MSNBC and CNN anchors were effusive in their praise of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) following the televised meeting she and Senate Minority\u2026<\/b>
\nMSNBC and CNN anchors were effusive in their praise of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) following the televised meeting she and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) had in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump about border security, calling her a \u00ab\u00a0boss\u00a0\u00bb and one of the \u00ab\u00a0greatest politicians of all time.\u00a0\u00bb
Pelosi, Schumer and Trump argued with cameras rolling Tuesday over funding for Trump’s long-promised southern border wall, with Pelosi drawing praise for challenging Trump to whip the votes for the wall in the Republican House\u2014until Democrats take over next month\u2014and later declaring the wall was tied to Trump’s \u00a0\u00bb manhood,\u00a0\u00bb or lack thereof. Trump also said during the meeting he would gladly shut down the government and take full responsibility for it if he didn’t get the wall built.
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, a daytime host who occasionally fills in for the network’s primetime pundits, said on \u00ab\u00a0All In\u00a0\u00bb that Pelosi showed House Democrats preparing to elect their next speaker of the House that she was the right pick.
\u00ab\u00a0Today, Nancy Pelosi acquitted herself in a way that should put to rest any argument about whether she’s up to that task,\u00a0\u00bb he said, alongside a chyron reading \u00ab\u00a0Like a Boss\u00a0\u00bb and a picture of Pelosi smiling in a pair of sunglasses.
Velshi didn’t stop there, leading a segment with former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) and Fordham professor Christina Greer that continued to bathe Pelosi with praise.
\u00ab\u00a0There are still people who doubt her moxie,\u00a0\u00bb Velshi said. \u00ab\u00a0Most people should have been over that in about, I don’t know, 2003?\u00a0\u00bb
He later called her \u00ab\u00a0one of the greatest vote-counters and politicians of all time.\u00a0\u00bb
CNN anchors Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon chuckled together about \u00ab\u00a0NanChuck\u00a0\u00bb taking on Trump over the wall. Lemon said he watched the dramatic conversation play out before and said, \u00ab\u00a0Just objectively speaking, I was like, \u2018Oh my gosh. Nancy Pelosi is a boss.’ She handed herself amazingly.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0They were wearing smiles and a bunch of new power,\u00a0\u00bb Cuomo said on his program of Pelosi and Schumer.
On \u00ab\u00a0Morning Joe,\u00a0\u00bb MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said the minority leader showed her \u00ab\u00a0value,\u00a0\u00bb in a nod to Brzezinski’s books and speeches about empowered women in the workplace. Fellow anchor and reporter Kasie Hunt said Pelosi engaged in a \u00ab\u00a0complete masterful smackdown.\u00a0\u00bb
Pelosi also received applause after Trump said in the meeting that it might be difficult for her to negotiate and she responded by noting House Democratic victories last month.
\u00ab\u00a0It actually appeared quite easy for her to talk,\u00a0\u00bb MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle cooed. \u00ab\u00a0And if it was hard, she didn’t make it seem that way.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n