Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi lashed out at a reporter during a press conference on Thursday, suggesting sexism was behind her being asked if she “gave any thought to stepping down” following three consecutive midterm losses.
“What was the day that any of you said to Mitch McConnell, when they lost the Senate three times in a row . . . ‘Aren’t you getting a little old, Mitch? Shouldn’t you step aside?’” the California congresswoman fumed. “Have you ever asked him that question? Have any of you ever asked him that question? So I don’t understand why that question should even come up.”
“It just is interesting that, as a woman, to see how many times that question is asked of a woman,” she continued, “and how many times that question is never asked of Mitch McConnell.”
The minority leader almost moved on to the Keystone Pipeline, but couldn’t quite help but return to the topic of Pelosi-centered sexism – even attacking Time magazine’s cover choices.
“I say that kind of thinking I have a mission for women on this score,” she said, calling her party’s capture of the House in 2010 “a big thing” and “largely an initiative” of her policies. “I was never on the [cover of] Time magazine, even though I was the first woman [Speaker],” she pouted. “Wasn’t that a curiosity? Republicans win, Boehner’s on the front of Time magazine. Mitch McConnell wins, he’s on the front of Time magazine. Is there a pattern here?”
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