Nancy Pelosi responds to stupid hair salon Crap.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

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[agingdem]

1. this is a joke..right?

[Hekate]

25. Not in the least tiny bit

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214011981

[agingdem]

35. so this is real...

I wonder if the salon owner understands the concept of blowback...if not, she will and soon...as for the SF Chronicle...must have been a slow news day..nothing much going on in this upside down world..I can see why Nancy gets a haircut takes priority over a depraved sociopath "stroking out" over soup bombs

[catrose]

71. In San Francisco? Not going to go well.

[captain queeg]

2. Shouldn't have to say anything

[Nevilledog]

3. If she leaves at this, I'm good.

[Srkdqltr]

4. What is this about and who is the tweeter?

[Nevilledog]

8. He's a reporter.

Salon owner contacted Fox and basically implied that Nancy made her do her hair in violation of mask mandates. It's totally stupid, but conservative assholes were trying to make it a big deal.

[Hekate]

24. Conservative assholes aren't the only ones making an almighty stink about it

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214011981

[Nevilledog]

32. *sigh*

[Hekate]

39. Indeed

I was so upset at that thread I can’t even tell you. I don’t know why the disgust hit me so hard, but I felt my BP going up like a rocket.

How many DUers have just been waiting for an excuse? Especially the one who actually said Nancy leaving off a mask in a private setting was “just like Trump” eschewing masks in public?

Ratfuckery, and some people just can’t hold themselves back to help bring down a fellow Dem.

[Nevilledog]

44. I share your feelings.

[Caliman73]

52. I can tell you why, without even getting inside your head.

This story is completely insignificant given what we face in this election, yet a guy known for throwing dirt at Democratic figures makes it a story so that right wingers can claim a false piety while they gather in mass without masks. Then to top it off, We as Democrats have to say how "bad" this looks and "she shouldn't have done it" and all that crap when Pelosi was just trusting the word of a business that she has a personal relationship with, that used that trust to score stupid points, that some of us here bought into.

We may have differences and we are a big tent so there will always be that tension about what we should do and avoid. This however was stupid and petty and shouldn't take up any time in our day. Yet here we are....

That is why the disgust hit you hard.

[LanternWaste]

51. Frustrating as hell.

I guess I should avoid labeling a sampling of those posts as 'chickenshit'... 'cause that would be mean.

So I won't label them as 'chickenshit.'

Nope... not gonna refer to them as 'chickenshit' in any meaningful way.

[Cha]

45. Salon owner LIED.

[Nevilledog]

56. I'm shocked!

[Cha]

60. The whole thing is bizarre.. imagine waking up.. thinking..

today is the day I'm going to mess with Nancy Pelosi & call fox news.. I guess she thought it would help her business in some way.

[Nevilledog]

63. These aren't the smartest people. They prove that every fucking day.

[Cha]

65. lol true. And, Erica with her "3 successful hair salons around

San Francisco"!.

[Seiad]

5. If not a joke, she should name the salon

SF is 75% D. They'll regret setting her up on this.

[bamagal62]

7. Yep!

[cally]

64. Yes. Probably end of their business

And folks will find out

[SoCalNative]

76. It's called eSalon

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nancy-pelosi-says-san-francisco-salon-that-gave-her-an-illicit-blowout-owes-me-an-apology-for-setting-me-up?via=twitter_page

[bamagal62]

6. Would love to know the name of the salon.

[luvs2sing]

9. The CNN article named the owner..

as Erica Kious. Her FB page says she is owner of E Salon. She also likes a lot of republicans.

[Cha]

46. Shocking!

[luvs2sing]

69. Right?

[musette_sf]

10. So, on 8/31, at least one county (if not more)

in the Bay Area opened FULL salon access, which includes coloring, shampooing, and blow-drying. I live in San Mateo County, and the salon I go to opened on Monday 8/31, under strict social distancing and sanitization protocols. I received a "come back to the salon on 8/31" invitation on Saturday 8/29. The idea that others in nearby counties might think salons would be open there, too, is not an unrealistic idea. It's possible that the person who told Rep Pelosi that she could come into the salon may have thought that the San Mateo salon protocol as of 8/31 applied in SF County as well.

This is really a mountain out of a f'n molehill. Not to mention that Skanky Vanky, Melanoma, and Eva "Kimberly" Peron all seem to have been getting their hair and injections done on a regular basis throughout the last 6 months. So I call bullshit on haranguing Rep Pelosi on this.

[cally]

66. I think San Francisco has less restrictions

Than most of Bay Area Counties. Their COVID rates are lower and their a tier down under new state guidelines than other counties. I don’t know San Mateo rates

[musette_sf]

74. San Mateo County salon regulations, as of 8/31, are actually less restrictive

than those in San Francisco County. Most Bay Area counties are allowing indoor salon services as of Monday 8/31. SF County still requires outdoor salon services, as do only two other counties in the area: Alameda and Napa.

