Politico senior political columnist Jonathan Martin kicks off his column by noting that President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi “have become the faces of their party.” So you’ve got a 79-year-old white man and an 82-year-old white woman as the faces of your party. Do the Democrats have any bench at all? Gavin Newsom? Kamala Harris? Pete Buttigieg?
News: In a conversation the day after the midterms, BIDEN urged PELOSI to keep serving w him. “I hope you stick,” he told her.
My new column on the president, his “Catholic sister,” and the twilight days of their political careers (or not!)https://t.co/3GlGr1iJSO
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) November 14, 2022
What caught our eye, of course, was Pelosi being Biden’s “Catholic sister” … who in the hell coined that term? Apparently, it was Biden himself:
“I hope you stick,” Biden told Pelosi in a phone call after congratulating her on the caucus’s unexpected victories and asking about her convalescing husband, according to Democrats familiar with the conversation. Pelosi interjected to note her personal considerations and Biden continued, “I know it’s family first but I hope you stick,” before Pelosi deflected again.
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An Irish-American from Delaware and an Italian-American from Baltimore, the two pre-Baby Boom Roman Catholics bonded when Biden was vice president. “My Catholic sister!” he’d exclaim when he saw Pelosi.
They’re both institutionalists at their core and have come to share a grave concern about the country’s democracy, a sense of alarm that has only grown after the attack on Paul Pelosi.
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Yep, devoted Catholics Biden and Pelosi.
Stick to what? Insider trading and denture glue?
— Rick Roth (@Killaroth) November 14, 2022
Their twilight days should have been two decades ago
— Father of 3 (@whiter069) November 14, 2022
It was never supposed to be a career.
— James Lowe (@beatlej97) November 14, 2022
Democrats 2016: STOP VOTING FOR RICH WHITE PEOPLE!!!
Democrats 2022: VOTE FOR THE RICH WHITE PEOPLE!!! pic.twitter.com/teluwfNlYt
— D-money (@FaceplantSteven) November 14, 2022
"Catholic sister" who supports killing babies.. she is a Catholic in name only, not in her heart and soul… May GOD have mercy on her soul…
— Doma (@buckley10115) November 14, 2022
They’re so devoutly Catholic that they’d promised to codify Roe v. Wade if Democrats kept the House. It’s actually quite frightening how much Biden has internalized all of the lies he keeps telling about himself. No, how did the New York Times put it? He’s the “Storyteller in Chief” who “spins yarns that often unravel.”
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Editor’s Note: Republican voters deserve answers and accountability for the failed red wave.
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Devout Catholic Nancy Pelosi says some Republicans believe life begins ‘at the candlelight dinner the night before’ https://t.co/BmTyfWICvQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 14, 2022
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