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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:45 PM Oct 2019

Pelosi: "We have to pray" for President Trump's health

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said "we have to pray" for President Trump's health after what she described as a "meltdown" by the president during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday.

"I pray for the president all the time, and I tell him that. I pray for his safety and that of his family. Now we have to pray for his health, because this was a very serious meltdown on the part of the president," Pelosi said at a press conference after returning to the Capitol.

While Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Trump used the phrase "third-rate politician," Pelosi told reporters back at the Capitol that the president called her a "third grade politician."

The meeting came shortly after the House voted 354-60 to pass a resolution rebuking Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/466167-pelosi-fires-back-after-trump-meltdown-we-have-to-pray-for-his-health

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Pelosi: "We have to pray" for President Trump's health (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author TEB Oct 2019 #1
Do you understand what she did there? Claritie Pixie Oct 2019 #23
I saw. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #29
I actually just watched it on tv TEB Oct 2019 #36
I pray for his health all the time. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #2
I am a bad person. I am praying harder than you are for the same reason. Blue_true Oct 2019 #25
I would pray for OUR health as a nation and as BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #51
you are having a bad, bad hope ... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #60
Believe me, what I REALLY hope for can't be posted here. BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #61
perhaps a bit of Poe ... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #66
I like this part... BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #67
My thought too. :) LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #56
I had to post that to my FB page. LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #57
lol Cha Oct 2019 #65
I'm in if it's praying for it to get worse. Nevilledog Oct 2019 #3
You're going to get me in trouble, Nancy. ecstatic Oct 2019 #4
Over my dead body malaise Oct 2019 #5
Does she pray that his health improves? Sanity Claws Oct 2019 #6
That is something Trump will have to think about. LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #58
I have actually said a number of prayers with regards to his health... Salviati Oct 2019 #7
This is why Nancy is Nancy....she will always take the high ground... cynatnite Oct 2019 #8
That's exactly what it is. Miles Archer Oct 2019 #20
Heh. She's making folks nervous about Dump's health... CTyankee Oct 2019 #9
Exactly right mcar Oct 2019 #38
Finally someone obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2019 #64
Fuck that shit with a red hot poker. Coventina Oct 2019 #10
She's saying the equivalent of "Well, bless his heart." The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #27
That and... sheshe2 Oct 2019 #31
And "Bless your heart!" is the genteel woman's way of saying "go fuck yourself!" sop Oct 2019 #52
When narcissists blow they can make themselves very ill leftstreet Oct 2019 #11
That's some ninja level shade right there. nolabear Oct 2019 #12
YUP! 912gdm Oct 2019 #22
There is no upside to praying for Trumpy's health. n/t Eyeball_Kid Oct 2019 #13
What if you're praying for it not to improve? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #28
There is to make sure he goes to prison before he kicks the bucket. LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #59
Hearing aids. 3rd rate???? 3rd grade???? Either insult merits "I am rubber. You are glue." MFGsunny Oct 2019 #14
"Don't you think he looks tired?" htuttle Oct 2019 #15
Exactly what i thought of edhopper Oct 2019 #37
Mme Speaker, next in line to POTUS, is pure class and a warrior. So glad she is the one ... Hekate Oct 2019 #16
That is some first-class trolling, right there mcar Oct 2019 #17
Sweet! sheshe2 Oct 2019 #34
Oh I do vercetti2021 Oct 2019 #18
She's playing him like a stradivarious. I just hope it doesn't make him totally lose it. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2019 #19
Praying to imaginary sky daddy is nonsense but I'm all for invoking the 25th. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #21
I don't think she was asking for divine intervention. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #30
I think she's genuinely religious, but I also think she was sending a message. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #43
Good for Pelosi. One more way to piss him off--in his mind he's perfect and doesn't need prayers. Hassler Oct 2019 #24
His would probably sound like Backseat Driver Oct 2019 #42
I hope he self-destructs! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2019 #26
I started watching fox from my arc machine at gym, when Pelosi came on [great]. empedocles Oct 2019 #32
He'll get no prayers from me, but many oaths will be spoken. LuvNewcastle Oct 2019 #33
I will pray for him to have a massive heart attack. nt doc03 Oct 2019 #35
She's very generous. lpbk2713 Oct 2019 #39
oh good grief. prayer? how about action Kurt V. Oct 2019 #40
Pray for the president because he's having a mental breakdown and njhoneybadger Oct 2019 #41
F- Trump! I will pray for him to get the hell out of the White House. Nt helpisontheway Oct 2019 #44
My pastor said the same thing.. HipChick Oct 2019 #45
Everything. And I mean everything Nancy does is deliberate. ffr Oct 2019 #46
I mean ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #47
You made me laff! johnp3907 Oct 2019 #54
For this thread Gothmog Oct 2019 #48
I'm praying for his health but probably not for the same result she is. TeamPooka Oct 2019 #49
Her comment is like the "hand clap" at the State of the Union ashredux Oct 2019 #50
Will throwing paper towels at him help? greatauntoftriplets Oct 2019 #53
I hope Nancy Pelosi never prays for me. Jim__ Oct 2019 #55
We only want to keep him alive and well while he is in the office. Hotler Oct 2019 #62
I pray for him to stroke out on national television and even my deplorable co worker thinks that is UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #63
Rebuking is a nice gesture but can they stop him? Amaryllis Oct 2019 #68

Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)
23. Do you understand what she did there?
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:01 PM
Oct 2019

Her saying that will really get under his skin. It's brilliant.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
25. I am a bad person. I am praying harder than you are for the same reason.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:05 PM
Oct 2019

And heck, when I woke up this morning, I didn't know how to pray.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
51. I would pray for OUR health as a nation and as
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:54 PM
Oct 2019

someone who needs affordable health care but I am an atheist so I don't. Fuck his health, I give his health MY thoughts and prayers which are meaningless coming from me. I HOPE he drops dead and have been hoping that for 3 years.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,021 posts)
60. you are having a bad, bad hope ...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:20 PM
Oct 2019

You should hope that he is rendered speechless and his hands shrivel (further), but he lives that way a long time, completely dependent on the charity of others.

It's like the old religious joke:

There was a fire and brimstone preacher who regularly, loudly chastised his congregation for skipping church for sports and recreational activities. One sunny Sunday, he skipped in order to play golf, even though he wasn't very good at it.
St. Peter exclaimed to God, "Look at that hypocrite! After personally shaming others, he takes the sabbath to play golf!"
God replied, "Don't worry, he'll get his just reward."
Just then, the preacher hit a hole-in-one. (Odds are about 12,500 to 1).
St. Peter said, "I thought you meant he would be punished."
God said, "Who is he going to tell?"

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
61. Believe me, what I REALLY hope for can't be posted here.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:25 PM
Oct 2019

It would make the Spanish Inquisition tortures look like a picnic in comparison. If I weren't an atheist and believed in an after life or reincarnation I could go even further and hope for it to be unending torture throughout eternity..

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
67. I like this part...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:46 PM
Oct 2019

"Owing to the high combustibility of both the flax and the tar to which it adhered, the dwarf had scarcely made an end of his brief speech before the work of vengeance was complete. The eight corpses swung in their chains, a fetid, blackened, hideous, and indistinguishable mass."

ecstatic

(32,566 posts)
4. You're going to get me in trouble, Nancy.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:48 PM
Oct 2019

Because I wouldn't pray for his health to improve, that's for damn sure! SMH.

Salviati

(6,002 posts)
7. I have actually said a number of prayers with regards to his health...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:50 PM
Oct 2019

... but they might not be exactly what she's calling for here...

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
8. This is why Nancy is Nancy....she will always take the high ground...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:50 PM
Oct 2019

she will play hard when the situation calls for it.

