Nancy Pelosi
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Are you taking your own advice right now? Well, it's very hard. I have to say every morning when I awaken, I think, did that really happen? Yeah. Oh, it did. But I see everything differently. Julia, as an opportunity. Right. It's an opportunity. Now, there are better opportunities, I'll grant you. Right. But nonetheless, it's all an opportunity.
Are you taking your own advice right now? Well, it's very hard. I have to say every morning when I awaken, I think, did that really happen? Yeah. Oh, it did. But I see everything differently. Julia, as an opportunity. Right. It's an opportunity. Now, there are better opportunities, I'll grant you. Right. But nonetheless, it's all an opportunity.
And just as an example, from 2016, right within 36 hours of that election, we formed our initiative to save the Affordable Care Act. This new president-elect has said, Obamacare sucks. Forgive my language, but I'm just quoting. No, I know you're quoting, but also you can say whatever you want to me.
And just as an example, from 2016, right within 36 hours of that election, we formed our initiative to save the Affordable Care Act. This new president-elect has said, Obamacare sucks. Forgive my language, but I'm just quoting. No, I know you're quoting, but also you can say whatever you want to me.
We, again, within 36 hours of this election, this November, initiated our health care to save the Affordable Care Act. It's a health issue, of course. It's a financial health issue, too, for people at their kitchen table to know they're going to be able to afford health care, their prescription drugs, insurance, and the rest of that.
We, again, within 36 hours of this election, this November, initiated our health care to save the Affordable Care Act. It's a health issue, of course. It's a financial health issue, too, for people at their kitchen table to know they're going to be able to afford health care, their prescription drugs, insurance, and the rest of that.
And we will be launching much of it, as we did in 2017, now in 2025. So we will do that again, and it is even more so because Affordable Care Act is even more popular now than it was then.
And we will be launching much of it, as we did in 2017, now in 2025. So we will do that again, and it is even more so because Affordable Care Act is even more popular now than it was then.
Despite being attacked by them here, there, and from the right, from the left, and every other place, I had over a quarter of a million votes. And that was a big deal. The most have been in California, but I don't know. And the rest of the country haven't looked. But what I say to people is to know their strengths, to know their power, the power of you, Julia. Know your power. Know your power.
Despite being attacked by them here, there, and from the right, from the left, and every other place, I had over a quarter of a million votes. And that was a big deal. The most have been in California, but I don't know. And the rest of the country haven't looked. But what I say to people is to know their strengths, to know their power, the power of you, Julia. Know your power. Know your power.
That's the thing. And the power of what you bring to the table. But if you're going to be in this arena, you have to know your why because this is not for the faint of heart. If you want to be running for office or striving for some position in whatever field you're inβ If it's a competition for power in any way, you will be a target. Have you always known your power?
That's the thing. And the power of what you bring to the table. But if you're going to be in this arena, you have to know your why because this is not for the faint of heart. If you want to be running for office or striving for some position in whatever field you're inβ If it's a competition for power in any way, you will be a target. Have you always known your power?
See, I never really thought about running for office. Never. Never thought about it. I mean, I'm a shy person, really. Yeah, you don't give off shy right now. That's the way I was before. I loved public service. I was taught that when we were children. We were all taught public service is a noble calling. Politics is a piece of that. Yeah.
See, I never really thought about running for office. Never. Never thought about it. I mean, I'm a shy person, really. Yeah, you don't give off shy right now. That's the way I was before. I loved public service. I was taught that when we were children. We were all taught public service is a noble calling. Politics is a piece of that. Yeah.
And so I was chair of the California Democratic Party, which I thought was the biggest honor I could ever have, the biggest state party. Because it was. It was so huge. And then the woman was there. I was. And I go to these meetings. I'm the chair of the biggest party in the country.
And so I was chair of the California Democratic Party, which I thought was the biggest honor I could ever have, the biggest state party. Because it was. It was so huge. And then the woman was there. I was. And I go to these meetings. I'm the chair of the biggest party in the country.
But I was behind the scenes promoting the agenda at the candidates, the campaigns of the Democrats, especially the candidates. But I never thought of myself as being center stage. So thatβwhen you ask that question, itβ It wasn't that I know my power. I knew my why. I knew why I was doing what that was. And I always say to people, know your why.
But I was behind the scenes promoting the agenda at the candidates, the campaigns of the Democrats, especially the candidates. But I never thought of myself as being center stage. So thatβwhen you ask that question, itβ It wasn't that I know my power. I knew my why. I knew why I was doing what that was. And I always say to people, know your why.
If you know your why, you can take all the slings and arrows they want to send your way because you know why you're doing this.
If you know your why, you can take all the slings and arrows they want to send your way because you know why you're doing this.