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Paul Pelosi’s latest scrape, and Nancy Pelosi’s shameless record

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The Pelosi family is a modern American political force with San Francisco roots, vast wealth and decades of institutional Democratic muscle.

They perfectly embody the tension between lofty public-service rhetoric and messier realities, both public and private, that invite accusations of elite entitlement.

The latest family scandal –– an alleged hit-and-run incident by Paul Pelosi on July 3 –– adds another dubious mark to the Pelosi brand as Rep. Nancy Pelosi prepares to exit Congress in January.

The former House speaker, a member of Congress since 1987, is among the most consequential (and polarizing) Democrats in US history. 

Nancy rose from a political family (her father was a mayor of Baltimore) to master the dark arts of legislative deal-making, fundraising, and party discipline. She’s long presided over a machine shielded by connections, money and narrative control.

The ex-speaker is best known for helping to pass Obamacare: “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,” she famously said; rabid anti-Trumpism –– she played a central role in two impeachments and a Jan. 6  investigation; and years of alleged insider stock trading. 

Indeed, bad financial optics have long dogged the Pelosis, whose net worth is estimated at north of $200........

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