[dalton99a]

11. "eSalon on Union Street"

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nancy-pelosi-haircut-hair-salon-20200902-dcou2dvg2fbjngbm7pibnzfohi-story.html

Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco salon visit caught on camera, raises ire of business owner: ‘No one else can go in, and I can’t work’
BY EMILY DERUY, THE MERCURY NEWS
ASSOCIATED PRESS | SEP 02, 2020 AT 11:24 AM

California guidelines on salons vary by county. While some San Francisco Bay Area counties have moved to allow salons to restart indoor operations, San Francisco is not one of them. And San Francisco did not permit even outdoor salon services until Tuesday.

According to Fox News, the owner of eSalon on Union Street said a stylist who rents space there contacted her Sunday to say Pelosi would be coming in the following day.

“It was a slap in the face that she went in, you know, that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in, and I can’t work,” salon owner Erica Kious told Fox News.

The salon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Mercury News.

[Arkansas Granny]

15. Sounds like a classic setup. The stylist calls to offer an appointment.

Then she informs the owner about the appointment a day ahead of time. Instead of cancelling the appointment, they film it and leak it to the press.

I smell a rat.

[iluvtennis]

18. Me too, a smelly rat. This incidence shows all the more need for national policy, not state or

local.

[Blue_true]

27. From what I understood from an earlier article, the stylist rents a chair from the owner.

so if the stylist was to get to that chair, she would have to notify the owner. If the owner asks who is the customer, the stylist would have to tell her that.

The owner is the problem. People should stop going there. Stylists will find other shops to work in.

[Rebl2]

20. Hope

she loses a lot of business. It does sound like a set up.

[Volaris]

48. Well that sounds like bullshit to me...

If I rent space somewhere to work, and that place is closed for business, how the hell am I supposed to get in there in the first place?

Unless this space-renter had her own building key (for some silly reason), it makes no sense that the business owner didnt APPROVE THIS the day before when she got the call...and approved it AS A SETUP.

This is not different than a stripper that rents a stage and the whole club is CLOSED. No way in HELL would the owner let that person work a private client/event there without explicit permission beforehand (and then pitch a fit about somebody else being able to work IN MY BUSINESS and the rest of us, cant?).

Nope not buying it. This is a roger stone level ratfucking and it should be called that at every opportunity.

[MelissaB]

12. I've had one haircut since this started, and I wore a mask.

I'm not going to make excuses for her not wearing one. She screwed up. She isn't perfect.

[TimeToGo]

17. That may not be the actual point

[Blue_true]

28. I agree. She should have had her mask up.

I have a niece who owns a salon. No customer enters without a mask on.

[Polybius]

78. It's actually illegal until October in SF for indoor salons to operate

Pelosi said they told her it was ok, but yeah she should have known the local laws.

[Hekate]

30. Who said she's perfect?This is ratfucking in the best Nixon style. Also, the way I read the original

...article, Nancy wore a mask to her appointment as per protocol.

She was set up.

[Arkansas Granny]

38. The picture apparently shows the mask pulled down around her neck.

I don't know why she pulled it down, but she did have a mask.

[Mr.Bill]

54. Maybe she had a facial treatment? n/t

[Cetacea]

70. Right after her hair washing.

Set-up

[LanternWaste]

55. Who is arguing perfection on her part or her behalf?

Anyone?

Anyone at all?

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

[MelissaB]

67. No. That was the point.

[SoonerPride]

13. Fuck the press for making this an issue

187,000 Americans are dead and this is what they want to report on?

They can fuck right off

[Nevilledog]

14. +1

[Blue_true]

33. We have to own up to this.

Speaker Pelosi is a role model and she let her guard down with people that she trusted. At minimum, she should have had her mask in place properly.

I have a niece that owns a salon, no one enters her place with no mask on or the mask not in place properly over their nose and mouth.

[rockfordfile]

40. Nope. It's time to boycott that pos salon.

[Blue_true]

49. I agree on the boycott. The owner clearly had a political agenda.

She should pay for that.

My niece owns a very busy African American hair and nail salon, so styling techniques are different. But if Speaker Pelosi had shown up at her salon, she would not have been let in without a mask on, and my niece would not have gone to the press.

[smirkymonkey]

79. +1000

Hear, hear! We are up against the most corrupt, criminal, evil, hateful administration in the history of this nation's history and THIS is what they are focusing on?

What absolute BULLSHIT! This is a non-story. It is so insignificant in the entire scheme of things. Compared to the egregious criminal behavior of the Trump administration, it is absolutely laughable.

[Klaralven]

16. I'm not getting a haircut until there is a vaccine.

[Blue_true]

31. My niece runs a salon in Florida.

She has been doing hair since Florida reopened. No one is allowed in without a mask over their nose and mouth and all stylists must wear their masks properly and change out them. She hasn’t had any issues.

[unitedwethrive]

62. But you are likely not doing media interviews every day.

I'm guessing that the repub congress people and senators have private stylists who come to them.

