="https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/walk-humbly-podcast/the-walk-humbly-podcast---episode-93/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserting,</a> “He is her bishop and as that bishop the direction and guidance he provides is not limited to just a geographical area.”
Cordileone <a href="https://sfarchdiocese.org/letter-to-the-faithful-on-the-notification-sent-to-speaker-nancy-pelosi/?mc_cid=cc54d9e84e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had written</a> on May 2022, “After numerous attempts to speak with her to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing, and the danger to her own soul she is risking, I have determined that the point has come in which I must make a public declaration that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion unless and until she publicly repudiate her support for abortion ‘rights’ and confess and receive absolution for her cooperation in this evil in the sacrament of Penance.”
After Cordileone issued his ban on Pelosi receiving Communion, she defied it, receiving Communion at Holy Trinity in Georgetown.
Last October, Burbidge condemned President Joe Biden’s stated desire to codify a national right to abortion. “The role of Congress is to pass laws that serve the common good — and yet this priority of the president only brings about pain and death,” he <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252673/arlington-bishop-condemns-biden-s-abortion-agenda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>.
“Bishop Burbidge has been outspoken in his commitment to making pro-life issues a centerpiece of the activities in the Arlington Diocese and the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Olivia Gans Turner, president of Virginia Society for Human Life, told the <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252832/bishops-elect-burbidge-pro-life-chair-other-votes-signal-no-dramatic-policy-shifts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic News Agency</a> (CNA).
“It has been exciting to see him expand pro-life efforts in Northern Virginia. Pro-lifers of every faith and no faith congratulate him,” she continued. “The USCCB has made a good selection for this important position.”
“A joyful and energetic leader for life,” Jeff Caruso, executive director of the Virginia Catholic Conference, told CAN. “His dedication to evangelizing the dignity of every life and working for the protection and care of unborn children, their mothers, and their families resonates with clarity and conviction in the Diocese of Arlington, in Virginia, and well beyond. I was excited to learn that he has been elected to chair the USCCB’s pro-life committee.”

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Bishop Who Denied Pelosi Communion, Said Biden ‘Brings About Pain And Death,’ Elected Leader Of Pro-Life Committee

Bishop Who Denied Pelosi Communion, Said Biden 'Brings About Pain And Death,' Elected Leader Of Pro-Life Committee

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), 82, announced Thursday that she will not seek re-election as the top Democrat in the House but will remain in Congress.
Pelosi, who emerged as a Democratic leader during the George W. Bush administration, made the announcement from the House floor in a speech that touched on democracy, diversity, and elections and that was met with regular rounds of applause by Democrats. She maintained that she would continue to represent the people of San Francisco.
&#8220;For me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect,&#8221; said Pelosi.
Pelosi also briefly talked about her husband Paul, who was hospitalized after an intruder broke into their San Francisco home and bashed him with a hammer. The suspect, David DePape, has pleaded not guilty, and friends <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-14/david-depape-suspect-pelosi-attack-mental-illness-drug-abuse">say</a> he has a history of drug abuse, mental illness, and believing conspiracy theories.
President Joe Biden released a statement immediately after the announcement, calling her one of the most &#8220;consequential&#8221; speakers in history.
&#8220;Nancy Pelosi is first, last, and always for the people. Jill and I count Nancy, Paul, and their family among our dearest friends. As a nation, we owe her a deep debt of gratitude for her service, her patriotism, and above all, her absolute dignity,&#8221; he said.
Pelosi&#8217;s announcement comes after a better-than-expected performance for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections. Though pre-election polling and punditry suggested that a “red wave” would sweep Republicans into power in both houses of Congress, Democrats were able to prevail in several high-profile Senate contests to keep control of that chamber, and Republicans are projected to win only a slim majority in the House — but enough to oust Pelosi from her role as the speaker.
Democrats interested in party leadership are expected to emerge soon.
POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/16/schiff-dem-house-leadership-00067996" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier this year that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was interested in the leadership job. However, Schiff decided against running on Wednesday, with sources telling POLITICO that he was instead interested in serving as the next senator from California — a seat currently occupied by Dianne Feinstein.
But one person with interest in the position is Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who is currently number five in the Democratic leadership team. Jeffries, 52, has been called an &#8220;<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/04/secret-meeting-hakeem-jeffries-pelosi-00065078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">up-and-coming young Democrat</a>&#8221; by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC).
While Jeffries is expected to run with <a href="https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/1593285910107406337?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the support</a> of the Congressional Black Caucus, it&#8217;s unclear if Pelosi herself will weigh in on who should be the next Democratic leader.
Pelosi has represented most of San Francisco in Congress since the 1980s, having won the seat in a special election following the death of incumbent Democrat Sala Burton. Pelosi subsequently gained a reputation as a leader in the Democratic Party, and has served two stints as speaker. She was the first woman to be in the role.
Hayden Daniel contributed to this report.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi To Announce Her Future Plans

