Pelosi mocks House GOP looking for 'non-threatening female' to replace Liz Cheney

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked House Republicans for reportedly looking for a "non-threatening female" to replace No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney (Wyo.).

Pelosi's office released a mock "help wanted" ad as talks of ousting Cheney from leadership increase amid GOP frustrations with her anti-Trump stance.

"Word is out that House GOP Leaders are looking to push Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as House Republican Conference Chair - their most senior woman in GOP leadership - for a litany of very Republican reasons: she won't lie, she isn't humble enough, she's like a girlfriend rooting for the wrong team, and more," the ad reads, referring to previous media reports about male Republican criticism of Cheney.

"So what exactly are House GOP Leaders looking for in a #3? Punchbowl AM got the scoop and, well, it's not surprising... they want a woman who isn't a 'threat' to them," the statement continued.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-mocks-house-gop-looking-for-non-threatening-female-to-replace-liz-cheney/ar-BB1glQg8

They're a bunch of scared little boys.

[WHITT]

1. OUCH!

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. Margie the Kook (Q-GA) for Conference Chair!

Heck, it's not as if she has much else to do around there. And she compliments McCarthy's rump-sucking proclivities very nicely.

[rickyhall]

3. "non-threatening female"? Where's the fun in that? RW cowards.

[GOPricklepants]

4. Looks like THE BIG LIAR really did grab em by the pussy-the GOP men

A woman has the balls to stand up for the truth about the legitimate election and Democracy while the boys are pussies who cower to THE BIG LIAR. The Kool-aid man has been stirring his toxic brew for a long time. His followers have lost the ability to rub 2 brain cells together long enough to produce an independent thought!

[AndyS]

5. Uh, that would OVARIES!

Perform the same function but far less likely to lead to stupid decisions . . .

[niyad]

7. Thank you. Beat me to it.

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[niyad]

10. It is very disheartening, on a Democratic board, to see a slang term for male genitalia used as a

stand-in for courage, and a rather offensive slang term for female genitalia used as a stand-in for cowardice. That the default setting for courage is still masculine is a puzzlement.

[Marcuse]

13. Ahem...

[niyad]

15. From a biological standpoint, testicles are rather vulnerable (one of the reasons I always

thought that bar on "guys' bikes" was counterintuitive). And our adored Betty is correct, the vagina has to be tough to stand up to everything.

But my point (which is neither new or original) still stands.

[Timer]

40. Betty White didn't say that; comedian Sheng Wang did.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/betty-white-grow-some-balls/

[Mr.Bill]

14. Actually, I think it's a little bit strange

to use it as slang for male courage also. There is so much more to character than genitals, male or female.

[Me.]

18. You Cartainly Have That Right

and yet it continues. The term for women is not only offensive, in most dictionaries it's defined as a slur.

[niyad]

20. Exactly.

[spooky3]

23. Well said. Someone once told me that "having balls" had

nothing to do with gender, after I said something similar.

[niyad]

24. One is tempted to ask what they think it means, then, and where it originated.

[spooky3]

25. Oh, they know the origin, but assert that "everyone knows"

What it means. Like “policeman” includes women…

[niyad]

27. To which we reply, "male is the default setting, and it does NOT include women. I have been using

gender neutral language since the early 70's, and it is appalling to see how many get upset by it. I think of Kristin Lems' song, "Talking Gender Neutral Blues".

[spooky3]

31. If you haven't seen this Ted talk, you might like it:

She addresses some of the language issues near the end.

[niyad]

32. Thank you. I will watch shortly.

[rickford66]

39. I do this with the policies of our political parties.

I've read that Democrat's views/beliefs change less than Republican's with a change of the Presidency.

[Mossfern]

49. I think it has something to do with testosterone

but that word is way too long and complicated for some - so they shortened it to 'balls

[BradBo]

6. She's toast. The MAGAs will eat her for breakfast.

[patphil]

8. I suppose they want their women, "barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen".

It's about time the women of this nation took a stand. We need a lot more strong female leaders...like Pelosi, Harris, Abrams, Porter, and AOC.
I don't like Liz Cheney's politics, but she has a lot more courage than any of her male republican counterparts.

