On April 25, 2024 the Oxford Union held a debate on the motion that "This House Believes Populism is a Threat to Democracy." And who better to argue the case than former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)? The only disappointment was that Our Nance did not once utter the words “Our Democracy.”
The reports all tell us that Winston Marshall, one-time musician, absolutely nailed Pelosi, beginning with his remark that “Populism is not a threat to democracy. Populism is democracy.”
But I listened carefully to Pelosi’s speech. She spoke without notes, which sometimes means that the speaker will fail to craft the narrative as precisely as she would wish. In other words, I hoped there might be “tells” about what a tippy-top elitist like Pelosi really thinks. And I was not disappointed. Said she:
What is democracy? Let’s define democracy. Democracy is the rule of law. Democracy is free and fair elections. Democracy is about an independent judiciary. It’s about freedom of the press, to have transparency and to have accountability of elected officials to the people.
Gag me with a spoon! In the season of Democratic prosecutors elected to “Get Trump,” Nancy Pelosi is expatiating on the rule of law, and free and fair elections, and an independent judiciary. In the........