Nancy Pelosi Will Not Seek Job As Top House Democrat

Democrats

A spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she would &#8220;address her future plans&#8221; on Thursday after Republicans are projected to win a slim majority in the House of Representatives.
&#8220;<a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi">@SpeakerPelosi</a> has been overwhelmed by calls from colleagues, friends and supporters. This evening, the Speaker monitored returns in the three remaining critical states. The Speaker plans to address her future plans tomorrow to her colleagues. Stay tuned,&#8221; Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill <a href="https://twitter.com/Drew_Hammill/status/1593088408112738304">wrote</a> Wednesday night on Twitter.
The announcement comes after a better-than-expected performance for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections. Though pre-election polling and punditry suggested that a &#8220;red wave&#8221; would sweep Republicans into power in both houses of Congress, Democrats were able to prevail in several high-profile Senate contests to keep control of that chamber, and Republicans are projected to win only a slim majority in the House.
Currently, Democrats are <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-senate">projected</a> to hold 50 seats in the Senate (with Vice President Kamala Harris providing a tie-breaking vote), while the GOP is <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-house">predicted</a> to have a majority in the House, according to Decision Desk HQ. Several House races remain uncalled, and a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-georgia-senate-race-moves-to-runoff">runoff</a> between incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker for Georgia&#8217;s Senate seat will take place in December.
&#8220;This year, House Democrats defied expectations with an excellent performance: running their races with courage, optimism and determination.  In the next Congress, House Democrats will continue to play a leading role in supporting President Biden’s agenda — with strong leverage over a scant Republican majority,&#8221; Pelosi <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/111622-0">said</a> in a press release Wednesday.
Several younger Democrats in the House, including New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, have aspirations of replacing Pelosi as the top Democrat in the chamber, <a href="https://www.politico.com/playbook">according</a> to Politico. However, President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have both asked Pelosi to stay in leadership after the midterm election results, the outlet noted.
Republican leaders in both the House and Senate were able to hold onto their positions after the party&#8217;s lackluster midterm performance. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy won the Republican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-wins-gop-nomination-for-house-speaker-over-conservative-protests">nomination</a> for House Speaker on Tuesday, beating challenger Andy Biggs (R-AZ) in a 188-31 vote.
Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-keeps-hold-on-senate-gop-knocks-back-challenge-from-rick-scott">re-elected</a> Wednesday despite a challenge from Florida Sen. Rick Scott. The vote was 37 for McConnell and 10 for Scott, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/senate-republican-leadership-vote-meeting">according</a> to CNN.
The speaker has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/07/us-house-speaker-pelosi-says-attack-on-husband-will-affect-decision-on-remaining-in-leadership.html">said</a> that the attack on her husband last month at their San Francisco home would influence her decision on whether to stay in a leadership position.
“I have to say my decision will be affected about what happened the last week or two,” Pelosi told CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper during an interview soon after the attack happened.
Nancy&#8217;s husband, Paul Pelosi, was hospitalized in late October after a man broke into their home and attacked him with a hammer. The attacker reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-assaulted-hospitalized-after-break-in-at-california-home">asked</a>, &#8220;Where&#8217;s Nancy?&#8221; multiple times and told police he was &#8220;waiting for Nancy&#8221; when they arrived on the scene. The suspect, David DePape, allegedly attacked Paul in full view of the police and has been charged with attempted kidnapping of a federal official as well as assault of an immediate family member of a federal official, among others, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/david-depape-pleads-not-guilty-federal-charges/index.html">according</a> to CNN.

