{"id":4454,"date":"2023-07-20T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4454"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:25:04","slug":"pelosi-blows-off-age-concerns-by-noting-shes-older-than-biden-so-twitter-points-out-the-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4454","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi blows off age concerns by noting she\u2019s older than Biden, so Twitter points out the obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a Hoveround on the highway, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi\u2019s defense of President Joe Biden\u2019s age was a slow-motion accident in the making, topped off by the all-too-sudden conclusion of how she sees the man less than three years her junior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/embed.air.tv\/v1\/iframe\/SCbcdzLIQB2mwR46e6FZHw?organization=7jDpHyVnRTqNpv_8qq176g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.air.tv\/v1\/iframe\/SCbcdzLIQB2mwR46e6FZHw?organization=7jDpHyVnRTqNpv_8qq176g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic powers that be have yet to balk on their support for 80-year-old Biden\u2019s reelection campaign, and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d confronted that issue head-on when she asked 83-year-old Pelosi what she made of criticism that he\u2019s \u201ctoo old to have a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the president should embrace his age, his experience\u2026the knowledge that he brings to the job,\u201d she began her lengthy screed that juked downhill like San Francisco\u2019s Lombard Street toward her conclusion that \u201che\u2019s a kid to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before opening herself up to all sorts of colorful comparisons, the former House Speaker attempted to treat age as a partisan weapon with a shot at 77-year-old former President Donald Trump. \u201cActually, the leader on the other side is not much younger \u2014 I don\u2019t like to use his name, but you know who I mean \u2014 he\u2019s not that much younger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo I don\u2019t think \u2014 age is a relative thing. It is \u2014 and I think this president, our country is very well-served by his leadership,\u201d she claimed before touting the bravery of her progressive peers for pushing for leftist legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAgain, his leadership, his knowledge, and it counts for a lot\u2026his first two years in office, and I take some credit for that in terms of congressional Democrats having the courage to go out there and vote for some of these things which were being mischaracterized by the other side that, it was record-breaking,\u201d Pelosi argued. \u201cAnd we have more, there\u2019s still more work to be done in terms of women in the workplace and the rest. So we want him to do his unfinished business. I couldn\u2019t be prouder of him, and again, we\u2019re very fortunate that he is in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAgain, age is relative. I was in L.A. for some Democratic stuff recently and I met with Norman Lear, who\u2019s 100, going on 101, he was telling me some new shows he was involved in, and I was meeting with Frank Gehry, 90-something architect showing me new buildings he\u2019s building throughout the world. And they were like \u201980? He\u2019s a kid!\u2019 It\u2019s relative,\u201d the congresswoman recounted before turning herself into a punchline. \u201cHe\u2019s younger than I am so he\u2019s a kid to me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brzezinski and cohost Joe Scarborough may have laughed as sycophants at the California politician\u2019s notion, but social media was ready to prove where the joke really was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some took to general criticism of the gerontocracy that has rooted itself in the halls of power, refusing to step aside despite the apparent struggles so routinely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/biden-appears-to-nod-out-while-talking-during-sit-down-with-israeli-president\/\">displayed<\/a>\u00a0by Biden and others, like Tuesday when he met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, mumbling his way through prepared remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is relative. And he is on the wrong side of the \u201crelative\u201d spectrum.<\/p>&mdash; YBR (@PhoenixYBR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhoenixYBR\/status\/1681669532685856768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need age limits!<\/p>&mdash; Jeff (@saltydog218) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saltydog218\/status\/1681669130678677505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These democrats are career grifters living off the taxpayers. They should be forced out at age 65.<\/p>&mdash; Samantha Tango\ud83d\udd4a (@LStargazer54) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LStargazer54\/status\/1681668456733630464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can\u2019t run a forklift past the age of 65\u2026 but you can run the country\u2026 what\u2019s wrong with U.S.<\/p>&mdash; josef wit da coat on (@gitemjay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gitemjay_\/status\/1681665675461369856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><br>Others, though, saw the opportunity for what it was to point out just how far from a win Pelosi\u2019s statement truly was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They&#39;re both two days older than dirt!<\/p>&mdash; Paul Scalice (@scalice_paul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scalice_paul\/status\/1681669235607478272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both belong in nursing homes or prisons<\/p>&mdash; Wealth Turtle \ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udc22 (@wealth_turtle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wealth_turtle\/status\/1681664245644107778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah, but Nancy, you\u2019re like the crypt keeper\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udc4d\u1d00\u1d04\u1d0b \u13e9\u026a\u1d00\u0274\u026a\u0274\u1d0f (@ZackGianino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackGianino\/status\/1681663488102486016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Methuselah is a kid compared to this crypt keeper<\/p>&mdash; FedUp (@GOPGAY77091) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPGAY77091\/status\/1681673593875300361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TVcQZ3nBwY\">pic.twitter.com\/TVcQZ3nBwY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hogfan Matt \ud83d\udc17\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@HogfanMatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HogfanMatt\/status\/1681663346922102786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/pelosi-blows-off-age-concerns-by-noting-shes-older-than-biden-so-twitter-points-out-the-obvious\/\">https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/pelosi-blows-off-age-concerns-by-noting-shes-older-than-biden-so-twitter-points-out-the-obvious\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a Hoveround on the highway, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi\u2019s defense of President Joe Biden\u2019s age was a slow-motion accident in the making, topped off by the all-too-sudden conclusion of how she sees the man less than three years her junior. The Democratic powers that be have yet to balk on their support for 80-year-old Biden\u2019s reelection campaign, and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d confronted that issue head-on when she asked 83-year-old Pelosi what she made of criticism that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4455,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions\/4455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}