Pelosi: Threat to democracy is 'real, present, and urgent' | The Hill
By: Lauren Irwin (The Hill)
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by Lauren Irwin - 01/05/24 10:53 AM ET
by Lauren Irwin - 01/05/24 10:53 AM ET
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to The Associated Press about her visit to Ukraine a year ago and her time as the Democratic leader in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned of a "real, present, and urgent" threat to America's democracy in an op-ed in The Atlantic on Friday, marking three years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Pelosi, who was Speaker at the time of the insurrection, detailed her experience attempting to certify President Biden's victory when pro-Trump protestors breached the Capitol and many specifically called after the Democratic leader.
"The threat to our democracy is real, present, and urgent," she wrote. "The parable of January 6 reminds us that our precious democratic institutions are only as strong as the courage and commitment of those entrusted with their care. We all share a responsibility to preserve American democracy, which Lincoln called 'the last best hope of earth.'"
While Pelosi does not name Trump in the article, she refers to him by his title and says the then-president "resorted to insurrection in the Capitol" after failing to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the courts.
"January 6 was another perilous moment for our democracy. But on that dark night, Congress again projected America's strength and resolve," Pelosi wrote. "Now, three years later, we are called to do the same."
Pelosi has repeatedly warned of the dire consequences if he returns to the White House.
"Don't even think of that," Pelosi said in an August interview about Trump's reelection. "Don't think of the world being on fire. It cannot happen, or we will not be the United States of America."
"If he were to be president, it would be a criminal enterprise in the White House," she added at the time.
In Friday's Atlantic article, Pelosi detailed her experience reentering the chamber on the evening of Jan. 6 to continue its debate over certifying Arizona's election results. She criticized House Republicans, who earlier that day were "barricading themselves in their offices, hiding under desks and chairs, and witnessing so much pain and trauma" — yet still voted against certifying some state election results.
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It's 2016 and 2020 all over again. Chicken Little has risen!!
Threat to democracy would be removing potential candidates from the ballot without any legal standing or due process to back it up. (Maine, Colorado)
Threat to democracy would be only allowing one candidate from a party to run. (North Carolina)
And it's funny that in both instances its the democrats doing this. But we are supposed to believe the person who ran a partisan shit show that didn't accomplish it's mission.