Speaker Pelosi on shuttering Capitol: "We are the captains of the ship. We are the last to leave."

[Dennis Donovan]

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Pelosi rejects calls to shutter the Capitol, saying “We are the captains of the ship. We are the last to leave."

This is leadership!

3:26 PM - Mar 10, 2020

It certainly IS leadership!!

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[lagomorph777]

2. Well, they're the crew.

The Captain is Queeg.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. She isn't crew to anyone - Article I

[lagomorph777]

9. I wish she could make Trump walk the plank, and I'm a big fan of Nancy.

But in terms of raw power, he seems to have the upper hand until we oust him.

Maybe he's Christian Fletcher? But I don't want to paint her as Captain Bligh...

[TwilightZone]

7. No, she's the captain.

Separation of powers and all that.

[calimary]

22. Takes me straight to the "Star Trek" universe.

WWJD - What Would Janeway Do. As in Captain Kathryn Janeway in the “Voyager” series.

That character always rang my chimes.

[PatSeg]

24. WWJD!

I love it and I love Captain Janeway! Good analogy.

[Zoonart]

3. I Love You Nancy!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. I would rather she isolate and survive -- lead by example.

The House is better with Pelosi.

[lagomorph777]

10. The Majority can set new rules, right?

For example, the Greenbriar nuclear shelter was built on the assumption that Congress would meet in a new venue. Couldn't the new disaster venue (called a COOP center in government-speak) be online?

[coti]

6. NICELY said.

That's definitely one of her greatest lines.

[lagomorph777]

11. Yeah, but not as good as her zinger about testing Trump today.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Maybe all the wingers will go hide, and the sane people can

actually get some work done!

[lagomorph777]

12. Let the wingers huddle together, CPAC-style.

and get sick together...

[gratuitous]

13. Hey now!

That's kinda throwing shade at the President, who abandoned the capitol over the weekend to play golf. That's not nice! Everybody say it with me: Apologize, Nancy!

[Hekate]

14. Thank you, Mme. Speaker

[Evolve Dammit]

15. She knows if they leave, 45 will go wild. He loves chaos. Must be thrilled with Covid 19

Thank you Nancy.

[klook]

16. He reminds me of John Goodman's character in Barton Fink,

bellowing in a flaming hallway.

[calimary]

17. It's like what may be the biggest reason why Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was so beloved.

At the height of the blitzkrieg she was asked about leaving to take her children to safety in the countryside. She said “the children will leave when I leave. And I will leave when the King leaves. And the King will never leave.”

Good for Madam Speaker! That’s leadership. Nice that SOMEBODY in Washington DC shows it.

[Dennis Donovan]

18. It put a lump in my throat when I read it.

It made me realize how much I miss and CRAVE real leadership in this country.

[Girard442]

19. C'mon people. This is the age of high-tech and innovation.

Find a way to keep Congress in session without jamming a bunch of people together in the same room. What else ya gonna do? Raise the white flag of Surrender to Trump and go home and hide?

[progressoid]

20. I'd be OK with Trump shuttering the White House though.

[James48]

21. No, that's not leadership.

that's foolishness.

I'm sorry, but Nancy doesn't do anyone any good, if she succumbs to Covid-19. Neither do any other members of Congress.


Now would be a good time to set up Congressional video and given speeches, and holding votes by telework.

[Kaiserguy]

23. Since Moscow Mitch

said he would do nothing it is all on Nancy and the house to keep America safe.

[TomSlick]

25. Do you know why Captains go down with the ship?

They signed for the damned thing and don't want to pay for it.

[AllyCat]

26. None of the rest of us get to leave. For a hoax, no Republican gets

to leave. They can stay there with their gas masks.

[central scrutinizer]

27. And Trump is the loose cannon

To continue the ship metaphor

[Me.]

28. This Is Leadership

and it takes a woman to show that thing in the WH what leadership is. Thank God those who wanted to kid rid of her didn't succeed.

[Blue Owl]

29. tRump would shove women and children aside to be first on the lifeboat

n/t