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Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is quite the character. She has served as the Democratic Representative of California since 1987. After being elected by a slim margin (32% -36%) in a special election after the death of Congresswoman Sala Burton, she has enjoyed 17 two-term cycles.

Throughout that time, she has consistently used pettiness and classless, demeaning rhetoric to try an make herself the toughest person in the room. What is interesting is she does not seem to realize, her own behaviors may have contributed to igniting and fueling the culmination of aggression at the Capitol on Jan 6.

Rant After Trump's Second Impeachment Acquittal

After Saturday's 2nd impeachment acquittal of former President Donald J. Trump, Speaker Pelosi entered the news conference ranting. While talking, she not only hit the podium to emphasize her anger after calling Senators cowardly for following the Constitution, but also belittled the act of censure akin to a slap on the wrist for using incorrect stationary.

(This leads one to wonder - what are these career legislators doing with their time if they are able to write up censures for using stationary inappropriately?)

"They let everyone off the hook. All these cowardly Senators [forcefully hit the podium] who couldn't face up to what the president did - and what was at stake for our country are going to now have a chance to give a little slap on the wrist? We censure people for using stationary for the wrong purpose. We don't censure people for inciting insurrection that kills people in the Capitol.

Madam Speaker then also called for an investigation to hunt for possible "Pro-Trump members of Congress that were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crimes" she would push for prosecution. There was seemingly no conclusion to this investigation at the time of this writing.

Speaker Pelosi on Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene

Just two weeks prior, Pelosi was in a news conference condemning GOP leadership for not removing Marjorie Taylor Greene from her Education committee. Pelosi again, passionately exploded rather than provide the opportunity for the proper investigation to take place. Rep Greene, did in fact inappropriately post conspiracy-like remarks over a year before, and behaved in a manner unbecoming of a House Representative. Unfortunately, Pelosi felt the need to make a spectacle rather than allow procedural investigation and consequences to occur naturally.

Pelosi stated, "What are they thinking? Or maybe that's too generous of a phrase," in reference to the GOP leadership. She then went on to insinuate that the GOP leadership mocked the death of school-aged children in past school shootings. The disrespect for colleagues, inappropriate outbursts, and erratic show condemning those who are following procedure and investigating issues that arise, fail to uphold the integrity of the House of Representatives.

Placating the Squad

Let's not forget the infamous tearing of the State of the Union speech and 'Petty Clap-Back' tantrum during the 2020 State of the Union address. Due to that outrageous and uncalled for behavior, even Democratic colleagues were calling for her to be kicked out of office.