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irisblue

(32,829 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:54 PM Oct 2019

Speaker Pelosi releasing the Dragons

Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) Tweeted:
I've been in a lot of presidential meetings in that room and I never saw anyone literally stand up to a president like that because no one ever had to.

Only Trump would tweet this perfect picture of his weakness & humiliation. @SpeakerPelosi finest moment. https://t.co/wca1oSqytY


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Speaker Pelosi releasing the Dragons (Original Post) irisblue Oct 2019 OP
That photo could be a Pelosi campaign poster DesertRat Oct 2019 #1
Because he is demented. TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #2
EXACTLY What I've been saying for YEARS... LITERALLY!! eom The_REAL_Ecumenist Oct 2019 #57
Who is that smirking man on the lower left? shanti Oct 2019 #6
I can't enlarge the photo on my phone, maybe someone with a laptop/ipad can irisblue Oct 2019 #10
I can't tell, but that is the Dem side of the table DesertRat Oct 2019 #17
Michael McCaul (R-TX 10th District) IADEMO2004 Oct 2019 #27
Bill Cassidy OneBlueDotBama Oct 2019 #77
It is a campaign poster! NastyRiffraff Oct 2019 #84
There is nothing "nervous" about Speaker Pelosi. Trump is just projecting AGAIN. nt WePurrsevere Oct 2019 #3
Nicolle Wallace's awesome reply DesertRat Oct 2019 #4
Yep! You need to go to your room and think of what you have done. apcalc Oct 2019 #14
Damn straight. MontanaMama Oct 2019 #16
And smoking cigarettes while teasing girls...nt 2naSalit Oct 2019 #46
Yep. MontanaMama Oct 2019 #68
And she is so skillfull 2naSalit Oct 2019 #69
Give him time... MontanaMama Oct 2019 #70
You KNOW it's coming 2naSalit Oct 2019 #71
Bwa-ha-haa! klook Oct 2019 #61
Speaker Pelosi said Trump melted down, so now he says she melted down. Jim__ Oct 2019 #5
Wow, look at all the equal representation in that room. BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #7
.... orangecrush Oct 2019 #31
+1 spooky3 Oct 2019 #54
McCarthy has his eyes closed like he's praying Pelosi won't turn to him next. Hassler Oct 2019 #8
Love that woman. She's not buying his crap, TheCowsCameHome Oct 2019 #9
"Nervous Nancy" got the entire House to vote 354-60 on a resolution condemning Trump's sop Oct 2019 #11
Look at the men on Trump's side of the table... apcalc Oct 2019 #12
...or hoping she doesn't unload on them, too. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2019 #15
LOL apcalc Oct 2019 #23
For this thread Gothmog Oct 2019 #13
It looks like Nicole deleted her tweet. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #79
Oh holy shiite! Just look at those faces in the room!! 7wo7rees Oct 2019 #18
Really great photo! BTW, who is the general staring down at his clenched hands? Hekate Oct 2019 #19
Whoever he is, it looks like he's praying that the dotard doesn't kill us all DesertRat Oct 2019 #21
LMAO ffr Oct 2019 #34
Nice job! "Boys, how does it feel to have Nancy's high heels about 3 feet up your ass?" Jarqui Oct 2019 #35
DAMN! Good response, Jarqui! MyOwnPeace Oct 2019 #40
That's what worries me. murielm99 Oct 2019 #41
Shitforbrainz looks like she just slapped him from across the table. 2naSalit Oct 2019 #52
General "Buck" Turgidson Generic Other Oct 2019 #64
That's the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff rsdsharp Oct 2019 #75
Look at the heads hanging on the other side of the table! MontanaMama Oct 2019 #20
They're all wishing... WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2019 #44
I like to think of her MontanaMama Oct 2019 #67
Even better! WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2019 #72
You know it! MontanaMama Oct 2019 #73
LOL Speaker Pelosi just made it her twitter cover photo! DesertRat Oct 2019 #22
That is so awesome. Trump "It burns!!!!" nt Jarqui Oct 2019 #30
"It burns!!!!" MyOwnPeace Oct 2019 #42
DeeeeeeeLicious!!! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #45
of course she's badass -- "dark chocolate connoissieur" Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #56
KGOP are afraid of frump, and afraid of the Speaker of The House, and afraid of McTurtle... lindysalsagal Oct 2019 #24
I blew the photo up. Jarqui Oct 2019 #25
Here it is. Thank you for enlarging! DesertRat Oct 2019 #28
Wide angle of it BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #48
Perfect! Thanks DesertRat Oct 2019 #50
My line of the day..... FarPoint Oct 2019 #78
That's exactly what that was BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #80
That was probably taken just before.... SergeStorms Oct 2019 #58
Love this! MelissaB Oct 2019 #26
Bunch of cowardly fucking old white men in blue suits and a general surrounding the shit face. pangaia Oct 2019 #29
don't get my hopes up DesertRat Oct 2019 #36
LOLOL!!! pangaia Oct 2019 #38
Oh, go ahead.......... MyOwnPeace Oct 2019 #43
Democrat proud! ffr Oct 2019 #32
Speaker Pelosi rocks! gademocrat7 Oct 2019 #33
I love the way she stood up to put T Rump at a disadvantage. yellowcanine Oct 2019 #37
Iconic image. Adsos Letter Oct 2019 #39
Without question! 2naSalit Oct 2019 #49
It's my new screensaver. llmart Oct 2019 #55
Meltdown! Nimrod900 Oct 2019 #47
was just going to say the same thing demtenjeep Oct 2019 #51
The Iron Pixie! Alithea Oct 2019 #53
Is there a pic on internet yet with all the people at the table named? Would sure be great bobbieinok Oct 2019 #59
I haven't seen one yet. Sorry 9:30pm irisblue Oct 2019 #60
And here he thought her standing projected weakness. Fool! He was the weak one.... machoneman Oct 2019 #62
He has rotated away from her. She is standing and advancing towards him irisblue Oct 2019 #63
The view from the other side Generic Other Oct 2019 #65
Look closely bdamomma Oct 2019 #66
She looks rather -- Presidential, wouldn't you say? Blue Owl Oct 2019 #74
Indeed DesertRat Oct 2019 #81
Speaker Pelosi - we got a winner with her empedocles Oct 2019 #76
Reality: Trump was too clueless to be either humiliated or Hortensis Oct 2019 #82
He & his crew thought that was a good image to release. Mindboggling irisblue Oct 2019 #83
Yes, though question of whether any crew was involved or just him. Hortensis Oct 2019 #85

