WEBVTT - Dignity and Defiance

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peep sen. Welcome to okay F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker, Folks.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to start off today with my reflections on

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<v Speaker 1>the historic reign of Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the first

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<v Speaker 1>woman to ever hold the gabble in Congress. Nancy Pelosi

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<v Speaker 1>announced at the end of last week that she would

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<v Speaker 1>not be seeking reelection in Democratic leadership, and following her

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<v Speaker 1>was also Steady Hoyer. Nancy Pelosi has been a complicated character,

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<v Speaker 1>I think in political circles in political history, she has

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<v Speaker 1>been lambasted on the right. Literal targets were placed on her,

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<v Speaker 1>and she took every hit that the Republican Party tried

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<v Speaker 1>to wail against her, not only in stride, but with

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<v Speaker 1>a level of dignity and defiance and courage and style

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<v Speaker 1>that I think that no speaker has ever shown. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I have throughout my time on woke AF, I have

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<v Speaker 1>both applauded Nancy Pelosi for ushering through things like the

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<v Speaker 1>Affordable Care Act, for ushering through and leading Barack Obama's

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<v Speaker 1>many accomplishments. I have also been angry at Nancy Pelosi

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<v Speaker 1>for not providing cover to the younger members of the

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic Caucus and seemingly creating friction between middle of the

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<v Speaker 1>road Democrats and the newer, younger, browner, progressive set. However,

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<v Speaker 1>I have always revered Nancy Pelosi as a woman who

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<v Speaker 1>entered into Congress at the age of forty seven years

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<v Speaker 1>old and at a time when there were only nine

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<v Speaker 1>women in Congress. Can you imagine as she was giving

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<v Speaker 1>her speech last week, she said that when she entered,

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<v Speaker 1>there were nine, and now she's leaving and there are ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>To say that Nancy Pelosi has been a role model

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<v Speaker 1>for women in politics, for people in politics in general,

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<v Speaker 1>would be to just signal out in such a way

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<v Speaker 1>how this woman singlehandedly reshaped the Democratic Party and the

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<v Speaker 1>House and what it means to be speaker. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to read you a little bit of what was written

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<v Speaker 1>in the Washington Post last week about Nancy Pelosi because

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's worth the reflection. I think that her

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<v Speaker 1>tenure is worth the reflection, and particularly now. I also

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<v Speaker 1>want to say that we are in perilous times in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. We can applaud what happened during mid terms,

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<v Speaker 1>We can pack ourselves on the back. We can definitely

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<v Speaker 1>pat young people on the back for showing up in

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<v Speaker 1>historic numbers. But the only reason why Nancy Pelosi doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have the gabble this time around is because of jerrymandering,

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<v Speaker 1>vote of suppression and the ways in which the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>Party has rigged the game right against the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think that it bears reflection on someone who

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<v Speaker 1>has redefined history and leadership and speakership as the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>Party has redefined itself as a white supremacist, violent cult,

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<v Speaker 1>and that many are wondering whether or not Nancy Pelosi

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<v Speaker 1>would have sought democratic leadership if not for the violent

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<v Speaker 1>attack against her husband. But I think that in her speech,

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<v Speaker 1>what she signifies is that the time has come, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for new leadership. We are in a new time, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and while the sun may be setting on politics that

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<v Speaker 1>once was, I think that many will have learned from

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<v Speaker 1>her ability to navigate one of the most disturbing political

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<v Speaker 1>times in our history, which was the presidency of Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>and she navigated it with the type of dignity and

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<v Speaker 1>grace that we can all just pray for. But let

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<v Speaker 1>me read you a little bit from the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 1>Pelosi stepping down as top House Democrat after two decades

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<v Speaker 1>in leadership, written by Marianna Satomayor and Paul Kane. How

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<v Speaker 1>Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who broke Congress's glass ceiling as the

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<v Speaker 1>first woman to hold the top position in the House,

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<v Speaker 1>announced Thursday she will not seek reelection as the House

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic Caucus's top leader, ending one of the most consequential

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<v Speaker 1>leadership tenures in American political history. This is a direct

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<v Speaker 1>quote from Nancy Pelosi for me, the hours come for

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<v Speaker 1>a new generation to lead the Democratic Caucus that I

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<v Speaker 1>so deeply respect. Her decision to not seek reelection as

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<v Speaker 1>a top Democrat in Congress's lower chamber marks the culmination

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<v Speaker 1>of a political career widely seen as setting the standard

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<v Speaker 1>for wielding political power. Historians largely agree that Pelosi redefined

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<v Speaker 1>the speakership, and she made history climbing the ranks of

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic leadership, becoming the first woman to be second in

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<v Speaker 1>line to the presidency as Speaker of the House twice.

