Did I see Nancy Pelosi stink-eye her caucus?

[Stinky The Clown]

They were about to cheer and she STOPPED IT COLD.

THAT . . . . is what leaders do.

BRAVA, Madame Speaker

[malaise]

1. Yep

She is one serious woman

[dchill]

2. You saw it. I saw it. Brian Williams saw it.

It's officially seen.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Hell yes,

she didn't want to provide Fox news with a video/sound bite.........

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. The best mom-look. 🤨

Powerful! 😳

[PatSeg]

14. Yep!

All moms know that look!

[iluvtennis]

17. Yes, our kids know the look. nt

[Rebl2]

19. Yep!

Mom of 5 look!

[sandensea]

29. With a quick motion of the hand - as if switching something off

Works every time.

[soldierant]

70. It does work every time -

with peole who were raised right.

So it probably wouldn't work with Republicans (even if they had leaders decent enough to try it.)

[sandensea]

71. +1

[Zoonart]

4. She is a force.

BRAVA Mme. Speaker.

[BKDem]

5. Nancy is right. As usual.

[Kurt V.]

6. i hope not. Emotion is the most powerful tool humans possess. Culture is built on it.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Not in this...

this is a somber moment, not a joyous one.

[Kurt V.]

10. no its not . ppl all over the u.s. are happy as hell. i know i am.

[TwilightZone]

9. Not here.

She handled it expertly, with the professionalism that it requires.

[sheshe2]

30. This was not the time or the place for it.

Nancy knows.

I am thrilled yet live TV after the fact would not be a good look for Democratic Congress People. We can leave that to Don...his rally tonight, he implied Dingell who recently passed went to hell. Lets leave that crap to him. We are better than that.

[LanternWaste]

57. Often, denial of our baser emotions defines civilization as well.

Possessing the discipline to avoid acting on emotions when called for allows us the privilege to count ourselves among the higher mammalian orders.

[mvd]

8. It's because impeachment is supposed to be solemn

But don’t worry, I and many others cheered enough!

[magicarpet]

24. You do not want 2020 political media buys showing Dems cheering trDump's impeachment vote win.

Very bad optics in the historical video library. Rethugs would weaponize that to no end.

[keithbvadu2]

27. Wonder if repubs cheered when they impeached Clinton?

Wonder if repubs cheered when they impeached Clinton?

[magicarpet]

31. I am sure the special prosecutor and his team of Fascist lawyers....

... Ken Starr and "I like beer" Kavanaugh must have partied up when the Clinton impeachment vote came through the House back then.

[Scruffy1]

49. The clinton impeachment was a farce.

It was not even serious attempt. I have it from some pretty good sources that there were quite a few R senators who would have switched their vote to aquital if it had been close. it was just to give some red meat to their supporters and justify years og investigations.

[mahina]

11. No

Not at all.

[warmfeet]

12. That's fine.

I am having a party.

[jcgoldie]

13. She put up the hand

No reason to give fox news a clip to loop of democrats high fiving over impeachment.

[flibbitygiblets]

16. this

[MartyTheGreek]

22. I thought that too and almost busted my gut when I read your post! The Hand!

The Hands! Applauded Trump during the SOTU address. And she did it twice tonight. After the Impeachment announcement and again later when the press was swamping her with questions, she raised her hand as a sword and silence, then a question was calmly put forth! She even quipped, you all make me think I'm in another country or something.

I'm sure someone will capture all of these moments. The Hand! And, how ironic with Mr. Small Hands trying to be POTUS.

[Thekaspervote]

15. Madam speaker... figure of great historical importance

[Grammy23]

18. Isn't she a mom to 5?

She knows how to give The Look. All that’s necessary.

[UTUSN]

20. From yesterday. We don't need no stink eye!1

[orleans]

21. after article one i thought i saw her

looking at them and holding back a smile -- or she did smile but was trying not to

[yankeepants]

25. Church look

[BlueIdaho]

26. Do Not Fuck With Nancy.

Even Trump knows that rule.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. That is what leaders do? Stop spontaneous human

natural reactions? Huh.

[sheshe2]

32. Yes.

Good ones anyway.

There is a time and a place for everything. This was not the time or place.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. Omg...the vast majority of Dems have waited for

YEARS for this!!! For this moment. For us to finally hold him accountable! This undoubtedly is a cheering moment. If it's not when the hell is?

[sheshe2]

35. We the people can cheer.

I am. It was a win today.

What you do not seem to understand from my post is that live TV moments after the final vote, one that Democrats voted almost unanimously for is not the time to cheer. They are professionals with a long road to hoe before this is over. They have gone over one hurdle. More to come. This is their job and Nancy is right it needs to be with the decorum of their office.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. "what you don't seem to understand". Very rude.

I have just listened to hrs of C-SPAN callers....this whole "act somber" strategy doesn't work. It might have in the old days...where we might want to be..where people were kind and just and civil.

[sheshe2]

37. Wow.

Sorry you think I am rude.