Speaker Pelosi Holds Ceremonial Swearing-In For Congressman-Elect Rudy Yakym

Nancy Pelosi To Announce ‘Her Future Plans’ After Republicans Clinch House Majority

Nancy Pelosi To Announce 'Her Future Plans' After Republicans Clinch House Majority

Republicans on Tuesday gained control of the House of Representatives, with <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DecisionDeskHQ</a> ticking them up to the 218 mark that makes up a bare majority. The Senate will remain controlled by Democrats. But even without the Senate, House control means that conservatives can stop many of the excesses of Joe Biden’s administration — if they are willing to use their power, according to Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX).
Congress controls the “power of the purse” — the ability to allocate how much money the executive branch gets — and Democrats cannot enact their agenda without funding. “The border crisis, vaccine mandates, the 87,000 new IRS agents, the war on reliable energy, inflation — Republicans can frankly stop all of that if they’re willing to use the power of the purse,” Roy told The Daily Wire.
Each chamber produces its own budget, and if the House&#8217;s and Senate’s proposals are different, they are reconciled in a budget conference. But the Senate’s version is vulnerable to a filibuster if it doesn’t have 60 votes. On top of that, the president can veto bills, including budget bills, and those vetoes can only be overridden with a two-thirds majority of both the House and Senate.
All of that means that with a divided Congress, the outcome will come down to either negotiations or a game of chicken. If no compromise is reached, the agencies get no funding at all, triggering a government shutdown on October 1.
In the past, Republicans have compromised with Democrats to avoid such an outcome, afraid of the media blaming them for causing a government shutdown. But if Republicans want to win in 2024, a Republican-controlled House must insist on a conservative way of governing so that Americans can see the difference, Roy said. They should say, “we’ve proposed a full government funding &#8230; if you don’t want to sign that, Mr. President, then you are shutting down the government, not me,&#8221; he said.
In addition to controlling top-line budgets, appropriations can give money to agencies only on the condition that it be used for certain purposes. For example, when funding the Department of Homeland Security, Republicans could say the agency can only use its money for an approach that includes turning away or detaining every person it catches breaking the law, Roy added.
As a first order of business, Republicans will need to choose who will occupy key leadership slots. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who previously challenged Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the right for minority leader, said shortly before election night that this time, he was behind McCarthy. &#8220;The coach who gets you to the Super Bowl gets to coach the game,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire.
On Tuesday, McCarthy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-wins-gop-nomination-for-house-speaker-over-conservative-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> the votes, 188-31, from the House Republican conference to be nominated for speaker. Roy nominated Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) as an alternative.
The second order of business will be rolling back changes to the operations of the House of Representatives itself. Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi locked down the House buildings after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/different-from-any-other-jail-in-america-a-january-6-prisoner-speaks-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a>, 2021 riot — blocking visitors unless they were escorted by staff, requiring congressmen to go through metal detectors, and replacing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-seek-to-hire-their-own-prosecutor-overseeing-allegations-against-congressmen-and-trespassers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capitol Police</a> leadership with officials accused of overseeing the politicization of the agency. &#8220;Leader McCarthy has already indicated that the metal detectors are coming down, proxy voting is gone. It’s the people’s house,&#8221; Jordan said.
Republicans controlling the House also means they chair its committees, providing the ability to conduct oversight investigations complete with subpoena power. While in the minority, &#8220;We’ve written hundreds of letters &#8230; they give us the finger most of the time,&#8221; Jordan, a member of the House Oversight Committee who is expected to chair the House Judiciary Committee, told The Daily Wire.
Now, &#8220;we’re going to do our oversight in a way that’s consistent with the Constitution, but we’re going to be as aggressive as we possibly can because that’s what’s warranted in light of what we’ve discovered,&#8221; he said. He pointed to the politicization of law enforcement, including the FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-issues-subpoenas-or-paid-visits-to-multiple-republican-lawmakers-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seizing the cell phone</a> of Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA). Rep. James Comer (R-KY) is expected to lead the House Oversight Committee, which could pursue investigations into Hunter Biden, among others. 
Before all that, Republicans need to ensure that House Democrats don’t slip through any surprises on their way out the door, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-airports-among-fastest-growing-in-u-s-could-suggest-scale-of-migrant-flights-in-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Dan Bishop</a> (R-NC) said. “We also need to ensure that the outgoing Democrat Congress won’t be able to pass one final spending bill in this lame-duck session jammed with billions for their liberal priorities. Voters elected us to put a stop to the madness, and I’ll be fighting tooth and nail to stop this spending spree,” he told The Daily Wire.