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<v Speaker 1>In her more than three decades serving in the House,

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<v Speaker 1>Pelosi earned a reputation for amassing power in the face

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<v Speaker 1>of male colleagues who at times undermined her opinions, and

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<v Speaker 1>she earned respect by delivering votes on her party's top priorities,

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<v Speaker 1>even if that meant twisting the arms of her colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>to take a bill over the finish line. Pelosi's ability

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<v Speaker 1>to keep her caucus in line has led to bipartisan

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<v Speaker 1>recognition that she alone may be capable of wrangling Democrats'

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<v Speaker 1>disparate factions. She led the House Democratic Caucus through a

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<v Speaker 1>bitter fight in twenty ten to pass the Affordable Care Act,

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<v Speaker 1>and most recently managed to raise her thin majority in

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<v Speaker 1>passing several key pieces of President Biden's legislative agenda. The

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<v Speaker 1>White House said in a statement that Biden spoke with

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<v Speaker 1>Pelosi on Thursday morning and congratulated her on her historic tenure.

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden said this history will note she is the

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<v Speaker 1>most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in our history.

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<v Speaker 1>There are countless examples of how she embodies the obligation

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<v Speaker 1>of elected officials to uphold their oath to God and country,

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<v Speaker 1>to ensure our democracy delivers and remains a beacon to

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Pelosi's decision to step back has been seen

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat expected. She said in twenty twenty that she would

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<v Speaker 1>not seek reelection to a leadership position, but she revealed

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<v Speaker 1>little about her intentions outside a small and extremely loyal

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<v Speaker 1>circle of trusted confidants, and her plans were never fully clear.

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<v Speaker 1>Her choice to step back from leadership comes weeks after

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<v Speaker 1>her husband, Paul Pelosi, was violently attacked in their San

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<v Speaker 1>Francisco home by an intruder who was searching for the speaker.

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<v Speaker 1>The attack on her husband and her husband played a

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<v Speaker 1>major role as she deliberated on her decision, Pelosi said

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<v Speaker 1>during a recent television interview. She noted in the interview

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<v Speaker 1>that she felt guilt about the violent attack as the

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<v Speaker 1>intruder was looking for her. In her speech last Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>she thanked her husband, calling him my pillar of support,

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<v Speaker 1>and said she was grateful for all of the prayers

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<v Speaker 1>and well wishes he continues as he continues his recovery.

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

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<v Speaker 1>for my Democratic colleagues, whose courage and commitment, with the

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<v Speaker 1>support of your families, have made many of these accomplishments possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Shortly after her announcement, it became clear that a new

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<v Speaker 1>generation of Democrats was stepping in to take the torch.

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<v Speaker 1>Representative came Jeffries, the current chairman of the House Democratic Caucus,

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<v Speaker 1>will run for House Minority Leader. According to two people

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with the decision, Jeffries will be joined by Representatives

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<v Speaker 1>Catherine m clark and Pete Aguilar, who will seek the

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<v Speaker 1>number two and number three positions, respectively. Representative Jim Clyburne

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<v Speaker 1>will stay on as Assistant Leader, a position that used

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<v Speaker 1>to be third in line but will now be fourth

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<v Speaker 1>in the leadership structure. Pelosi's top deputy, Representative Steenny Hoyer,

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<v Speaker 1>said in a statement he also would not seek reelection

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<v Speaker 1>in leadership. You know, folks, I share that with all

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<v Speaker 1>of you, because oftentimes, as we are looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>what's next, what we're anticipating, how we're moving, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>take time to reflect on how far we have come

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<v Speaker 1>and to think about a House of Representatives that looks

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<v Speaker 1>more like the country. Because of people like Nancy Pelosi.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that women in power have taken a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of cues from her. I think that her ability to

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<v Speaker 1>navigate patriarchy misogyny at the highest ranks of government and

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<v Speaker 1>do so with her smile and her cunning and her

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<v Speaker 1>thoughtfulness is amazing. You know, we don't really think about

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<v Speaker 1>the ways in which women are challenged consistently by men,

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<v Speaker 1>are undermined by men, are put to the side by men,

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not they're from your same party or not.

