You’d think Pelosi would be used to people avoiding her like the plague.
(WSJ) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi fired back at fellow former Speaker Newt Gingrich Sunday morning for his disavowal of a TV ad calling for action on climate change that the pair filmed together.
Mr. Gingrich, chasing the Republican presidential nomination, has called the 2008 ad “probably the dumbest single thing I’ve done in recent years.”
Ms. Pelosi, of California, asked about the comments on CNN’s State of the Union, had a tart riposte: “He has been fined $300,000 dollars by the ethics committee, you’d think he’d consider that a big mistake.”
CNN Reporter Candy Crowley said after Ms. Pelosi’s comments that Mr. Gingrich has characterized the $300,000 payment as a reimbursement ordered by the House Ethics Committee, not a fine.
“Since you brought up my name in association with him as the dumbest thing he ever did, I think there’s plenty of stiff competition for that honor, as far as his activities go,” Ms. Pelosi told Ms. Crowley.