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
1. That photo could be a Pelosi campaign poster
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:56 PM
Oct 2019
The sole woman in the room, literally standing up to the President. Why he thinks this makes her look bad is a mystery.


NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
84. It is a campaign poster!
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 02:29 PM
Oct 2019

Of a sort. She put it up as her Twitter background pic.

I can't imagine how Trump could look at that picture and think it made PELOSI look bad. But he's good at self-delusion.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
4. Nicolle Wallace's awesome reply
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:00 PM
Oct 2019
@NicolleDWallace
Or as every mother in America with eyes sees it: mommy’s warned you once, she warned you a second time; now she has no choice but to take away screen time and impeach you.


MontanaMama

(23,239 posts)
16. Damn straight.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:12 PM
Oct 2019

He’s scared shitless of Nancy. Look at his face in the photo! He’s sneering like a teenager caught out past curfew.

2naSalit

(86,056 posts)
69. And she is so skillfull
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:12 PM
Oct 2019

in playing him and pushing his buttons. I'm surprised he didn't get into gutter conspiracy while spewing his bile.

2naSalit

(86,056 posts)
71. You KNOW it's coming
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:17 PM
Oct 2019

when he no longer has any composure at all. The thing about Mme Speaker is that she's not his wife or some woman he can physically abuse and it just kills him to have to acknowledge her power.

sop

(9,946 posts)
11. "Nervous Nancy" got the entire House to vote 354-60 on a resolution condemning Trump's
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:07 PM
Oct 2019

decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria. Trump should be very nervous.

apcalc

(4,461 posts)
12. Look at the men on Trump's side of the table...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:07 PM
Oct 2019

Most all are looking down in embarassment / disgust for him...pretending they are not there.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
18. Oh holy shiite! Just look at those faces in the room!!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:13 PM
Oct 2019

What a bunch of sorry cowards!! Nancy is amazingly awesome, she was born for this moment in time. Thank the heavens we have her.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
19. Really great photo! BTW, who is the general staring down at his clenched hands?
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:14 PM
Oct 2019

Inquiring minds want to know his state of mind.

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
35. Nice job! "Boys, how does it feel to have Nancy's high heels about 3 feet up your ass?"
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:36 PM
Oct 2019

Pictures worth thousands of words.

MyOwnPeace

(16,888 posts)
40. DAMN! Good response, Jarqui!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:52 PM
Oct 2019

Can't wait to see what the serious Dems will do with that pic - especially after what they did the last time she walked out of the White House - in all of her glory!

murielm99

(30,656 posts)
41. That's what worries me.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:53 PM
Oct 2019

He could get so angry that he decides to kill everyone. He is just insane enough to do it. I am not sure we have a way to stop him.

rsdsharp

(9,038 posts)
75. That's the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 11:12 AM
Oct 2019

Mark A. Milley. He's only been in the job since October 1, and is reported to hate politics, although you don't get to be a full general, let alone chief of staff, if you're not damn good at politics.

