FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., leaves the room after a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov.14, 2022. Pelosi appeared to forget Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s name in an interview with Rolling Stone from Sunday. However, it was most likely a passive aggressive jab

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi appeared to forget Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s name in an interview with Rolling Stone that was published Sunday. But whether it was a genuine forgetful moment or an intentional slight is a matter that deserves a closer look.

The interview with senior writer Tessa Stuart comes as Pelosi is promoting her memoir "The Art of Power," published in August. During a conversation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and then another a week later, the two also discussed the San Francisco representative’s long years in Congress, the stakes of this year’s election and the October 2022 attack on her husband by David DePape.

When speaking about the attack that left her husband with a fractured........

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