House Minority Leader McCarthy Holds Weekly Press Conference

With Divided Congress, Game Of Chicken For How Aggressively Republicans Wield Power Of The Purse

With Divided Congress, Game Of Chicken Begins For How Aggressively Republicans Wield Power Of The Purse

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Republicans have secured a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, according to a projection from <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DecisionDeskHQ</a>, ending the uniform Democratic control of Congress.
The outcome was projected by DecisionDeskHQ on Tuesday, one week after the midterm election. While some races are yet to be decided, the Republican Party has met the 218-seat threshold needed for the majority.
The Republican victory will also end the speakership of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), who has served as the second in the presidential line of succession since Democrats took control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections. On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) secured a key hurdle to becoming speaker of the House, but will still need to overcome opposition from within the GOP to be elected outright. According to <a href="https://rollcall.com/2022/11/15/mccarthy-backed-for-speaker-but-has-work-to-do-before-january/">Roll Call</a>, several dozen Republicans backed Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who made a last-minute challenge to be the GOP leader instead of McCarthy. 
Republicans were expected to sweep in the House, but following a series of unexpected losses in tight races across the country, the margin of victory is down to just a few seats.
Republicans campaigned on the state of the economy, inflation, gas prices, against the record numbers of migrants crossing the southern border, and against &#8220;woke&#8221; leftist policies impacting the nation&#8217;s schools.
FiveThirtyEight <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> in the days ahead of the election that Republicans had an 85% chance of taking over the chamber — though many believed it would be by a significantly larger margin.
Historically, midterm elections have fared poorly for the party in power. In 2010, in the second year of President Barack Obama’s term, the Republican Party swept with 242 House seats against the Democrats’ 193 seats. In 2018, following the election of President Donald Trump, Democrats gained 40 seats — though the number may have been larger than otherwise expected due to a high number of Republicans retiring.
The GOP’s narrow win will lead to some changes in the next year. Republicans have already <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-vow-investigate-fauci-steps-december/story?id=88741486">vowed</a> to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci if the party won a majority. Others have also campaigned with the goal of investigating Hunter Biden, the president’s son.