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<v Speaker 1>And Nancy Pelosi's ability to navigate the House of Representatives

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<v Speaker 1>at a time folks when women had to wear a

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<v Speaker 1>dresser skirt on the floor it was part of the rules.

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<v Speaker 1>Weren't allowed to wear pants at a time when you

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<v Speaker 1>would look around and there were only eight other women

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<v Speaker 1>in the room. But make clear that you know what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing, that you're going to own the space and

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<v Speaker 1>the skin that you're in. And I think that there

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<v Speaker 1>are so many profound lessons in that, in her achievements,

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<v Speaker 1>in her steadfastness, that we can take as the baton

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<v Speaker 1>is passed and as we look forward to what the

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<v Speaker 1>future brings. Now we know by the press conference, and

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<v Speaker 1>I say that with fucking air quotes that Republicans gave

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<v Speaker 1>with regard to who is going to be in charge

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<v Speaker 1>of their oversight committee, that Republicans, when they assume the

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<v Speaker 1>gavel in January, have absolutely no intention on doing a

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<v Speaker 1>goddamn thing for the American people except wasting our time

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<v Speaker 1>and our tax dollars with frivolous, fucking committee hearings and

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<v Speaker 1>investigations that are political witch hunts in order to get

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<v Speaker 1>back at Democrats for having the audacity to hold their

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<v Speaker 1>twice impeach criminal ass, fucking grifting ass deity Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>accountable for his crimes against this country. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>hear more about Hunter Biden's laptop and hear more about

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<v Speaker 1>the ways in which they're going to try and impeach

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<v Speaker 1>members of a Biden's cabinet than you will about anything

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<v Speaker 1>that they're actually willing to do, any legislation that they're

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<v Speaker 1>willing to put together that would advance the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>Now folks can say, well, you know, they did win

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<v Speaker 1>the House, while like I said earlier, the only and

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<v Speaker 1>why Republicans have the gavel at a very slim fucking

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<v Speaker 1>margin is because of all of the gerrymandering and voter

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<v Speaker 1>suppression that their party has been at the forefront of

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<v Speaker 1>four decades. You have congressional districts that look more like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, contortionists from cerftus Olay than they do actual

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<v Speaker 1>landmasses carving their way to make sure that they have

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican votes that only a Republican could possibly win

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<v Speaker 1>in these very narrow, carved out, curved districts, because if

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans actually had to compete in a real way, what

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck do they offer? Not a goddamn thing they

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<v Speaker 1>don't offer the American people away forward, as they were

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<v Speaker 1>rolling out what was top on their agenda, Nowhere was inflation.

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<v Speaker 1>Nowhere was an economic plan right nowhere was a policy

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<v Speaker 1>put together around making sure that America is prepared for

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<v Speaker 1>a potential new pandemic. No, everything that Republicans offer is

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<v Speaker 1>about taking something away from the American people, whether that

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<v Speaker 1>is Medicare, whether that is your right to vote, whether

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<v Speaker 1>that is a full and complete education for your child

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<v Speaker 1>who is attending a public school that now has over

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand books banned. But the only way they win

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<v Speaker 1>is by cheating. And what I've loved about Nancy Pelosi

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of her leadership is the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>call out bullshit, the ability to take Donald Trump and

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell to fucking task, the ability

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<v Speaker 1>to sit into a room or stand as one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite photos of Nancy Pelosi standing up in a

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<v Speaker 1>room with the cabinet members and Donald Trump and pointing

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<v Speaker 1>her finger across the table in his face. I want Democrats,

