Susan Page on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Lessons of Power’

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🗓️ 22 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now in her second term as Speaker, made history in 2007 as the first woman to hold the position. She also made headlines Tuesday when her comments following Derek Chauvin’s conviction drew immediate backlash, with some contrasting her remarks with those of the youngest generation of congressional Democrats. In her new biography, “Madam Speaker,” journalist Susan Page looks at Pelosi’s climb to power and what Pelosi represents — and has to say — about the future of the Democratic party. We’ll talk to Page, who is Washington Bureau chief at USA Today, about the book and other national politics news, including where the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act currently stands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.5	Coming up on forum, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to clarify her remarks yesterday after she thanked George Floyd for sacrificing his life for justice, which drew criticism for glossing over the injustice that he was murdered by a police officer.
1:05.6	For many, the comment was disrespectful and baffling at best, though perhaps not for Susan Page, who mentions Pelosi's
1:12.3	struggles as a public speaker and a lot more in her new biography of the most powerful woman
1:17.9	in America.
1:19.0	The book, in Paige's words, does not make the case that Pelosi's great or not great.
1:23.4	It makes the case, Paige says, that she's been important.
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1:39.5	USA Today, Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page can easily rattle off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's
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