Woo boy Nancy!

[boston bean]

She just asked if Trump “painted houses”!

Holy moly!

For those not in the know that is the phrase used in the netflix movie “The Irishman” where the mobster who is a hitman was asked if he painted houses when a hit was being ordered. It was code.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Perfect

Fucking thug.

[NCLefty]

66. I always think of Fox News when I hear "thug" now. I think they had a thing about that when Obama

was serving. #geewonderwhy

[dem4decades]

2. I heard that, she's on fire. Just shit on McCarthey and his photo with Lev.

[Srkdqltr]

3. And he replied.. Not me but I know someone who does?

[nolabear]

4. BWAH! I didn't know the reference. DRAG him, Madam Speaker.

[malaise]

33. Ditto

Keep those boots on his neck Speaker Nancy

[warmfeet]

59. I only wish it was literal.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

70. Wow, she's amazing! Great use of an implication!

She even knows obscure movie references!

[dewsgirl]

5. This speech is excellent.

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, I get the feeling that Pelosi knows she's got one chance to cut the arm off Thanos

[ancianita]

15. +1

[mercuryblues]

7. Nancy chooses her words wisely

for her to say this, means something. Hang on folks, there is more to come.

[mopinko]

12. agree. that something came from parnas' phone.

this shit about tailing masha has lit a fire, i am sure.

[asiliveandbreathe]

8. Yes, based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses..Charles Brandt

I watched the Irishman and said to hubby "I heard You Paint Houses" (he does paint houses) his reply..."where have you been, that term has been around for a long time"..

Good on Nancy..it is about time we meet them head-on...

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. "I Heard You Paint Houses" by Charles Brandt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Heard_You_Paint_Houses

The title is in reference to, according to Sheeran, the first conversation he had with Hoffa over the phone, where Hoffa started by saying, "I heard you paint houses"—a mob code meaning: I heard you kill people, the "paint" being the blood that splatters when bullets are fired into a body.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives just asked the President of the United States if he was a mobster who kills people. Never thought I'd see this day. Holy shit!

[CaptYossarian]

13. His new nickname can be Mafia Don.

No offense to the Sicilians.

[yellerpup]

18. Don't call him a Don whatever you do...

That's why he is known in NYC as "The Donald." He wants to be a mob boss but he's just not tough enough. They laugh at him instead.

[CaptYossarian]

20. I was also thinking of the Russian mob money that got him going after the 4th bankruptcy.

It had nothing to do with importance. God knows how much contempt and hatred I feel toward this waste of a sperm and an egg.

[aggiesal]

24. If they laugh at him instead ...

then by all means, call him "L'idiota mafioso Don!"

[lunatica]

26. 'The Donald' is what his ex wife Ivanna called him.

[3catwoman3]

46. The first time I heard about...

...”The” Donald, I thought it sounded completely ridiculous.

I have not changed my mind.

[lunatica]

49. She was mocking him

I think it pretty much stuck as a way to make fun of him, so I’m fine with it just for that.

[lagomorph777]

29. I've occasionally called him that.

This time it might stick!

[CaptYossarian]

55. You're ahead of the curve then.

[LudwigPastorius]

43. Nah...

Call him "Fredo".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredo_Corleone

[CaptYossarian]

57. What does it make his Dumb and Dumber older sons?

[JHB]

67. Freedledum and Freedledee

[CaptYossarian]

78. I surrender to such brilliance. I'm not used to being the straight man here.

[wnylib]

53. Or just call him The House Painter.

[wnylib]

54. Paper hanging house painter.

[CaptYossarian]

58. I'm torn. I know the reference, but that implies actual work.

He's allergic to manual labor.

[wnylib]

60. But when has honesty or accuracy ever mattered

to him? He considers himself a master builder. Why nit a master house painter?

[CaptYossarian]

76. When he goes fishing, he's a master baiter.

[wnylib]

80. As a burger fan, he's a master at big whoppers.

In music, a master lyre player.

[CaptYossarian]

81. Your 2 responses made the whopper a double cheeseburger.

[wnylib]

82. ?

[CaptYossarian]

83. Play on the burger reference:

Whopper----Cheeseburger

2 humorous responses----Double and "Cheesy"

Yeah, I have those moments too sometimes.

[dflprincess]

61. I prefer Donnie Two Scoops.

[CaptYossarian]

77. Sure, add gluttony to all his other deadly sins.

[dflprincess]

85. Donnie Two Scoops goes back a couple years

he was rambling on about the "beautiful" chocolate cake he had had and that he got two scoops of ice cream with it while everyone else only got one.

Besides, who would be surprised that he's a glutton?

[CaptainTruth]

10. Thanks! I didn't know that.

[Duppers]

11. Saw The Irishman. Great movie.

Our Lady is a gutsy queen. Love this. Yep, she's now a queen to me.

[Midnight Writer]

14. Trump is both a mobster and a traitor. He has no loyalty to our country or our principles.

[Mc Mike]

69. Also, a nazi.

[yaesu]

16. she would make a great president but glad she's in charge of the House. nt

[Hekate]

30. The Speaker of the House is in charge of a co-equal branch of government & next in line to potus

No, she should not run for president.

