I totally understand not showing up for the speech; I totally understand walking out on the speech; I totally understand ripping up the speech. I have those feelings too. But none of those things will help us win in 2020. All of them will turn off voters we need if we’re to win.
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You miss my point. I’m a human being and I do feel outrage at the lies, the lawlessness, the authoritarian tendencies. But emotional discipline means you don’t always act on every emotion. You make a higher choice in how to express yourself. That’s not a ruse; it’s maturity

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Pelosi can hardly be accused of acting on 'every emotion'. She acted on one emotion, with a gesture, in front of the world. If a man stood in my house and lied to my people for hours, I'd (want to) rip something else of his. She performed an effective piece of tactical theater.
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Not sure being Polite in the face of absurd lies and chronic misbehavior is the appropriate response. I respect Mrs Pelosi for meeting power with power. Whispering doesn’t work.
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Yeah exactly. Like the lady or not. How she behaved was immature. She’s not a child who doesn’t have the mental maturity to control her emotions. She’s an adult and she should act like one if she wants people to take her seriously