Nah bro, I totally could've taken them. Nah, I was just worried about everyone else. Look, look, I got, look, I got knives for stilletos okay bro? Those capitol rioters WERE LUCKY they didn't have to face me, okay? In fact, they were lucky I wasn't half-cut because I just go GORILLA MODE if I'm 2 or 3 beers down. My whole secuirty team had to hold me back... those rioters were fuckin LUCKY I wasn't alone.

  • cumwaffle [she/her]
    ·
    3 years ago

    tough words from a woman who had a podium stolen from her

  • CrispyFern [fae/faer, any]
    ·
    3 years ago

    "That's ridiculous. She's a frail old lady. There's no way she coul-"

    suddenly remembers the qanon psychos that died in cartoonish ways like tazing their own balls

    "Actually she might have a point..."

    • triangle [none/use name]
      hexagon
      ·
      3 years ago

      lol, we got a bunch of geriatrics defending the constitutional order and a bunch of buffoons trying to rip it down.

  • comi [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    And coming, from the top of the Capitol Hill, with a steel chair, speaaaaaakeeeer peloooosiii

  • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]
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    3 years ago

    I mean, she is a Lich. She therefore posses immense magic power. Best bet is to find her phylactery and destroy it. I assumed it was the podium, but she didn't seem to lose any strength when it was stolen.

  • TillieNeuen [she/her]
    ·
    3 years ago

    See, what you do is, you take a razor blade and bang it on concrete a few times, then leave it in water so it gets a little rusty.

  • aerides [comrade/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    jfc she literally said she wasn't afraid because she had security

    "I was never personally afraid because I had so much security for myself," said the California Democrat. "I was afraid for everybody else, and I'll never forgive them for the trauma that they caused to the staff and the members."

    these people are absolutely terrible and this is the best dunk you can come up with? work harder

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      It still is a good take. I acknowledges the authoritarian mode in saying "I would've fucked them up", which is out of playbooks to appeal to authoritarian personalities. It is a discrepancy to reality though and I like my historical materialism in which an untrained person can hardly "streetfight" a handful of Neonazis trying to kill them(*).

      Parts of what other she writes is good, but the "streetfight" bit is jokey/appealing to authoritarianism/disregarding of reality (maybe to feel safe?).

      *: A lot of early 20s male 'Macker' antifa is about self heroification and warrior identity, what really is direct antifa work in case of physical altercations is preparation and collective action, not facing a group of Nazis alone

      • aerides [comrade/them]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Look, I despise Pelosi and authoritarians of all stripes, but I have to read this as a joke. She completely refutes herself in the next sentence.

        Even though Trump and Nazis use "I was joking" as a bad faith defense people do still actually make jokes. There's no way you're going to convince anyone of your analysis here.

  • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I bet nancy plays Blanka in street fighter and just abuses the hell out of his ball roll move. seems like a person who would od that

    • Claus [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      It's in the game, therefore it's within the rules. Technically, I'm doing nothing wrong.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
        ·
        3 years ago

        listen here greenwald, just because no ones convicted you of a crime yet, doesnt mean youve done nothing wrong, aight?

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        what Pelosi would say right before you find out she used to be a developer for CAPCOM

        • Claus [he/him]
          ·
          3 years ago

          "Everyone is free to apply for a job at Capcom. How is it unfair that I got hired?"

          • emizeko [they/them]
            ·
            3 years ago

            perfect since she's from a powerful Baltimore political family

            "so what my dad is a director at EA, I was judged on my merits!"

    • Neckbeard_Prime [they/them,he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      And then when you try to jump over it, she electrocutes you, and then hits you with the ball roll, and then gnaws your face off before hitting you with the ball roll again. God damn it.

  • Claus [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    She fights the grim reaper every day, but I don't think that counts.