Many in the crowd were still grateful to Pelosi, now 79, that in her first moments on the floor of the House in 1987, as the plague decimating gay men raged, she defied the advice of Democratic elders and sang out that she had come to Washington to fight AIDS.
“If he could be president, this glass of water could be president!” Madam Speaker exclaimed disgustedly, as we ate omelets in a restaurant by the bay after she mingled with adoring constituents in last Sunday’s glittery, feathery Pride parade. Pelosi was once dubbed “Mussolini in a skirt,” while she has compared the Donald to Il Duce, clocking their shared need to be at the center of all conversations.Īnd the most powerful woman and most powerful man in the country are both devilishly good at trolling - usually one another. Their last names are - depending on the shade of the state - curse words. Neither one drinks, yet they have family vineyards. SAN FRANCISCO - Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump have a lot in common.