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<v Speaker 1>as the leadership structure shifts and as we turn the

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<v Speaker 1>page on this historic Pelosi error, to have the same

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<v Speaker 1>grit and strategy and ability to communicate the absolute ridiculousness

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<v Speaker 1>and frivolousness and white supremacists of this party to call

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking spade a spade. Now. I don't think that

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<v Speaker 1>Hakim Jeffries is going to have an uphill battle to

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<v Speaker 1>becoming minority leader in the House. I think that Hakim

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffries has had some really great moments inside of the

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<v Speaker 1>committees that he has led in questioning, in being you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the head of the Democratic Caucus, and I think that

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<v Speaker 1>he is ready. I think that he is ready to

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<v Speaker 1>take on and call out this new I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what you call them breed. I guess this new

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<v Speaker 1>breed of Republican that is centered and grounded in violence,

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<v Speaker 1>in cruelty, and oppression and hate, you know, the role

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<v Speaker 1>aside from blocking legislation, not like I think that they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to try and pass any their role on these committees.

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<v Speaker 1>As we get prepared to enter into the circus of

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<v Speaker 1>Ken McCarthy, if he's able to scrounge up the fucking

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<v Speaker 1>votes to become you know, another sycophan for Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>will be to communicate and to shut down Republican bias

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<v Speaker 1>and lies at every turn. I mean, let me tell

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<v Speaker 1>you something. I would not want to be in this body,

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<v Speaker 1>in this Congress for so many reasons, because I think

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<v Speaker 1>that the Republican Party is a sheer embarrassment. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to go to work when I hate half

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<v Speaker 1>the people that are there, right, like literally hate them.

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<v Speaker 1>When I worked on the hill, When I worked on

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<v Speaker 1>the Hill one hundred and fifty years ago, the climate

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<v Speaker 1>was so different, right, Yes, we were in leadership, Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>were in leadership, but the climate was still about collaboration, right,

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<v Speaker 1>It was about bringing together these two vying ideologies, but

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<v Speaker 1>for the common good. But what we know and what

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<v Speaker 1>we've learned over the last you know, seven god awful years,

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<v Speaker 1>is that there is no longer any common good. But

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<v Speaker 1>what I love about how Democrats are moving in this

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<v Speaker 1>moment is that they're not going to let in fighting,

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<v Speaker 1>jostling for power get in the way of what their

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<v Speaker 1>common enemy is. And the common enemy is the Republican Party.

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<v Speaker 1>The common enemy is fighting back fascism and authoritarianism and

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<v Speaker 1>the rise of domestic terrorism. Christopher Ray, the head of

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI, was testifying, and I watched a brief clip

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<v Speaker 1>and I, folks, I needed to change the channel because

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<v Speaker 1>some you know, self care. But basically, Christopher Ray was

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<v Speaker 1>alerting to Congress that the FBI needs to have the

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<v Speaker 1>authority to be able to continue to take down drones

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<v Speaker 1>that potentially are carrying home i eds, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>explosives that are used at war. Because the threat and

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<v Speaker 1>the rise of domestic terrorism, and let's just be clear

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<v Speaker 1>and call it white terrorism, because that's what the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>it is is so sky high that what they are

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<v Speaker 1>hearing is chattering about being able to weaponize drones to

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<v Speaker 1>cause mass destruction. As I'm listening to this, I'm like

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<v Speaker 1>almost thirty years ago when Nancy Pelosi entered into the

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<v Speaker 1>political arena, Domestic terrorism and threats of violence were not

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<v Speaker 1>the norm. The nuanced ways in which people were trying

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<v Speaker 1>to harm government government officials was not the norm. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it is necessary for those that have the stamina

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<v Speaker 1>and the foresight to be able to see how this

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<v Speaker 1>white supremacist political party is manipulating their base into terrorism.

