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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat was the broach that Speaker Pelosi wore to Impeach the MFer
she has worn it a few days now.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)irisblue
(32,828 posts)That from wiki.
Next source--https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/18/21028719/nancy-pelosi-brooch-impeachment
Snip--"Pelosi also wore a thin gold brooch of the Mace of the Republic, one of the oldest symbols of American government. The mace is a symbol of the House of Representatives authority in the legislative branch; its a ceremonial staff that rests by the speakers desk when the House is in session and has been historically used to restore order in the chamber."
snip--" Pelosi has sported this brooch before: during Trumps 2019 State of the Union, and at a press conference in October to announce the Houses impeachment inquiry into Trumps relationship with Ukraine. Its fitting that she selected the mace for the six-hour House debate instead of the brooch of the American flag, which she wore to announce the two articles of impeachment against Trump.
The mace is a formal symbol of the House (which explained why she reserved it for House proceedings), and Pelosi seems to reserve her flag pin for appearances where she is generally addressing the American people. The flag imbues a sense of patriotism and duty to any politicians outfit (male lawmakers tend to attach a small flag to their lapels), and Pelosis flag brooch is especially eye-catching and large."
More at that article
demmiblue
(36,744 posts)I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States.
So said Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, on Wednesday morning as she stood in the cavernous chamber of the House of Representatives in a lapelless black suit, almost military in design, with a high neck. Its somber color was a reflection of the darkness of the day and the conscious choice for a woman fluent in the communicative uses of color. Atop it, a dagger-like gold pin shone out over her heart like a beacon.
But what was it?
Immediately the watching public began to wonder. After all, it was impossible to miss, standing out not just against her suit, but amid the sea of little congressional buttons and American flags worn by Ms. Pelosis colleagues. (In politics, a pin is never just a pin at least not since Madeleine Albright published a book on her brooch diplomacy.) Clearly it was no mere decoration.
Indeed not. It is her power pin.
Literally (and also possibly metaphorically), it is a symbol of the office she holds.
And though there was some confusion in the watching public over what, exactly, it was, with some speculating on social media that it represented the Caduceus pin, or a medical symbol, and others comparing it to the Hand of the King from Game of Thrones, the pin actually represents the Mace of the United States House of Representatives: the long, blunt battle staff that has embodied the legislative branchs authority since 1789.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/style/pelosi-brooch-pin.html
louis-t
(23,199 posts)"We've been going after him for 2 1/2 years" which is not what she said. She indicated that he has been investigated for 2 1/2 years including the Mueller investigation. They are trying to use that as proof that Dems tried to impeach him from day one. Never mind that on his inaugural day, repugs (Newt Gingrich, I think) said they would make him "the most investigated president in history". Never mind that on his inaugural day, John Boehner, et al said they would make sure he was a one-term president and that they would give him nothing.