After Ignoring Pence Call on Iran Attack, Pelosi Spotted at Swanky New Restaurant's Opening

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After Ignoring Pence Call on Iran Attack, Pelosi Spotted at Swanky New Restaurant's Opening


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Pelosi Dodged Pence's Call About Iran Attack, Went to Swanky Party for DC Restaurant Opening
By C. Douglas Golden
Published January 8, 2020 at 7:49am


You can’t say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t have priorities. The right ones? Well…
At Tuesday evening Washington time, Iranian missiles hit two American military installations in Iraq. The Al-Asad air base in Anbar province and a base in Irbil were targeted by the strikes, according to The Washington Post; Iran claimed 80 U.S. deaths while the United States hasn’t reported any casualties. Given the relative trustworthiness of the two sources, I’d say the latter is much, much closer to the truth.
The missiles were launched from inside Iran and not from Iranian proxies, a major escalation for Tehran.
The attacks were in response to the American drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a commander of the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Pelosi had loudly complained that congressional Democrats — one presumes she was referring to herself in particular — weren’t notified ahead of that action.
But when the Iranian missiles hit American bases on Tuesday, Pelosi was notified directly by the White House, she apparently took somewhat less interest.
The incident was reported by Politico’s Heather Caygle.
“In meeting tonight Speaker Pelosi was handed a note telling her VP Pence was on the phone,” Caygle tweeted.
“’Tell him I’ll call him back,’ she said according to sources in room, noting she had to go open the House for new session.
“Two minutes later, she was handed note about air base bombing.”

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Heather Caygle

:heavy_check_mark:@heatherscope

[ltr]In meeting tonight Speaker Pelosi was handed a note telling her VP Pence was on the phone.

“Tell him I’ll call him back,” she said according to sources in room, noting she had to go open the House for new session.

Two minutes later, she was handed note about air base bombing.[/ltr]

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There’s no doubt the House speaker is a busy woman. But for her to essentially ignore a phone call from the country’s vice president in the middle of an international crisis is odd, given the circumstances and the fact that she’s supposedly very tuned in to what’s happening in the Middle East. She assured her Twitter followers, however, that she was on top of things.
“Closely monitoring the situation following bombings targeting U.S. troops in Iraq. We must ensure the safety of our servicemembers, including ending needless provocations from the Administration and demanding that Iran cease its violence,” Pelosi tweeted at 7:31 p.m. “America & world cannot afford war.”

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Nancy Pelosi

:heavy_check_mark:@SpeakerPelosi

[ltr]Closely monitoring the situation following bombings targeting U.S. troops in Iraq. We must ensure the safety of our servicemembers, including ending needless provocations from the Administration and demanding that Iran cease its violence. America & world cannot afford war.[/ltr]

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