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Now, Nancy Pelosi is no longer speaker of the House, but she is still very powerful among Democrats when it comes to fundraising, when it comes to party machinery. And she also is not used to being asked real questions. She's used to the media treating her like Queen Nancy who never has to explain anything, which is why she would just come flying at this reporter. Look at this. This is crazy. Congresswoman Pelosi, are you at all concerned that the new January 6th committee will find you liable for that name? Are you at all concerned about the new January 6th committee finding you liable for that day? Why did you refuse the national guard on January 6th? Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The president didn't send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you're a serious journalist? The American people want to know. We still have questions. Thank you. She sounds like a mean old lady, and that's exactly what she is. You know, Pelosi, if you will recall, was such in Marie Antoinette mode. Now, Marie Antoinette, I know, never actually said let them eat cake. She was a devout Catholic, and some of the early historians of the French Revolution completely maligned her and created this whole urban legend about let them eat cake. But we still use the phrase Marie Antoinette. Anyway, that's a side note. We still say let them eat cake, even though it was never said and she certainly never said it. The truth is that savage socialists in France killed the king and Marie Antoinette and all these other people, thousands, tens of thousands of them, because turns out collectivism and social justice always ruins everything. Now back to where we are here. And Pelosi, this is, I think, just a perfect moment of the Democrat frustration that is rising in that party because they have no agenda. They have no leadership. They have very weak messaging. The polls show this. And it's not even clear that they are going to be heading into the 2026 midterm year with much of a wind at their back at all. It is, in fact very possible the Democrats will dramatically underperform in the midterms. And I think it would be in no small part due to the fact that people like Pelosi are completely defeated by MAGA and meaning that their ideas and what have they offered for the last 10 years? The destruction of Donald Trump, essentially, that's really all it has been. Joe Biden was a, a really a freakish interlude of Trumpism only possible because of the COVID the COVID pandemic. And I've talked ad nauseam about all the ways that that was mishandled but also abused by the Democrats. They mishandled Covid and they abused, abused Covid for their own purposes. And this, I think is one of those times where the Democrats are going to have to look themselves in the mirror and recognize they have no plan going forward that isn't just pouting, whining. We're in the midst of this government shutdown. Democrats are not winning the hearts and minds of the American people over the shutdown. And so the frustration of Pelosi swatting at somebody here, at a journalist and pretending that it's a completely out of bounds question. Democrats were obsessed with talking about January 6th. As you know, Democrats wanted to keep talking about that and almost nothing else for years. And now a January 6th question is too, too far, unacceptable. Anyway, Pelosi is exactly who we've known she is all along. She's the ultimate limousine liberal. She pretends to care about the hoi polloi when her entire life goal is to rule above the hoi polloi, separate herself from them in her life and use them as a means to an end for her own power and her own ego. That's much of the Democrat, really, all the Democrat leadership. That's what it's all about at the end of the day. So yes, that is, that is Pelosi freaking out there. It's not the first time she gets, she's gotten nasty with journalists before. She's really old, guys. You know, this is when you have to say, when are we going to have 85 years old? She's an 85 year old woman. How is she still in the game? How is she still in Congress? It's crazy. 85. These Democrats never want to loosen the bony, knobby knuckles they have from the grip of power. They never want to let it go. And I think Pelosi is the pro. Well, there was Feinstein, obviously, who had to be fed applesauce and couldn't brush her own hair, but was still the United States Senator Democrat. I think people are seeing this for the absurdity that it is. I want to tell you about an exciting new project that I'm working on in just the last few weeks. Thousands of everyday Americans have joined me and my research partners in an exciting new venture to tap into the wealth of this robust stock market. It's a one of a kind opportunity, something that I'm calling the Manhattan Project to. 