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BumRushDaShow

(142,458 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 06:33 AM Oct 16

Pelosi doesn't like saying Trump's name as she's Catholic: 'It's up there with, like, swearing'

Source: The Independent

12 hours ago


Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she considers Donald Trump’s name a swear word and, because she is Catholic, refuses to say it.

Pelosi, a top Democrat from California, revealed her thoughts on saying the former president’s name and described him as “what’s-his-name” during an interview with The Guardian released Tuesday. “I hardly ever say his name,” Pelosi said.

“I think [Trump is] a grotesque word…You just don’t like the word passing your lips,” she added. “I just don’t. I’m afraid, you know, when I grew up Catholic, as I am now, if you said a bad word, you could burn in hell if you didn’t have a chance to confess. So I don’t want to take any chances.”

“It’s up there with, like, swearing.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-swearing-catholic-b2629858.html

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Harker

(14,951 posts)
3. That's admirable, but severely limiting.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:38 AM
Oct 16

I wouldn't expect that she'd refer to Trumpsky as "that stupid fucking shit bag" as I do.

lark

(24,165 posts)
5. I so agree with Speaker Emerita Pelosi on this and many things.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 08:31 AM
Oct 16

I almost never use the his name and then when I do it's because I'm talking to a repug and they won't know who tcf or tsf is.

bmichaelh

(601 posts)
12. Shakespeare's Macbeth
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 09:20 AM
Oct 16

YOUNG SIWARD
No, thou call’st thyself a hotter name
than any is in hell.

MACBETH
My name’s Macbeth.

YOUNG SIWARD
The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.
--Shakespeare, Macbeth 5.7.6-9

SpankMe

(3,250 posts)
14. I play card games, like Hearts and Spades and Bridge
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 09:54 AM
Oct 16

And I feel awkward referring to the trump suit. Orange Asshole® has ruined to word 'trump'. Recently, I've been calling it the "boss suit".

kimbutgar

(23,286 posts)
16. I can't say his name either when I post
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 11:42 AM
Oct 16

The orange turd, maggot, TCF, TFA, orange monster T#@&p are some of the words I use.

Agree 100% with Speaker Em. Pelosi

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