At this point, Democratic leaders have to be asking what’s wrong with Nancy Pelosi.
The House Minority Leader suffered an awkward brain freeze just 48 seconds into addressing reporters this morning when she struggled to remember the Congressional Black Caucus.
Before taking questions at the press conference, Pelosi said, “Earlier in the day, Leader Hoyer and I, along with the chairs of the tri-caucus, that would be the, uh,” she said, pausing to remember, “the Hispanic caucus, the Asian-Pacific American caucus, and the Congressional Black Caucus.
“Did I say that one already?” she wondered aloud.
“Asian-Pacific, Hispanic, and, uh,” she continued, before stopping and staring for several moments, before finally blurting out, “Black.”
Then, she continued, as if the brain freeze didn’t happen, and discussed details of a meeting with Speaker Paul Ryan.
During a June appearance at the 92nd Street Y, Pelosi would awkwardly stop mid-sentence repeatedly, stare at the audience, and then continue speaking.
Speaking about her father, Pelosi said, “He was part of a group called the Berkson Group and they did rallies and pageants and parades and um, and when he stood up on the floor of Congress, ‘I stand here as a representative of the—” she said before halting and staring at the audience.
Then she resumed, “members of the Jewish army.”
Moments later, while she was talking about a planning an agenda after losing four special elections, she said, “For us, we have to make sure that our members—-participate in that.”
While urging liberals to tell their Obamacare story, Pelosi said, “At least go to Facebook, Twitter, whatever— Instagram— any platform that you want.”
A short time later, she froze as she was talking about the Republican healthcare overhaul bill.
“Home care— some, you know, people are at home but they still get care from, uh— from Medicaid,” she said, after momentarily staring at the audience and seemingly groping for words.
She added, “It will have a tremendous impact on what families can do for their children—” she said, continuing to motion with her hands with no words being said, before finally saying, “with relationship to what they need to do.”
Pelosi’s continued strange behavior will likely do little to alleviate the concerns many Democrats are now voicing about their leader.
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