Nancy Pelosi started her press conference bragging about how she had tennis legend Billie Jean King with her and all their plans to celebrate Women’s History Month because this is what is important right now. C-SPAN has the transcript and it’s in all caps so I’m sorry:
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A DAY. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WE BEGAN THE DAY, THIS BEING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, HONORING WOMEN IN HISTORY. AND ONE OF THEM IS IN THE PRESENT, BILLIE JEAN KING, CAME, WE ALL BASKED IN THE GLOW OF BILLIE JEAN KING AS WE HONORED PATSY MINK. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE’LL OBSERVE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX AND TITLE IX, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT FOR WOMEN IN EDUCATION AS WELL AS SPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. SHE MADE IT HAPPEN. PRETTY SOON WE’LL HAVE A STATUE — EXCUSE ME, A PICTURE OF PATSY MINK IN MORE OBVIOUS DISPLAY IN THE CAPITOL. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO SERVE IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT TODAY WE HAD THE BASKETBALL TEAM, THE CHAMPIONS, THEIR COACH. WE HAD WENDY MINK, THE DAUGHTER OF PATSY MINK. SO AGAIN I START WITH SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN LOOKING HARD TO, THAT WE SAVORED AT THE TIME AND TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN.
Then Pelosi said this: “IN FACT, WHEN I SPOKE TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, I SAID BILLIE JEAN KING SENDS YOU HER REGARDS AND WANTS TO KNOW HOW SHE CAN HELP.”
Um, excuse me? Pelosi spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for 45-minutes today. Why did she bring up Billie Jean King? Why does Billie Jean King think she can do? Can she bring real help to Ukraine?
We hear Zelenskyy begging the West every day for help. What can Billie Jean King do? I’m pretty sure Zelenskyy has bigger issues to worry about than wonder what sports legends think right now.
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