I will no longer respond to any of your posts to me. We are done.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. Great.

[CatWoman]

59. if I may

you seem to go "overboard" at times.

this is one of those times.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

63. Yes. Sets me right off when someone responds in that

Condescending "you may not understand" way...to anyone. It is so rude. It should have it's own special alert.

[cwydro]

60. This.

Neither the time nor the place.

[sheshe2]

65. Thank you, cwydro.

[MrsCoffee]

58. Decorum.

No one tried to stop millions of Democrats or Americans from cheering.

Keeping decorum in the House is a sign of true leadership.

[sheshe2]

66. Thanks, MrsCoffee.

Nancy is indeed a true leader, a brilliant one. This is why Donnie hates her, she runs circles around him...and the fact that A WOMAN is making him look like the inept buffoon he is.
Makes him insane to know he is being mocked... took him awhile, yet he finally figured it out.

[Collimator]

68. Yes. What leaders are sometimes required to do . . .

. . . is to forestall or redirect spontaneous human reactions that do not serve the greater good. Jesus advised those who had been slapped on the cheek to refrain from hitting back--which is about the most natural reaction that I can think of.

Parents spend the first five or more years teaching their children to think before they speak. Sometimes spontaneous reactions are considered unseemly.

Pelosi was determined to set a serious, dignified tone. In a way, she did Trump a service by maintaining that tone, because Trump, by his very nature, doesn't take anything seriously but his own ego, and he is lacking in any natural dignity.

Being censured by impeachment is the first time in his life that Trump has ever experienced any real consequences for his decisions. The man is so crass and uncouth that what he deserves is a pie to the face and a whoopie cushion slipped under his chair seat.

An orderly, somber approach to the impeachment proceedings is actually treating him like a real, legitimate official who failed to abide by his oath. The reality is that he is a emotionally stunted, narcissistic child who doesn't understand the concept of a solemn oath. . . But Speaker Pelosi does, and that is why she conducted herself as she did, and required a standard for the others to follow.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

69. You should read Peggy Noonan's

piece yesterday. A very unique take on things. Of course, not the lock-step opinion, but still interesting.

[Perseus]

34. Yes, she did

My wife and I commented on it immediately, and she did right by it, we don't want the repubs to make a stink about it and we know they will.

[JGug1]

39. Brava

Love your use of the feminine, brava.

[Hekate]

40. Nancy Pelosi is my hero

Just this

[JeaneRaye]

41. Long live Nancy (and RBG)!

I remember back when members of the newly elected Democratic majority were calling to replace Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. Now, after the impeachment vote, it comes to light that she may hold up the articles of impeachment until Moscow Mitch will agree to rules that will allow a FAIR trial in the Senate. I first heard of this option from Lawrence Tribe and John Dean. I took comfort in the fact that Nancy is such a master that she had already given this consideration and if that was the best way forward, she was aware of it. THIS is why I am so glad they did not succeed. She is a master and she knows so much more than any other member of the Democratic caucus. Long live Nancy ( and Ruth Bader Ginsberg)!

[sheshe2]

67. +1000!

[KPN]

42. She did. And rightfully so. This isn't a win for

our party. It’s a sad and solemn victory for our nation.

[crickets]

43. Video clip

Nancy Pelosi is an excellent leader. Got that 'mama look will freeze you' down pat, and it's a credit to her that any smatter of applause stopped immediately.

https://twitter.com/axios/statuses/1207474891290808321

[Stinky The Clown]

44. That is one for the ages.

[nolabear]

48. And they fell in! 😂😂😂

Mama don’t play!

[cwydro]

61. Thanks for posting that.

Fantastic.

[TeamPooka]

45. Didn't stop tyhe rest of us from cheering at home. I know I did.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

50. Cheers Pooka!

[MrsCoffee]

56. She wouldn't try to stop you.

But keeping decorum in the House is her job.

[TeamPooka]

62. exactly. She rocks!

[SKKY]

46. Speaker Pelosi is a Boss.

[quickesst]

47. Nancy Pelosi

RESPECT!!!

[Gothmog]

51. Speaker Pelosi is amazing

[PunkinPi]

52. From her daughter Christine...

Link to tweet

Speaker Nancy Pelosi simultaneously gaveling in impeachment and warning Democrats not to gloat.
#DontMessWithMama

That look made me want to clean my room.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

53. Overall she ran a great meeting.

Well controlled and respectful. It was impressive.

[Hotler]

54. A toast to all moms past and present that could throw down the look.

My mom was good at that..I am an only child and received it a lot. I had friends that would catch the look from my mom and it would freeze them in their tracks. The whole room would ice over for a moment.
I miss you mom.

[Sugar Smack]

55. Here's The Look:

[cwydro]

64. She was the perfect person for this job.

I was impatient months ago, but I always had confidence that she was the one to get it done.

And she was right to stop them clapping. What an impressive woman.

They have NO ONE like that in their party. NO ONE.