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<v Speaker 1>Is needed. And you know why Christopher Ray was testifying

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<v Speaker 1>is because there's going to be an expiration coming up

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<v Speaker 1>soon of their authority to be able to disrupt drones

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<v Speaker 1>to take them down, and he needed to amplify to

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<v Speaker 1>Congress the threats right as we were headed into midterm elections,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously about a couple of weeks prior to that

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<v Speaker 1>was the assault on Paul Pelosi from a white, white

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<v Speaker 1>right wing fucking QAnon eating drink and sleeping intruder insurrectionist

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<v Speaker 1>who is hyped up on all the lies and hate

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<v Speaker 1>being fed to him by the Republican Party. And so

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<v Speaker 1>when we look at this raise or thin margin that

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans are going to have, what we realize is that

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<v Speaker 1>they're not going to provide the authority to the FBI

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to dismantle what it is that their

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<v Speaker 1>constituency and base is trying to do to destroy this

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<v Speaker 1>country and to start a civil war. We're not safe, right,

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<v Speaker 1>is the reality that I want folks to still sit with.

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<v Speaker 1>We have power, meaning that we still have the Senate,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Senate map doesn't look good in a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years from now for us in terms of who

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be up and where. But I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>even concerned about that, because, folks, who the fuck knows

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<v Speaker 1>where we will be? You know where this country will be.

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<v Speaker 1>You have there twice impeach loser who still hasn't seen

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<v Speaker 1>the inside of a jail cell, who still has not

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<v Speaker 1>been indicted for all of his crimes, which there is

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<v Speaker 1>a laundry list of. So we don't know where things

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<v Speaker 1>will fall. But what I do know is that I

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<v Speaker 1>believe Democrats are more clear eyed and united against what

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<v Speaker 1>they are fighting for. And it is for us. It

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<v Speaker 1>is for freedom, It is for democracy, It is for

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<v Speaker 1>family right, It is for the ability to love, to learn,

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<v Speaker 1>right to live free of oppression, obstacles, do humanization, and cruelty.

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<v Speaker 1>So when Nancy Pelosi says, you know that this is

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<v Speaker 1>the most beautiful building that she has ever served in,

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<v Speaker 1>and that it means something to her to have walked

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<v Speaker 1>these halls, to have led this party, I get choked

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<v Speaker 1>up still. When I go to the capital, I am

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<v Speaker 1>as a child of immigrants, queer black woman that walks

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<v Speaker 1>those halls and holds meetings and speaks on panels about

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<v Speaker 1>how to make this country better and having the awesome

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility to use my voice to activate people into their

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<v Speaker 1>own personal power and lifting their own voices. So when

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<v Speaker 1>I feel that bit of responsibility, I can't imagine the

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<v Speaker 1>awesome responsibility that Nancy Pelosi has felt when she has

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<v Speaker 1>placed her hand over her heart and pledged allegiance to

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<v Speaker 1>this country and then saw that same beautiful building disgraced

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<v Speaker 1>by an insurrectionist mob led by a vile, hateful, disgusting

0:25:57.880 --> 0:26:02.080
<v Speaker 1>man who is yet to be held accountable for any

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<v Speaker 1>of his crimes. My favorite thing, you know, that I

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<v Speaker 1>will hold about Nancy Pelosi is the footage that was

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<v Speaker 1>released during the insurrection when she was just like I

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<v Speaker 1>would like to punch him in the fucking face. I

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<v Speaker 1>add the fucking part, I want to punch him in

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<v Speaker 1>the face. I'm like, yes, we all do. I'd love

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<v Speaker 1>it if we could take turns the way that he

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<v Speaker 1>tried to punch a hole in the heart of our democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>But Americans continue to push back and to stand up

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<v Speaker 1>and to stand strong and to fight for what matters,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the freedom for all people to exist, to

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<v Speaker 1>pursue their happiness, to pursue their version of the American dream.

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<v Speaker 1>That is what Nancy Pelosi has stood for her entire

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<v Speaker 1>career and we're all indebted and better off because of

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<v Speaker 1>her leadership. So, Madam Speaker, we thank you on woke

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<v Speaker 1>F for all you have done, for the ways in

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<v Speaker 1>which you have challenged the system, challenged the status quo

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<v Speaker 1>in order to even make your speakership possible. That is

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<v Speaker 1>it for me today, dear friends on woke F. As always,

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<v Speaker 1>power to the people and to all the people. Power,

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<v Speaker 1>get woke and stay woke as fuck.