Nancy Pelosi

Yeah, he did. Oh, I didn't realize that. Yeah. You know, one of my regrets is I will never host at Saturday Night Live. I'm really funny. Well, Nancy, let's go. No, it's over. No, no, it's not. No, it's not too late. It's too late. I wouldn't even think of it. I'm going to convince her. You would be fantastic. No, no, no. I'm going to work on your audition with you, okay? No, no. Yes, I am.

You said be prepared. I have crossed the bridge.

You said be prepared. I have crossed the bridge.

Will you tell? When Bill Clinton became president, I was in Congress since 87. He went in in 93. And every time he made an appointment of a woman, she would clip it from the paper and send it and said, please tell her how happy it made me. Because she really...

Will you tell? When Bill Clinton became president, I was in Congress since 87. He went in in 93. And every time he made an appointment of a woman, she would clip it from the paper and send it and said, please tell her how happy it made me. Because she really...

New in her own life, really, but not in a resentful way, but just in an acknowledging way that women were so underutilized in our society, in our government, in every way, and that the president would be making these appointments. Yes. It was such a source of joy. And I remember telling some of those women, you made my mother so happy. You didn't know her.

New in her own life, really, but not in a resentful way, but just in an acknowledging way that women were so underutilized in our society, in our government, in every way, and that the president would be making these appointments. Yes. It was such a source of joy. And I remember telling some of those women, you made my mother so happy. You didn't know her.

She didn't know you, but you were a source of joy.

She didn't know you, but you were a source of joy.

Yeah. Yeah, always praying. Oh, my God. Prayer was a big part of our existence. So, yeah. But it is—here's the thing. Yeah. Again, we don't agonize. We organize. Women—and I speak to women all the time and just say— I know this is hard. This is not for the faint of heart. You put yourself out there, you become a target. That's just the way it is.

Yeah. Yeah, always praying. Oh, my God. Prayer was a big part of our existence. So, yeah. But it is—here's the thing. Yeah. Again, we don't agonize. We organize. Women—and I speak to women all the time and just say— I know this is hard. This is not for the faint of heart. You put yourself out there, you become a target. That's just the way it is.

But understand how necessary it is for you to do that. As you said earlier, this isn't to take the place of men. It's to be there at the table with that diversity. And I tell them the story of when I went to my first meeting at the White House as leader. And I wasn't nervous or anything because I'd been to the White House many times as an appropriator, as an intelligence leader, all that.

But understand how necessary it is for you to do that. As you said earlier, this isn't to take the place of men. It's to be there at the table with that diversity. And I tell them the story of when I went to my first meeting at the White House as leader. And I wasn't nervous or anything because I'd been to the White House many times as an appropriator, as an intelligence leader, all that.

And this was under George W. Bush. George W. Bush. And so when I went, the door opened into the room. And as soon as I saw the room, I knew that this was the first meeting of its kind that I had ever been to. In fact, it was the first meeting of its kind that any woman had been to because it was – The president, vice president, the leaders, House and Senate, Democrat and Republican.

And this was under George W. Bush. George W. Bush. And so when I went, the door opened into the room. And as soon as I saw the room, I knew that this was the first meeting of its kind that I had ever been to. In fact, it was the first meeting of its kind that any woman had been to because it was – The president, vice president, the leaders, House and Senate, Democrat and Republican.

It wasn't like a cabinet meeting, which is wonderful, but everybody is appointed by the president there at the president's will. I was there at the will of the House Democrats. So two different branches of government. And he recognized that. He said, you know, he started welcoming me. And here's the first time we've ever had a woman president.

It wasn't like a cabinet meeting, which is wonderful, but everybody is appointed by the president there at the president's will. I was there at the will of the House Democrats. So two different branches of government. And he recognized that. He said, you know, he started welcoming me. And here's the first time we've ever had a woman president.

at a meeting like this, and I know we're going to hear some new ideas. And as he's going on like that, I felt very crammed in in my chair. I couldn't understand why it never happened before or since. Very crammed into my chair. And all of a sudden, I realized it was Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul. Everybody was on that chair with me.

at a meeting like this, and I know we're going to hear some new ideas. And as he's going on like that, I felt very crammed in in my chair. I couldn't understand why it never happened before or since. Very crammed into my chair. And all of a sudden, I realized it was Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul. Everybody was on that chair with me.

They were right there. And I could hear them say, at last, we have a seat at the table. Yeah. And then they were gone. And my first response was, we want more. We want more women. We want more diversity and the rest. But the lesson, the reason I tell the story is I'm standing on their shoulders. Imagine they started in the middle of the 19th century for women to have the right to vote. Vote.