{"id":3356,"date":"2024-05-29T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2024-05-29T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:06:05","slug":"pelosis-contempt-for-guns-and-everyday-americans-on-full-display-in-recent-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3356","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi&#8217;s Contempt for Guns and Everyday Americans on Full Display in Recent Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679.jpg\" data-caption=\"(AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"489\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679-700x492.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AP_19056625781679-730x513.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"HR 1112 enhanced background checks charleston loophole\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has become a tradition in recent elections for anti-gun Democrats to condescendingly refer to opposition voters as too stupid and bigoted to act in their own best interests. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/pelosi-rebuked-her-face-during-182359130.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAGk0F7O6hLFwz-6-la6zTquQV3dHKKrOf4NDIyMoaoZ91wD85ba-ukXdo6TmqlFEKSmyNimaE7c7M46gVkmPIeb8B3I852GGCoaIVAj_3UOJr8TS_1K2O7lGWAhd1mwwGayRb4ZvNhLW2xpSY390a3NQ0E2CxdY7tHUrTTaBLWZ&amp;guccounter=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest example<\/a> of this came from none other than former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), whose Bay Area district covers arguably the most anti-gun jurisdiction in the country. Her remarks had a receptive audience, delivered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/winstonmarshall\/reel\/C69Le8_NNNv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent debate<\/a> before the Oxford Union Society in England about whether \u201cpopulism is a threat to democracy.\u201d \u00a0As obnoxious as these spectacles are to ordinary, hardworking Americans, they serve an important purpose by revealing the depths of disgust that anti-gun Democrats feel toward those who stubbornly embrace a traditional view of America. Such Americans should take those sentiments to heart and vote accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Though the wording of the remarks differs, their message is always the same: We represent the party of progress and the future. Everyone could thrive, if only they would align themselves with us. There are literally no rational arguments against our agenda, so anyone who opposes us is by definition acting out of illegitimate motives, principally hatred for people who are different from them. We might be tempted to pity these wretches, but we cannot allow them to stand in our way.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, if you take this view of your political opponents, you cannot tolerate them being armed.<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama kicked off the trend in April 2008 during his first campaign for the presidency while addressing Democrat party donors at a fundraiser in San Francisco. He was attempting to explain why the party\u2019s economic agenda did not necessarily resonate with voters in heartland America, where industrial jobs had moved overseas, leaving once thriving communities impoverished. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VZWaxjiQyFk?si=vavyJGoNyxdmKVwZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama said<\/a>: \u201cSo it\u2019s not surprising then they get bitter and they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren\u2019t like them \u2026 as a way to explain their frustrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s comments insulted Americans who believe traditional values like firearm ownership and belief in God are a source of strength and resiliency in hardscrabble communities, not a manifestation of bitterness or resentment toward other people. Even his primary opponent, Hillary Clinton \u2013 hardly a champion of the everyman \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2008\/apr\/14\/barackobama.uselections2008#:~:text=Referring%20to%20working%2Dclass%20voters,way%20to%20explain%20their%20frustrations.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quickly condemned<\/a> his remarks as \u201cdemeaning,\u201d \u201celitist,\u201d and \u201cout of touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Clinton resurrected a similar message during her own presidential campaign against Donald Trump. Like Obama, she was speaking before a group of wealthy party donors, only this time in New York City at an LGBT for Hillary gala in September 2016. \u201cYou know, to just be grossly generalistic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PCHJVE9trSM?si=Se8bH-pTNjfGtPdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton said<\/a>, \u201cyou could put half of Trump\u2019s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?\u201d The audience agreed, laughing and clapping enthusiastically. \u201cThe racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic \u2014 you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clinton continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>Now, some of those folks \u2014 they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America. But the other basket \u2026 that other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they\u2019re just desperate for change. \u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Americans who did not appreciate being characterized by their would-be president as deplorable, hateful, and irredeemable would later help give Trump the most shocking and unexpected victory in American presidential history.<\/p>\n<p>One might imagine the Democrat party would have learned its lesson, but it is apparent these condescending sentiments are so deeply ingrained in its collective thinking that its leadership simply cannot help expressing them, especially when they are before a friendly audience.<\/p>\n<p>Though no longer the Speaker of the House, Pelosi remains an influential and iconic member of her party. Thus, it was perhaps fitting that <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VW8SnMRhExA?si=Be65i-YlNw-VwFHp&amp;t=449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she would be the one<\/a> to express, once again, the party\u2019s contempt for ordinary Americans. No doubt it was a bonus for her and the partisan faithful that she got to do it front of a gathering of highfalutin British intellectuals, to boot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VW8SnMRhExA?si=YU8jQT0Xi64Q7oUT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelosi began<\/a> by insisting that American populism is a brand of a \u201cethno-nationalism\u201d practiced by people who believe in \u201cisolationism\u201d and express \u201cnegativity\u201d toward \u201cimmigrants\u201d and \u201cpeople who are different from them.\u201d She allowed, however, that the people who are vulnerable to it may also have legitimate economic concerns but cannot accept the largesse of her party because of their dysfunctional social outlook. Pelosi called these people \u201cpour souls\u201d who are \u201clooking for some answers.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VW8SnMRhExA?si=Be65i-YlNw-VwFHp&amp;t=449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">She continued<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve given them to them, but they are blocked by some of their views on guns. They have the three Gs: guns, gays, God (that would be a woman\u2019s right to choose). And the cultural issues cloud some of their reception of an argument that is really in their interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, however, may have been putting the chicken before the egg. It is entirely possible that it\u2019s not a love of guns that keep people from embracing her style of globalist politics. Rather, it\u2019s possible working-class Americans struggling to keep their heads above water recognize politicians like Pelosi have no understanding of or concern for people like them. Thus, they embrace self-reliance as a necessity, which includes equipping themselves for the defense of their homes and loved ones, including against the \u201cpour souls\u201d awaiting trial or serving time for violent crimes that members of Pelosi\u2019s party release from custody as a form of charity. Likewise, it might well make more sense for a beleaguered American to appeal to God for help than to a politician whose applause line is to refer that person and others like him as \u201cdeplorable\u201d and \u201cirredeemable.\u201d Recent history has, in fact, shown an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/27\/us\/gun-owners-liberal-women-minority-reaj\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unprecedented level of diversity<\/a> among those embracing their Second Amendment rights, including demographics whose support Pelosi and her party take for granted.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi, to no surprise, soundly won her debate in Oxford, England. But time will tell whether her party\u2019s message of \u201clisten to your betters, give up your guns, and stop standing in the way of progress\u201d will have the same resonance here in the United States. One thing is for sure: Americans who disagree will have the opportunity to vote against that outlook this November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20240521\/anti-gun-democrats-yet-again-unable-to-hide-their-contempt-for-ordinary-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courtesy of NRA-ILA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/pelosis-contempt-for-guns-and-everyday-americans-on-full-display-in-recent-debate\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP Photo\/Seth Wenig) It has become a tradition in recent elections for anti-gun Democrats to condescendingly refer to opposition voters as too stupid and bigoted to act in their own best interests. The latest example of this came from none other than former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), whose Bay Area district covers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}