Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Saturday, October 07, 2023

Nancy Pelosi Uses Unforgettable Hand Gesture To Describe Kevin McCarthy

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) let her fingers do the talking on Wednesday as she described what’s happening to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Pelosi put McCarthy on blast for opening an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, which she said was part of a deal he made with his party’s extremists that forces him to cave to their demands or risk losing the gavel. 

“You have to impeach the president or else we’re going to vacate the chair of speaker. You have to shut down government or else we’re going to vacate the chair of speaker,” she said to CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “This is not responsible governance, but it’s the chaos on the Republican side.”

Cooper asked if that put McCarthy in an “impossible situation.”

“Yeah,” Pelosi agreed, calling it “the incredibly shrinking speakership.”

As she spoke, she made a gesture of something shriveling up, or perhaps being crushed.

Pelosi has something of a history of actions speaking louder than words, such as the time she tore up the paper copy of then-President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, and a photo from the Trump White House that shows her literally standing up to him.

See her full interview with Cooper below: 


Source: Huff
Author:  Ed Mazza

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