Opinion by Eugene Robinson: Nancy Pelosi was the most consequential speaker of our time
that had been talked about for more than a decade; and the Inflation Reduction Act, which made the biggest investment in the nation’s history in the fight against climate change.her copy of President Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address, she knew the power of restraint.
Pelosi didn’t get all of this done through soaring rhetoric or dazzling charisma; in front of television cameras, she often came off as brittle. Her secret weapons were fierce intelligence, attention to detail and ceaseless hard work.I once asked her to describe her method, and just hearing the answer made me exhausted. Pelosi would meet regularly with the House caucuses. She was a relentless and prodigious fundraiser — which meant that many members owed their seats to her.
Pelosi’s toughness was leavened with a delightful and bipartisan sense of humor. She recounted sharing whispered asides with Bush that cracked them both up during boring White House meetings that dragged on and on.from leadership, she paraphrased the familiar passage from Ecclesiastes: “For everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.
When she said she prayed for the presidents she supported and those she opposed, including Trump, she was serious. Nancy Pelosi is a believer. And her belief has made ours a more perfect union.
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