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Nancy Pelosi falls down and breaks hip. Initial reports stated that Nancy Pelosi suffered “an injury” while in Luxembourg. The statement issued by her office raised all sorts of red flags.
“While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” Krager said.
Pelosi is “currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals. She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history,” Krager said, adding that Pelosi “looks forward to returning home to the U.S. soon.”
I thought the wording of the statement was quite interesting. “An injury” leaves it open to a plethora of interpretations, as does the insistence that she is continuing to work even though unable to finish the rest of the planned CODEL events. And then, the real story came out several hours later.
Ms. Pelosi tripped going down marble stairs at the Grand Ducal Palace and took a hard fall, according to a person familiar with the incident who was not authorized to comment and spoke on condition of anonymity.
People close to Ms. Pelosi in California and Washington, D.C., speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak for her, said the former speaker fractured her hip when she fell. They said doctors were confident the damage could be repaired with a routine operation, but it was not yet clear whether that would be done in Luxembourg or in the United States.
So, the story isn’t just that Nancy falls down. It’s that she broke her hip and is essentially out of commission for an indefinite period of time. I’m not the only one who knows someone who broke a hip, and let me tell you, the pain quotient is high.
Which does not lend itself to an ability to concentrate and make sure that AOC doesn’t get that plumb committee assignment she’s been angling for.
Furthermore, the rehab on the hip after surgery takes time. How much time? It depends upon the scope of the fracture after tumbling down those marble steps.
We welcome @nasa Bill Nelson and Members of Congress to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg and Belgium. The sacrifices of brave #WWII soldiers echo from the past, reminding us that each generation must continue the fight for freedom and… pic.twitter.com/ae50RVceWL
— U.S. Embassy Luxembourg (@USEmbLuxembourg) December 13, 2024
As we all know, Nancy Pelosi is one very proud and exceptionally stubborn woman who loves wielding the gavel of power. So much so that, when she lost her gig as Speaker of the House, she rebranded herself as House Speaker Emirita, a completely made up title that conveyed that SHE still holds the gavel, and all the cards of power no matter her status.
There are valid questions and concerns about age, ability, and capability. We wrote of our concerns multiple times about Dianne Feinstein. John McCain was battling major brain cancer while in office. Mitch McConnell has been having seizures, and now Nancy Pelosi falls down and breaks her hip.
The scope of her injuries are unclear and her office is certainly not being forthcoming on any details.
Nancy Pelosi loves the power she’s been able to wield these last few decades. She also has a very deep animosity towards President Trump. Yet it’s also a well-known rumor/fact that she was one of the architects that pushed Joe Biden out of the campaign earlier this summer because he was ‘not fit’ to run.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander…right?
Pelosi is 84 She filed papers to run again when she'll be 86. At the end of that term, she would be 88.
— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) December 13, 2024
She just needs to retire.
It will be interesting to see if that particular chicken comes home to roost for Nancy.
Yes. The difference between us and them is that, while we loathe her politics, her ethics, and her behavior, we genuinely wish her well. May she have a complete and full recovery. https://t.co/TVXgFPoSV7
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 14, 2024
Whatever the decision may be, I can tell you this – Nancy Pelosi will always manage to keep a grip on that gavel of hers.
Feature Photo Credit: Original artwork by Victory Girls Darleen Click
DrMiranda says: “How drunk was she” being the first question.
Scott says: And “was AOC close enough to push her?’
rbj1 says: My dad fell this summer, dislocating his shoulder and breaking his arm. It took him a week in the hospital to recover from the surgery, then another 3 weeks for in patient rehab to walk again. He’s 91.
Anesthesia for those over 80 is not routine. Hip rehab is going to be 6 monthsish. She’s got lifetime free healthcare, not to mention being rich enough to afford the best. A normal person would take this as a sign to retire.
Speaker Johnson requires in person voting.
Cameron says: Her hands will cling onto the gavel when rigor mortis sets in.
Mad Celt says: More than likely the hip broke causing the fall.
Wfjag says: Oh! No! Who will give the Pelosi family their stock market tips!
Lewis says: Just like Pop in Grumpy Old Men….. “One day you wake up and realize you’re not 82 anymore!”
Look at that photo, at those heels that woman has on, asking for it! You have to give a little as you age, pick your poison and take your chances!
As an older chick myself I wish her the best! I also wish she’d just go away! Time’s up!
Stephen C says: She can’t quit she is addicted to insider trading.
370H55V I/me/mine says: I hope she lives only long enough to watch from the peanut gallery the man she “decided” would never set foot in the White House again deliver his State of the Union Address, without even a copy to tear up on camera.
Yeah-Me-Neither says: No one ever willingly gives up power. We have a “president” who can’t even say his name. We have a majority leader in the Senate who should long since have been in retirement. No doubt, there are many other octogenarians who should have been put out to pasture 15-30 years ago, but who still are running things.
Nancy will give up when they pry that gavel out of her cold, dead hands.
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