[niyad]

11. Kinder. Kirche. Kuche.

[crickets]

16. Children. Church. Kitchen. Sounds about right. Oof. nt

[niyad]

19. They have just about everything else in the nazi playbook.

[Pinback]

17. Or "brandishing firearms and spouting conspiracy theories." (nt)

[ffr]

9. K&R

[niyad]

12. Zingggg!

[DinahMoeHum]

21. Tee hee! Way to troll 'em, Madam Speaker!

[johnthewoodworker]

22. Republican/Nazis are thinking of Hitler's 'Eva Braun' as a replacement.

[quakerboy]

26. won't lie *Enough*

She is still a Republican afterall.

[Xolodno]

28. Think McCarthy is worried.

He completely placed his bets on Trump and Cheney bet the opposite. If the Trump cult falls apart, he's going to lose a lot of clout and Cheney will gain a lot.

[BobTheSubgenius]

29. I heard a great line about being humble.

Talking Head Sports Guy was saying how his brother was a pretty big deal in college football...Top Defensive Player in the Conference, and so on. People would tell him how great he was and he'd minimize it all...until one person said to him "Stop being humble. You weren't THAT good."

[Hortensis]

30. Lol. Nancy's great. Ben Carson once told a group of politically active Republican women

at a conference televised on CSPAN that their job was to protect men from the castrating bitches on our side. The camera remained behind them so I didn't get to see their faces, but boy did I want to. I really doubt any were too stupid to realize that his notion of castrating bitches would likely include many or all of them. That's just part of being a competent woman.

And of course that didn't and doesn't represent only Carson's attitude. Misogyny is intrinsic to the RW authoritarianism that's taken over the GOP.

In fact, due to the white man's party's hostility to women with authority, women elected to the house dropped in half to a critical 13 (!!!) after 2018 and survivors were driven to claim publicly about the actively hostile work environment. It looked so bad that they arranged to get some additional women elected, including Bobert and Greene. The eventual goal will eliminate need for them, and them, in future, of course.

Itm, nonthreatening token female "leader," bimbo type, needed.

[Cha]

33. K for Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi!

[Kath2]

34. Love Madam Speaker!

Nancy rocks.

[Cha]

35. So much So! What a brilliant

role model!


Aloha, Kath!

[Me.]

37. I'll Second That

[Cha]

42. Aloha Me.. how's IT Going

Today?!

[Me.]

46. Busy This Week

but good

[Cha]

50. Excellent! I'll be

checking it out tomorrow

[Me.]

51. Cool!

[tiredtoo]

36. Republicans

have always feared strong women.

[Irish_Dem]

38. If Pelosi and Cheney ever go have a beer after work, I'd love to be sitting at the next table.

And eavesdrop.

[Captain Zero]

53. Nancy should encourage her to register Independent

And caucus with the Democrats.

[Irish_Dem]

54. Liz would laugh hysterically and tell Nancy no more beer, you are switching to lemonade.

[Blue Owl]

41. Bwah!

[NurseJackie]

43. Nancy Pelosi rocks! (I still chuckle at those who were opposed to her being Speaker.)

[Texin]

44. Patriarchy on the march on 'roids and stilts.

These lunatics want to turn the country back to the fuckin' Gilded Age when women wore bustles and before they got the right to vote (1919, ratified in 1920).

[lagomorph777]

45. I'm so glad that we have a threatening female representing us.

In these times, nothing less will suffice.

[dlk]

47. Republicans prefer women to be a permanent servant class

Liz just doesn’t fit the bill.

[BlueWavePsych]

48. "non-threatening female"

[Beartracks]

52. Why have Republicans made Trump their god-king? He's their golden calf.

It's repugnant.

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[twodogsbarking]

55. So what they really want is

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an inflatable woman.