U.S. House Speaker

Republicans Win Majority In House: Projection

NBC News suspended one of the network’s correspondents pending an internal investigation after retracting a report that raised questions about the violent attack against Paul Pelosi inside his San Francisco home.
Miguel Almaguer, an NBC &#8220;Today Show&#8221; correspondent, reported contradicting details of a criminal complaint that had come out in the week since the attack that put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in the hospital last month, according to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-news-suspends-miguel-almaguer-reporter-behind-retracted-paul-pelosi-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Beast</a>.
The report noted police arrived approximately 30 minutes after receiving a “high priority” call to the Pelosi home, but we’re “seemingly unaware they had been called to the home of the speaker of the House.”
Almaguer further reported Pelosi opened the door when police arrived, made no attempt to flee the scene, and instead walked away from authorities and back toward his attacker, David DePape, who is currently in the U.S. illegally and had allegedly broken into the home carrying a hammer.
DePape, born in Canada, has been described as a troubled transient and nudist with extreme political views and has been accused of molesting a woman who described herself as his daughter and her brothers when they were children. He is now facing federal and state charges for the attack on Pelosi.
When officers asked whether everything was all right, suspect David DePape told them everything was fine — after which he allegedly attacked Pelosi in full view of the police.
“It’s unclear if the 82-year-old was already injured or what his mental state was, say sources,” Almaguer reported.
The report, which had advanced theories surrounding the context of the attack, quickly spread across news outlets and social media platforms.
NBC officials, however, removed the report from its website later that day.
“The piece should not have aired because it did not meet NBC News reporting standards,” the network said in a statement but did not clarify which part of the report failed to meet the “standard” cited in the editor’s note.
An NBC insider told <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" tabindex="-1" href="https://deadline.com/2022/11/nbc-news-suspends-reporter-miguel-almaguer-paul-pelosi-attack-1235172624/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://deadline.com/2022/11/nbc-news-suspends-reporter-miguel-almaguer-paul-pelosi-attack-1235172624/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">Deadline</a> that officials pulled the report after determining an unreliable source made claims over what police saw and DePape’s distance from the door.
Stephen Labaton, communications executive vice president of NBCUniversal News Group, told <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-news-suspends-miguel-almaguer-reporter-behind-retracted-paul-pelosi-story">Confider</a> the network doesn’t “comment on personnel matters” when questioned about Almaguer.
Almaguer did not respond to media requests for comment.
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.

Today – Season 69

NBC Suspends Reporter Over Retracted Paul Pelosi Story

NBC Reporter Suspended Over Retracted Paul Pelosi Story Contradicting Criminal Complaint

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The combined age of the top three Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives is 247.
America is 246 years old. Let that sink in.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is 82. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is 83. And House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) is 82.
And from what we know a week after the 2022 midterm elections, none of them have any intention of leaving office any time soon (after all, they all just won new two-year terms).
But Democrats are trailing in the battle to hold control of the House. Republicans have won 211 seats compared to Democrats&#8217; 206, with 218 needed for a majority in the 435-seat chamber.
&#8220;There are still some 18 outstanding House races, including 13 considered closely competitive, according to a Reuters compilation of the leading nonpartisan forecasters. Ten of the remaining contests were in liberal-leaning California,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-control-hinges-tight-races-after-democrats-take-senate-2022-11-14/">reported</a>.
If the GOP takes control, Pelosi will be out as Speaker and the others will lose leadership roles. At 82 &#8212; with a maximum net wealth of as much as $251 million, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/03/16/fact-check-house-speaker-nancy-pelosis-net-worth-inflated-meme/4707087001/">according</a> to USA Today &#8212; Pelosi could just walk away and retire to a life of luxury.
But the Speaker&#8217;s fortune has <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/the-stock-market-made-nancy-pelosi-rich-now-she-wants-to-ban-her-colleagues-from-trading/">grown $140 million</a> since 2008, thanks in part to her husband&#8217;s stock trades, and she&#8217;s made clear that she&#8217;s not going anywhere.
&#8220;There are all kinds of ways to exert influence. The speaker has awesome power, but I will always have influence,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pelosi-says-she-does-not-plan-step-away-us-congress-2022-11-13/">told</a> CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; program.
&#8220;My decision will then be rooted in the wishes of my family and the wishes of my caucus. But none of it will be very much considered until we see the outcome of all of this,&#8221; Pelosi told CNN.
The question must be asked: Why not live out your final years in peace and quiet, away from the contentious political struggles and intraparty backbiting inside the Capitol?
One answer is simple: Lying in state.
Politicians are not known for their humility. The hubris permeates even the Supreme Court. Take Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She had battled cancer and health issues for years, and in her mid-80s, Democrats implored her to step down so that President Barack Obama could nominate her replacement.
She didn&#8217;t, and she died in September 2020. President Donald Trump quickly nominated her replacement, Amy Coney Barrett, who was approved by the GOP-controlled Senate before Democrats took control just eight days later.
Ginsberg lay &#8220;in repose&#8221; at the Supreme Court for two days as thousands of mourners lined up to walk past the casket. She then lay in state at the Capitol and was buried beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery.
That&#8217;s what many politicians want: They crave a lengthy lovefest even after they die &#8212; and it&#8217;s not solely Democrats; Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) orchestrated his own weeklong set of somber remembrances before his death in 2018.
The dinosaur situation is the same in the Senate. Democrat Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is 71. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) is 77. Assistant Democratic Leader Patty Murray (D-WA) is 72. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), chairman of the Policy and Communications Committee, is 72. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), vice chairman of the conference, is 73. And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of outreach, is 81.
None of them have plans to hand over the reins to a younger generation. In fact, Pelosi over the weekend urged President Joe Biden, who turns 80 later this month, to run for re-election in 2024, saying “he has accomplished so much.&#8221;
“President Biden has been a great president for our country,” Pelosi said on ABC’s “This Week.&#8221; “Over 10 million jobs under his leadership. Working with the private sector, of course. He has just done so many things that are so great. &#8230; He has been a great president and he has a great record to run on.”
So the dinosaurs are here to stay &#8212; at least on the Democrat side of the aisle. A frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is just 44 years old with three young children.
We didn&#8217;t get the Red Wave on Election Day. But let&#8217;s hope for a Youth Wave next time.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Capitol Hill

