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Speaker 1: Good morning, peep sen. Welcome to okay F Daily with

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Speaker 1: Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker, Folks.

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Speaker 1: I want to start off today with my reflections on

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Speaker 1: the historic reign of Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the first

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Speaker 1: woman to ever hold the gabble in Congress. Nancy Pelosi

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Speaker 1: announced at the end of last week that she would

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Speaker 1: not be seeking reelection in Democratic leadership, and following her

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Speaker 1: was also Steady Hoyer. Nancy Pelosi has been a complicated character,

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Speaker 1: I think in political circles in political history, she has

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Speaker 1: been lambasted on the right. Literal targets were placed on her,

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Speaker 1: to wail against her, not only in stride, but with

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Speaker 1: a level of dignity and defiance and courage and style

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Speaker 1: that I think that no speaker has ever shown. Now

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Speaker 1: I have throughout my time on woke AF, I have

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Speaker 1: both applauded Nancy Pelosi for ushering through things like the

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Speaker 1: many accomplishments. I have also been angry at Nancy Pelosi

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Speaker 1: for not providing cover to the younger members of the

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Speaker 1: I have always revered Nancy Pelosi as a woman who

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Speaker 1: entered into Congress at the age of forty seven years

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Speaker 1: old and at a time when there were only nine

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Speaker 1: women in Congress. Can you imagine as she was giving

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Speaker 1: her speech last week, she said that when she entered,

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Speaker 1: To say that Nancy Pelosi has been a role model

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Speaker 1: would be to just signal out in such a way

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Speaker 1: how this woman singlehandedly reshaped the Democratic Party and the

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Speaker 1: to read you a little bit of what was written

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Speaker 1: in the Washington Post last week about Nancy Pelosi because

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Speaker 1: I think it's worth the reflection. I think that her

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Speaker 1: tenure is worth the reflection, and particularly now. I also

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Speaker 1: want to say that we are in perilous times in

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Speaker 1: We can pack ourselves on the back. We can definitely

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Speaker 1: pat young people on the back for showing up in

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Speaker 1: historic numbers. But the only reason why Nancy Pelosi doesn't

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Speaker 1: have the gabble this time around is because of jerrymandering,

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Speaker 1: vote of suppression and the ways in which the Republican

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Speaker 1: Party has rigged the game right against the American people.

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Speaker 1: But I think that it bears reflection on someone who

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Speaker 1: has redefined history and leadership and speakership as the Republican

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Speaker 1: and that many are wondering whether or not Nancy Pelosi

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Speaker 1: would have sought democratic leadership if not for the violent

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Speaker 1: what she signifies is that the time has come, you know,

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Speaker 1: for new leadership. We are in a new time, right,

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Speaker 1: and while the sun may be setting on politics that

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Speaker 1: me read you a little bit from the Washington Post.

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Speaker 1: in leadership, written by Marianna Satomayor and Paul Kane. How

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Speaker 1: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who broke Congress's glass ceiling as the

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Speaker 1: Democratic Caucus's top leader, ending one of the most consequential

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Speaker 1: leadership tenures in American political history. This is a direct

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Speaker 1: quote from Nancy Pelosi for me, the hours come for

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Speaker 1: a new generation to lead the Democratic Caucus that I

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Speaker 1: for wielding political power. Historians largely agree that Pelosi redefined

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Speaker 1: In her more than three decades serving in the House,

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Speaker 1: President Biden said this history will note she is the

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Speaker 1: There are countless examples of how she embodies the obligation

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Speaker 1: somewhat expected. She said in twenty twenty that she would

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Speaker 1: Her choice to step back from leadership comes weeks after

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Speaker 1: her husband, Paul Pelosi, was violently attacked in their San

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Speaker 1: The attack on her husband and her husband played a

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Speaker 1: major role as she deliberated on her decision, Pelosi said

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Speaker 1: during a recent television interview. She noted in the interview

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Speaker 1: she thanked her husband, calling him my pillar of support,

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Speaker 1: She said this, I'm endlessly grateful for all of life's blessings,

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Speaker 1: for my Democratic colleagues, whose courage and commitment, with the

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Speaker 1: Shortly after her announcement, it became clear that a new

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Speaker 1: Representative came Jeffries, the current chairman of the House Democratic Caucus,

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Speaker 1: familiar with the decision, Jeffries will be joined by Representatives

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Speaker 1: said in a statement he also would not seek reelection

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Speaker 1: I think that women in power have taken a lot

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Speaker 1: Now folks can say, well, you know, they did win

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Speaker 1: it for me today, dear friends on woke F. As always,

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Speaker 1: power to the people and to all the people. Power,

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