“What I said to the most recent person who asked ‘Well you\u2019ve lost now three times. Why don\u2019t you step aside?’ And I said, “What was the day that any of you said to Mitch McConnell, when they lost the Senate three times in a row, lost making progress in taking back the Senate three times in a row, \u2018Aren\u2019t you getting a little old, Mitch? Shouldn\u2019t you step aside?\u2019 Have you ever asked him that question?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is far from the first time Pelosi, who at the age of 74 is just two years older than McConnell, has been the target of sexist inquiries from the media. In 2012, Pelosi was asked the very same question about stepping down to make room for younger leadership, to which Pelosi slammed as “offensive.”<\/p>\n
Pelosi’s defense today comes in the the midst of similar jabs aimed at Hillary Clinton, after Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested in a Politico<\/em> interview Clinton may be too old to run for president.<\/p>\n Pelosi may not be the birghtest kid on the block, but she is a talented politician who grew up among politicians.\u00a0 She may have called out the press on this question not only tojustify her decision to stay on, but to defend future attacks against the presumed Democrat Presidentail nominee. In the US, seventy-five is the new 60 anyway.<\/p>\n Yet again, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi\u00a0(D-Calif.) was forced to defend her decision to remain in leadership following the disappointing midterm elections, a position she says she would not have to uphold if it weren’t for being a woman. Speaking … Continue reading ![\"Pelosi\"](\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pelosi.jpg\")
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