Democrat Dinosaurs Like Pelosi Have No Intention Of Giving Up Power

Democrat Dinosaurs Like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Have No Intention Of Giving Up Power

James Clyburn

Steny Hoyer

House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) said on Sunday that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> should run for re-election in 2024.
With the midterm elections mostly complete and Democrats projected to retain the majority in the Senate and a slight minority in the House, the 82-year-old Democratic leader said that Biden, who turns 80 next Sunday, should run again because &#8220;he has accomplished so much&#8221; and &#8220;has a great record.&#8221;
Pelosi made the remarks on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; during an interview with host George Stephanopoulos.
&#8220;President Biden has been a great president for our country,&#8221; said Pelosi. &#8220;Over 10 million jobs under his leadership. Working with the private sector, of course. He has just done so many things that are so great.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s put money in people&#8217;s pockets, vaccines in their arms, children back to school, people back to work, for starters, creating 10 million jobs,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;He has made America independent by passing the CHIPS bill that says we&#8217;re no longer reliant on those who would withhold products that enable us to manufacture in our country. The [Inflation Reduction Act]&#8230; $368 billion in good-paying green jobs, clean air, clean water for our children, national security issue to stop migrations and competition for habitat and food, as well as honoring our responsibility to future generations. The PACT Act, honoring our veterans, the bipartisan infrastructure bill, all of it with justice, with equity, with inclusiveness, with diversity, taking us to a new place. He has been a great president and he has a great record to run on.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gstephanopoulos</a>: &quot;Do you think President Biden should run again?&quot;
House Speaker Pelosi: &quot;Yes I do. He has accomplished so much.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/DUOI4Aiets">https://t.co/DUOI4Aiets</a> <a href="https://t.co/VXnD44fgzK">pic.twitter.com/VXnD44fgzK</a>
&mdash; ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1591804854678310916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Before the midterms, the outcome was seen by some experts as a leading indicator of Biden&#8217;s prospects of running for re-election.
“If Biden can hold on to a Democratic Senate, then he’ll be in the catbird seat to run for re-election,” Rice University presidential historian Douglas Brinkley told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/07/biden-midterms-chaos-politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a> the on the eve of Election Day. “Now, if it’s a red wave and the Republicans win the Congress and Senate, there’s going to be a drumroll for Biden to not be the party’s nominee.”
Biden said he has not decided whether to run in 2024.
“My guess is it will be early next year we make that judgment,&#8221; Biden previously told reporters. “My judgment of running when I announce, if I announce— my intention is that I run again, but I’m a great respecter of fate and this is ultimately a family decision. I think everybody wants me to run, but we’re gonna have discussions about it,” he added.

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