MontanaMama

(23,239 posts)
20. Look at the heads hanging on the other side of the table!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:18 PM
Oct 2019

They all KNOW she’s right. What a bunch of mealy mouthed coward accomplices they are.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,048 posts)
72. Even better!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:29 PM
Oct 2019

I'm gonna steal that one! But one way or the other, she tougher than all of them. She's the first one to stand up to that POS, and I was really glad to see it. Those men sitting there should be ashamed of themselves.

MontanaMama

(23,239 posts)
73. You know it!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:34 PM
Oct 2019

I looked closely at the photo...there are only two men in that whole room looking at her when she was speaking. The rest of those cowards were looking at their laps. They KNOW she had the MF by the short hairs and the we’re hoping they weren’t next.

MyOwnPeace

(16,888 posts)
42. "It burns!!!!"
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:55 PM
Oct 2019

Oh, yeah, like a bad night after too much 3-bean salad and too many enchiladas!

Couldn't happen to a better person!

lindysalsagal

(20,440 posts)
24. KGOP are afraid of frump, and afraid of the Speaker of The House, and afraid of McTurtle...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:25 PM
Oct 2019

Can someone please round up a few kindergardners so the kgop leadership can have a few minutes when they're not afraid of everyone around them?????

Thanks.

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
25. I blew the photo up.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:26 PM
Oct 2019

She looks calm, cool and collected firmly telling Trump the way it is.
The rest of the GOP are just sitting there like dead wood and Trump looks a little shocked/stupefied.

You might be able to right click or cut and paste this link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHCI8Z5X4AEe67P?format=jpg&name=900x900

FarPoint

(12,209 posts)
78. My line of the day.....
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 11:35 AM
Oct 2019

An Italian Grandmother schooling, " All the Presidents Men" and being the only female at the table of nutless males.

BumRushDaShow

(127,310 posts)
80. That's exactly what that was
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 12:31 PM
Oct 2019

and if there had been another photo, it would have been with her hand on her hip doing that too.

SergeStorms

(18,898 posts)
58. That was probably taken just before....
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 09:13 PM
Oct 2019

she and Schumer left the room. As long as she was standing, why waste motion doing it all over again? I love Nancy Pelosi.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
29. Bunch of cowardly fucking old white men in blue suits and a general surrounding the shit face.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:31 PM
Oct 2019

And ONE WOMAN lays him out.... !!!

He might even have a heart attack tonight, or not,.. who knows...




yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
37. I love the way she stood up to put T Rump at a disadvantage.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:39 PM
Oct 2019

Nancy has T Rump outclassed tactically and strategically. If this were little league the game would be called under the 10 runs mercy rule.

llmart

(15,501 posts)
55. It's my new screensaver.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:46 PM
Oct 2019

I want to see this every time I boot up my computer to remind me of how we MUST persist in getting rid of all the criminal GOPers and regain our democracy and image around the world.

I knew it would take a woman to do it.

Nimrod900

(19 posts)
47. Meltdown!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:26 PM
Oct 2019

Notice that everyone at the table has documents and notepads in front of them, except for the lone moron. Go Nancy!

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
51. was just going to say the same thing
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:33 PM
Oct 2019

you know he thinks he is "above" all that note taking because his brain is just so superior

 

Alithea

(99 posts)
53. The Iron Pixie!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:41 PM
Oct 2019

That's been my affectionate nickname for Pelosi for years now.

She floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee!

Today she outdid even her generally awesome self. That woman is an inspiration!

machoneman

(3,952 posts)
62. And here he thought her standing projected weakness. Fool! He was the weak one....
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 09:45 PM
Oct 2019

still sitting and taking in her reply (he's not speaking, she is) and his pals all look ill!

irisblue

(32,829 posts)
63. He has rotated away from her. She is standing and advancing towards him
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 09:48 PM
Oct 2019

She put a beat down on him, literal and symbolic. I bet he is rage tweeting because he doesn't understand why he is uncomfortable about that interaction

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
82. Reality: Trump was too clueless to be either humiliated or
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 02:16 PM
Oct 2019

see himself as weak. He entered the room raging at the Democrats and afterward made the enormous mistaking of tweeting out this photo because he thought it showed him off well and Nancy poorly.

Of course the press have since proven their corruption by completely fake-newsing what happened. And I'm guessing he's still raging.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
85. Yes, though question of whether any crew was involved or just him.
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 02:42 PM
Oct 2019

He was clearly flying free and alone when he wrote that mindbogglingly childish letter to Erdogan, just some clerical cleanup. He must have been totally clueless about how that would appear to the world also.

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