At a press conference today at which Nancy Pelosi trumpeted all of the new Democratic women elected to the House and said she would run again for Minority Leader, NBC's Luke Russert asked her the following question:
"Some of your colleagues privately say that your decision to stay on prohibits the party from having a younger leadership and hurts the party in the long-term. What's your response?"
It was at that point that Pelosi's colleagues, standing behind her, reacted as if Russert had just asked Pelosi if she wouldn't be more comfortable in a wheelchair. Pelosi capped off the moment by saying, "Oh you've always asked that question except to Mitch McConnell." McConnell is the Senate Minority Leader who is 70 years old. (Pelosi is 72.)
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