[chomper]

19. You can leave a review here on yelp!

[link:https://www.yelp.com/biz/erica-kious-san-francisco?start=20&sort_by=date_desc|

Lets make her pay!

[Cetacea]

68. Here's one. Apparently her mask was down from the washing

"CREEPY, VINDICTIVE and PETTY. This describes the owner, ERICA KIOUS. How lame and desperate do you have to be to invite a client in, and violate their privacy by selling video footage of them (wet hair and all) to a cheap cable news network? All for political reasons. Really?? All clients should be respected, regardless if you disagree with their politics or not. Completely unprofessional! Btw, Mrs. Pelosi DID have a mask around her neck, that she briefly pulled down after hair washing. But you chose to falsely "spin" it your way to satisfy your buddies over at Fox and Friends. Just shows your true character. If you care about your privacy, DO NOT go to this place."

[catrose]

72. Really. It's pretty hard to get your hair done while fully masked all the time.

I hope the stylists were at least. And I guess I'll keep my half-gray hair until...who knows when?

[Hekate]

21. Tell it like it is, Nancy. Don't let the bastards do this to you.

By the way, I hope the name of the salon and the owner get spread far and wide, so San Franciscans know which business to avoid.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

22. Totally relate to Madam Speaker.

I went to my salon for the first time in 6 months 2 weeks ago. Turns out they weren't outside as they should be. I should've walked out. I was in a separate room. And clearly they were being cautious. But I also noticed the floors haven't been really well cleaned in years.

I now believe I need to find a new salon. Frustrating as I've followed my hair stylist to 3 different salons.

[DBoon]

23. Next up - Nancy Pelosi parking in a loading zone!

you can count on it

[Sogo]

26. That woman is brilliant!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

29. Breaking news! Pelosi only washed hands for 19 seconds!

That's a joke, but it's the kind of nonsense offered by right-wing media.

[deurbano]

75. Only sang "Happy Birthday" song through ONCE!!!

Meanwhile, "My Kevin" McCarthy actually emailed the salon entrapment video to the media, even though he, HIMSELF, attended the final day of the Hatch Act Violation Convention with 1500 mostly unmasked attendees (including My Kev) practicing no social distancing... and even though he has ALSO told people to wear masks:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-masks/wear-a-mask-republicans-split-with-trump-as-virus-cases-surge-idUSKBN24027P

<<The top Republican in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, said Americans should follow the recommendations of health officials to wear masks and socially distance themselves to help slow the spread of infection.

“They should wear a mask,” McCarthy told CNBC on Monday after his home state of California began to roll back efforts to reopen the economy.>>

Unlike My Kev, Speaker Pelosi had the mask around her neck as she moved with wet hair from one room to the other, indicating the lack of a mask was a temporary situation. Not to mention, this took place in a salon with no other customers, and the only other people (the stylist and her aide, I assume) were both wearing masks. It's shocking the owner would knowingly give permission for the stylist to provide hair care to the Speaker, and then release security video from that appointment when the Speaker was in an unguarded, vulnerable situation (I've never seen her in public with wet hair) and expected privacy. But... whatever.

[Jarqui]

34. We have some really serious problems to face

THIS is not one of them

It's just a distraction to take our eyes off the things that really matter.

Nothing to see here ...

[MontanaMama]

36. Our salons are open

and customers have to wear a mask when walking into the salon. They can remove the mask during the service but just wear it when they walk from the chair to the wash sink or the bathroom or out the door when they leave. Every city has different rules but wearing a mask during the actual haircut might not be required.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. That's gonna cost them.

Especially in liberal Frisco.

Might as well put up a sign: "50% off orange tanning and duck's ass haircuts".

[catrose]

73. Gosh, I hope so. What a violation.

[Hekate]

41. Instructions on coming for Nancy: Don't

[niyad]

42. Oh myyyyyyy. erica's voicemail is full. . .ah well. . .later.

[Nevilledog]

58. *snicker*

[npk]

43. Did she also get her nails done?

Oh the humanity.

[keithbvadu2]

47. So, the salon/hairdresser committed fraud?

So, the salon/hairdresser committed fraud?

[kimbutgar]

50. If I were Nancy I would never go there again and urge my friends to boycott.

When it reopens that salon is going to get some good protesters and bad reviews on Yelp.

[bucolic_frolic]

53. Always remember Bill Clinton's "Bad Hair Day" on LAX runway that was proven fake

yet CNBC and all of cable talked about it 72 hours straight

[rownesheck]

57. Remember,

someone set up the mayor of Beaumont, TX in the same way just a few months ago. But that was a nail salon.

[marieo1]

61. big too do about nothing

This is so stupid...........haven't we got more important things to worry about than where someone gets their hair done. Making a big tudo out of nothing. Nancy Pelosi has devoted her life to this country and deserves better.

[ClimateHawk]

77. I encourage you all

to look the place up on google and leave a 1-star review. There are already several reviews coming to the salon's defense and attacking Pelosi.

[greyl]

80. Stylist who blew out Pelosi's hair is backing her up.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214015083