The never-ending worship of Nancy Pelosi continued on Friday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC as host Mika Brzezinski repeatedly asked House Republicans “who raised you?” in response to the lack of praise from the GOP and demanded they make their mothers proud by reversing course.
Brzezinski’s angry rant was in response to reading Sen. Mitch McConnell’s statement on Pelosi’s decision to step down from leadership and wondered why other Republicans couldn’t do the same, “End of an era, first woman to serve as speaker, an amazing career, a mother of five, and by the way, her husband was just attacked as a result of political violence. This would have been the moment to step up and show some grace.”
Asking the same question five times, Brzezinski continued, “Who raised you? Who raised these people? I'm sorry, who raised you. Who raised you, Kevin McCarthy, who raised you, Republicans in the House. Seriously.”
She then demanded that Republicans “Try and imitate somebody with just an ounce of grace. Try and make your mother proud for one second. It's disgusting. It's disappointing and not to me. You're the one who has to look in the mirror every day. Anyhow, I digress.”
Pelosi didn’t die and contrary to what USA Today Washington bureau chief and Pelosi biographer Susan Page said at the beginning of Brzezinski’s diatribe, she isn’t even retiring from Congress. She simply decided to become a backbencher. The demand that you praise a hyper-partisan figure for that is one that only goes one way.
Despite all the cult-like rhetoric from Brzezinski and other members of the media, Brzezinski accused others of being in a cult. In the next segment, she concluded by declaring, “You know, it's the end of an era and an incredible one, and I mean, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, it's sort of hard not to be in awe of what she has accomplished. Unless you're in a cult.”
Pelosi’s speech was full of partisan talking points and celebrations, why would Republicans cheer that?
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Here is a transcript for the November 18 show:
MSNBC Morning Joe
11/18/2022
6:19 AM ET
SUSAN PAGE: It's the way our politics used to be, a big retirement like this--
[crosstalk]
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: End of an era, first woman to serve as speaker, an amazing career, a mother of five, and by the way, her husband was just attacked as a result of political violence. This would have been the moment to step up and show some grace. Who raised you? Who raised these people? I'm sorry, who raised you. Who raised you, Kevin McCarthy, who raised you, Republicans in the House. Seriously. Try and imitate somebody with just an ounce of grace. Try and make your mother proud for one second. It's disgusting. It's disappointing and not to me. You're the one who has to look in the mirror every day. Anyhow, I digress.
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6:39 AM ET
BRZEZINSKI: You know, it's the end of an era and an incredible one, and I mean, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, it's sort of hard not to be in awe of what she has accomplished. Unless you're in a cult.