[gab13by13]

17. We need more Democrats backing her up.

[BamaRefugee]

19. Great, but meanwhile the tRump mob keeps furiously painting while we make fabulous tweets. I just

hope that we have hard-nosed people working undercover to discover and implement defenses against the assault on our democracy.
No need for cleverness or sly references, no need for tweets or memes, just down and dirty slugging it out with the bad guys.

[Mister Ed]

21. Thank heaven she wasn't replaced by a new, fresh face.

The time will come for a changing of the guard, but not while this brilliant and experienced general still has a war to win.

[liberalla]

22. You said it!

The best man for the job is a woman... and that woman is Nancy Pelosi!

[Mme. Defarge]

23. I missed it -

is there a link?

[Hekate]

31. I distinctly heard it, but didn't know what it meant until this thread

Jaw-dropping

[H2O Man]

25. Recommended.

The phrase was used in the movie, because it was common language in that line of business. Great movie, not intended as a documentary, but it told a lot of truth.

Trump has long been a petty mobster. Never able to follow the first two rules, per loyalty and keeping his mouth shut.

[underthematrix]

27. So the Speaker done put her chill in her back pocket and put on her playing the dozens game face

LAWD LAWD If she didn't send for you, don't come for the Speaker

[Scotch-Irish]

72. Wow. Haven't heard the dozens mentioned since before Roger died.

Thumbs up to you!

[doc03]

28. I haven't been watching news today. In what context

did she use that phrase?

[Hekate]

37. I'm sure someone here will capture & post the snippet. I think it was when she was announcing ..

...that the Articles would be voted to be sent over & took a few questions after introducing the managers. It went by very fast, and sounded off the cuff -- and I didn't know what it meant until now.

[dflprincess]

62. Article & video link here

Great opening line in the article "Leave the articles of impeachment, take the cannoli"

https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/pelosi-quotes-irishman-after-signing-impeachment-articles-against-trump/

[lagomorph777]

32. So when we establish that Trump ordered the assassination of an American,

will his supporters praise him for it? I think so.

But this will have to piss off some around the edges. May make life more difficult for Susan Collins and other at-risk Russiapublican Senators.

[Hekate]

34. This is a woman with literally NO fcks left to give

[Brother Buzz]

35. The orange anus is too effete to 'paint houses'.

However, he hires people to do his dirty work then stiffs them on the payment.

[Dukkha]

36. Well now I have to watch The Irishman

The problem is fining 4 hours of free time.

[SCVDem]

38. Cohen testified to this.

tRump speaks in code.

[Skraxx]

39. Damn they are going to do it and frame it as Trump ordering a hit

Which is clearly exactly what was happening.

[Marthe48]

40. Madame Speaker asked a criminal if he paints houses

She has more balls than all of the repukes put together. Hope she has terrific security!

[WheelWalker]

51. She's POTUS in-the-hole.

Does she have SS protection?

[Thekaspervote]

41. Didn't know that... thx for sharing. Althou painting houses is too good for dotard

[Kali]

42. is there a clip somewhere?

[Staph]

44. I haven't seen The Irishman and never heard that term referring to hitmen.

When I heard that the Speaker asked if Trump "painted houses", I assumed it was a reference to Hitler. One of the slurs against Hitler in the years before and during WWII was that he was just a house painter. He had pretensions as an actual artist, so calling him a house painter was a bit of a slam.

[dweller]

65. double entendre

coming and going, they both fit

✌🏼

[honest.abe]

45. Funny I'm watching Irishman at this moment.

Home taking day off due to bad back.

Great movie with some legendary actors.. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel.

[Wounded Bear]

47. Haven't seen it. I thought it was a Hitler reference...

Hitler fancied himself a painter, but the only thing he really painted were houses. There's a clip of it in Shirer's movie Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich. I assume it was in the book, though I don't remember that. It was a long time ago. I have the movie recorded and watch it periodically to remind myself.

[dflprincess]

63. In the context she used it,

it was definitely a reference to "The Irishman", not Hitler.

Article & video here:
https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/pelosi-quotes-irishman-after-signing-impeachment-articles-against-trump/

[calimary]

74. That's what I thought, too.

Haven’t seen ”The Irishman” yet.

[MoonRiver]

48. F'n YEAH!

Go Nancy!

[7wo7rees]

50. Maybe she reads Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-real-life-mob-families-of-the-irishman-donald-trump-knew-them-922836/

[wnylib]

52. Thanks for the explanation. I heard her say that

but had no idea what she meant.

[bucolic_frolic]

56. Nixon had the Plumbers

These guys sound like the whackers

[tblue37]

64. The book the movie is based on is actually titled "I Heard You Paint Houses." nt

[lastlib]

68. It probly went right over Shitgibbon's Adderall-addled head.

She BURNED him, and he didn't even realize it!

[dlk]

71. Michael Cohen testified Trump speaks in code...

[Nitram]

73. We've got a cheap gangster thug in the White House. The logical result of GOP anti-government

propaganda over the years.

[marble falls]

75. Nancy is painting him into a corner.

[NewDayOranges]

79. Thanks for explaining that - I don't watch The

Irishman so I had no idea what Speaker Pelosi meant when she said that!

[aikoaiko]

84. Sadly, Trump will be flattered by the reference. He'd like to think of himself as a hit man.

[Kid Berwyn]

86. She is standing up to the fascist gangster IMPOTUS.

That makes Nancy Pelosi a heroic patriot.