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That I too am honored with this award is something I accept with a full and humble heart, Pelosi said during the award ceremony in Boston. I dont like when people say Im the highest-ranking woman this or that because I thought by now we would certainly have a woman president, and hopefully that will be sometime in the near future.
Link to tweet
She continued: However, it did take courage for my colleagues to elect a [female] speaker.
Ive seen many people with conviction and commitment to their ideals. But whats important is the third C: The courage to act upon those ideals, Pelosi said. In my public life I have seen leaders who understood that their duty was not to do what was easy, but what was right.
In their name and in the name of all who hold fast to an ideal in the midst of the storm, I accept this award, she added.
The award was presented by Caroline Kennedy, the former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and the daughter of President Kennedy. Kennedy celebrated Pelosi during her introduction, calling her the most consequential woman in American political history.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-john-f-kennedy-award_n_5ce243d6e4b00e035b930887?fbclid=IwAR0wltoAusC7-YAd4-7R1p-tX9ztLg0WFl4ZwNk15oCTFDgBAuIAQal-hsw
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)the good of the country, but I'm thinking that they might make an exception for other public servants in the case for those three.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)How lucky we Dems are to have her.
2naSalit
(86,583 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I'm SO VERY PROUD of her! Experience and wisdom and courage when it counts the most! Nancy Pelosi rocks!!
Nancy Pelosi deserves our eternal gratitude. She also deserves an apology from those who insulted her with ageist vulgarities, and who were "too big for their own panties" in their hot-headed, impatient and grandstanding attacks on her. I'll never forget how some among us remained silent when that was going on, or when others tried to defend and excuse them.
All I'm saying is that Nancy Pelosi is a national treasure. She brings so much more to the table than any "flash-in-the-pan" cult-of-personality inexperienced politician. Where the haters and critics see her as only being an "old woman" the truth is that she knows what she's doing. She's a master at her job. We are very fortunate to have her.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)05/20/2019
kentuck
(111,089 posts)Deservedly so.
George II
(67,782 posts)Paladin
(28,254 posts)And I say that as someone who has been critical of Speaker Pelosi in the past.
Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)Never once lost her courage to stand her ground!
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)applegrove
(118,642 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Thank you, ehrnst!
I see it happened in May.. but I hadn't heard.