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Nancy Is Not Going [1]

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Date: 2025-01-16

I have been in a very down mood lately as the return of the Orange Fascist Menace is now only days away. I have been very disappointed in the behavior of most national Democrats. Why they think they should honor the incoming fascist because of “respect for the peaceful transfer of power” is beyond me. We should not respect a peaceful transfer of power to fascism. These are not normal times, and customs which were operable in more sane times do not make sense now that the nation is on the verge of a transfer of power to a fascist President along with his Quisling Republicans in the Congress.

So I was pleased today to read that former Democratic leader and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will not be attending the Inauguration. Whether this is out of principle or because she is still recovering from her hip injury, I dont know. I just know Nancy has always been a fighter. I did not always agree with her on some very important issues. but on the whole she has been a tough , compassionate lady who loves her party and her country, I remember when Clinton was President and pushing NAFTA threw Nancy was a strong opponent. She stood up to Bill Clinton and she stood up to Donald Trump. I wish her and Paul Pelosi the best. Nancy D’Alesandro has come a long way from her childhood days licking envelopes and helping her father’s campaigns for Mayor of Baltimore. She never apologized for her Catholic faith and stood up to the rightwing Catholics who accused her of not being a faithful Catholic because of her support for abortion and lgbt+ issues. She has always been a friend of unions. I’m so happy Nancy is not going to this horrid fascist coronation and am disgusted that Joe Biden and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are going. Trump did not honor the peaceful transfer of power, and these national Democrats should not give legitimacy and normalize Donald Trump and his fascism in any way! This is not January 1953 and the Inauguration of Ike. Times have changed and we no longer have the luxury of a loyal , democratic (small D) opposition in the Republican Party, Now I will try to enjoy the last 4 days of freedom from Donald Trump’s insanity and fascism.

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