What a great woman.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
20. That's exactly what it is.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:59 PM
Oct 2019

It's the only way to respond to what happened today. Ignore the toddler, pray for the toddler, keep working on impeachment. She's stated all along that she wanted the public to have all the facts. This is part of it.

CTyankee

(63,768 posts)
9. Heh. She's making folks nervous about Dump's health...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:50 PM
Oct 2019

she's good! Remind everyone that he's a sick man. Brilliant!

Bravo, Nancy!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
27. She's saying the equivalent of "Well, bless his heart."
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:11 PM
Oct 2019

That was some industrial-strength shade-throwing.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)
14. Hearing aids. 3rd rate???? 3rd grade???? Either insult merits "I am rubber. You are glue."
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:52 PM
Oct 2019

right back at Deranged MF45.

When in bully playground .......................

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
16. Mme Speaker, next in line to POTUS, is pure class and a warrior. So glad she is the one ...
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:53 PM
Oct 2019

...holding that office.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,647 posts)
19. She's playing him like a stradivarious. I just hope it doesn't make him totally lose it.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:58 PM
Oct 2019

And result in even more deaths.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
30. I don't think she was asking for divine intervention.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:19 PM
Oct 2019

I think she was telling the world that Trump is nuts.

Hassler

(3,321 posts)
24. Good for Pelosi. One more way to piss him off--in his mind he's perfect and doesn't need prayers.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:03 PM
Oct 2019

Now he can rage-tweet about how mean she is in offering him prayers.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
32. I started watching fox from my arc machine at gym, when Pelosi came on [great].
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:20 PM
Oct 2019

Other quotes, [as I remember them]. 'The President is in a difficult position' . . . 'the House has just passed a resolution rebuking him on Syria by a 354 - 60 vote' . . . [he is ] 'troubled' . . .

fox did cover that live, cut off the later part. Then promptly put on, I doubt if Cavuto had any input, 3 'con Representatives, who stuck to the usual 'con generalities.

fox viewers, I suspect, will not hear about about trump's 354 -60 rebuke, from fox. Certainly not from the following show '5", featuring sneering greg gutfeld?.

[Some fox viewers may hear it if they join the much larger audience of 20 million viewers of traditional NBC, CBS, ABC, news programs]



LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
33. He'll get no prayers from me, but many oaths will be spoken.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:21 PM
Oct 2019

I think she's digging at the religious right fuckers who lay their hands on him and pray for him every chance they get. They think they have a direct pipeline to God and none of our prayers get past the ceiling. I don't believe for a minute that Pelosi prays for him, but the fundagelicals can't say that, for to unmask her hypocrisy would be to unmask theirs. I love what she's doing; I laugh every time she calls for prayers.

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
41. Pray for the president because he's having a mental breakdown and
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:37 PM
Oct 2019

his impulsive tendencies are going to result in a nuclear nightmare. It's time to place that thought in the minds of tRump supporters. It's a legitimate fear

ffr

(22,644 posts)
46. Everything. And I mean everything Nancy does is deliberate.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:07 PM
Oct 2019

I can't recall a type where the House Speaker holds press conferences. It's almost as those she's assumed the roll of the WH press briefings and is now the quasi-POTUS.

Jim__

(14,045 posts)
55. I hope Nancy Pelosi never prays for me.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:09 PM
Oct 2019

That was my first thought when I heard her say that. Like her daughter said, she'll cut your throat and you won't even know you're bleeding.

Hotler

(11,353 posts)
62. We only want to keep him alive and well while he is in the office.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:25 PM
Oct 2019

What happens when he is out, oh well, not our concern. If he strokes out or dies while in the office, all his minions will scream to name every government building, blvd., airport, etc. after his sorry ass.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
63. I pray for him to stroke out on national television and even my deplorable co worker thinks that is
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:26 PM
Oct 2019

an OK think to happen.

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