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You know, the most qualified candidate ever run for office. If you have to tell people how qualified you are to, or how you were the most qualified, how do you even gauge such a, such a thing? How would you even. Well, now you could say, well, Trump always says he's the best at this or he's the best at that, but everyone knows that he's in salesman mode and he likes to, he likes the swagger, he likes to say these things. Kamala as being so qualified. She started her political career as a, how do you put this, as a paramour. That's the most gentle way I could say. It's, she was a homewrecker, essentially. Now, maybe the guy actually had already had like, you know, the politician in San Francisco had some kind of an open marriage. I don't know. I don't really care. But that is how she got her start in politics was by having an affair with the mayor of San Francisco, a married man. And then she was able to parlay all of this and the connections that she had and she was able to present herself as exactly what the Democrats, the Democrat elites want, which is somebody who is presents physically, you know, presents ethnically as multiethnic or non white and is a complete progressive by the orthodoxy of the Democrat Party, really doesn't have any independent policies or thoughts to share, which is true of Kamala, I've never heard her say anything that was, that was interesting or insightful ever. Not one time. And I read her 107 days book, which was brutal. But Kamala Harris has been fixated for a long time on one thing and one thing only, and that is Kamala Harris. I do not think that she is a public servant. I do not think that she is talented and I don't think she's very good at politics. But you can be a Democrat. Look, you're seeing this in New York with Cuomo. Cuomo had a famous last name, was the governor of New York. And he is getting his, his ass kicked by Mamdani in the mayor's race because the Mamdani communists are running a real campaign. They're doing clever things. They're using social media. Yeah, they're going to ruin the city, but they're running a clever serious in terms of trying to appeal to voters campaign. Cuomo is just, why don't you vote for me? I'm better than the communist. Even though I was the worst governor in the history of New York State. I am a better option for you than this Mama Madani guy. That's not good enough. I bring this up because you can see, just because you've had high elected office doesn't mean you're actually good at anything. And Kamala Harris, I think is a perfect example of that. She was the right ethnicity, the right gender in the right place at the right time in California politics and you know, had never really had to run a difficult race. And the power brokers in the totally blue stronghold of California elevated her. 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He was left with a concussion and a broken nose. 10 people, 10 people jumped him and they have two of them in custody, these two 15 year olds. I mean, by the way, no matter how tough you think you are, and I know people say, oh, but they're only 15. Some 15 year olds are pretty big and strong. I mean, I remember what I was like at 15 and if I had punched an adult in the face, I could have broken their nose. It was not. You're not like a little weakling at 15, but 10 people, I mean, you're in trouble if 10, 12 year olds are all attacking you at once, right? I mean, you know, this is. Even if you're a full grown man. And so it's mob violence. How long do you think the judge overseeing this gave these two 15 year olds who attacked him? They would go to, you know, juvenile detention. Basically. They can. And they could only serve even if they murdered somebody. Under D.C. law, they could only go to prison till they're 21, I think, which is insane. How long do you think they got? No, not a single day in prison. Not a single day in prison. This is a disgrace. The judge said her role is to rehabilitate not punish. Well, this is why you have savage bands of youth trying to carjack people, attacking people, because they suffer no consequences for this. So why shouldn't they stop? They're angry. They lack parental supervision, they lack families, and no one's teaching them anything better. And they just attack in packs and nothing happens to them. Nothing happens to them. Eventually, they're going to go on, they're going to rape someone, they're going to murder someone. And then the same judges who are saying now, I want to rehabilitate are going to say, oh, wow, you know, I guess the system failed them. No, the system is failing the victims, the victims of the crimes that they will commit because they were not held accountable. Now, and I just want to say, also a big high five. And truly, man to man, big balls. 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Episode Title: Buck Brief - Pelosi Swipes at Reporter Like a Mean Drunk Granny
Date: October 16, 2025
Host: Buck Sexton
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts
In this Buck Brief segment, host Buck Sexton discusses a recent confrontation between former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and a reporter on the steps of the Capitol, using it as a lens to critique the Democratic Party's leadership, message, and direction. Sexton also touches on broader topics including Kamala Harris’s qualifications for leadership, the state of California politics, and a violent crime incident in Washington, D.C., drawing parallels between leadership failings and societal breakdowns. The tone combines satire, indignation, and pointed conservative commentary.
Buck Sexton’s tone is biting, sarcastic, and unapologetically skeptical of Democratic leadership. He uses historical references, personal anecdotes, and editorial asides to drive home his points, blending humor and indignation in commentary.
This episode zeroes in on what Buck Sexton views as emblematic weaknesses in the Democratic Party, personified by Pelosi’s combative interaction with a reporter and Harris’s lack of substantive leadership. Using real-world events and colorful analogies, Buck argues that the party is adrift, driven by identity and power rather than vision, and that this is mirrored by permissiveness in the justice system and declining public order.
Listeners receive a succinct, opinionated overview of current political dynamics and cultural flashpoints, consistent with the show’s conservative, combative approach to commentary.