Congressional GOP Fundraising Committee On Pelosi: It’s Time To ‘Put Her In Her Place’

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Thinkprogress:


The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has a press release Tuesday, hitting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for having the temerity to express doubts that Democratic members of Congress will support with the troop increase that Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has recommended for the war in Afghanistan. The release claims that in the past, Pelosi has made “pleas for action in Afghanistan” and is now “backpedaling on Afghanistan amidst increasing criticism from the radical left.” It cites her saying this:

“I’ve also made it clear it’s a very difficult vote to get from the members,” she added. “Their constituents don’t like an escalated war in Afghanistan. They’d like to see a different approach.

But let’s see what the president has to say.” (Glenn Thrush, “Pelosi skeptical about Afghan surge, McChrystal,” Politico, 10/05/2009)

So what is the NRCC’s solution to dealing with Pelosi? It wants McChrystal to “put her in her place:

Yglesias writes that the NRCC is trying to "deploy a touch of the old condescending sexism via the Speaker of the House of Representatives."

Update Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) responds to the NRCC:

I think the place for a woman is at the top of the House of Representatives. It's evidence they long for the days when a woman's place was in the kitchen. Now a woman is third in line for the presidency... But it's not surprising, coming from a party that's 80 percent male and 100 percent white.