{"id":1367870,"date":"2022-03-09T21:45:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T02:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367870"},"modified":"2022-03-09T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T02:45:56","slug":"nancy-pelosi-mocked-after-bragging-she-told-ukraine-president-zelensky-that-billie-jean-king-sends-her-regards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-mocked-after-bragging-she-told-ukraine-president-zelensky-that-billie-jean-king-sends-her-regards\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Mocked After Bragging She Told Ukraine President Zelensky that Billie Jean King Sends Her Regards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-pelosi-mocked-after-bragging-she-told-ukraine-president-zelensky-that-billie-jean-king-sends-her-regards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367870&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been getting trolled across social media for bragging about telling Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky that women\u2019s tennis icon and feminist activist Billie Jean King sends her regards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I spoke to President Zelensky, I said, Billie Jean King sends you her regards,\u201d Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No wonder why no one takes the United States seriously these days.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aOlxqZvvlu\">pic.twitter.com\/aOlxqZvvlu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Fish (@BigFish3000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigFish3000\/status\/1501666282902544386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tennis star had visited the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a federal civil rights law passed in 1972 that \u201cprohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A special morning at U.S. Capitol Building, celebrating the 50th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TitleIX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TitleIX<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Title IX is vitally important to the success of women in education, in sports &#038; in the professional world.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s work together to preserve it for the next 50 years!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensHistoryMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomensHistoryMonth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lXoyq4KfCf\">pic.twitter.com\/lXoyq4KfCf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing\/status\/1501625643762700290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE NOW: Tennis great Billie Jean King\u00a0will be honored at the Annual Women&#8217;s History Month Event at the U.S. Capitol, hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sggsVXZ2RP\">https:\/\/t.co\/sggsVXZ2RP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1501591002997534729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Given that Ukraine has been invaded by a nuclear world power and stands on the precipice of being conquered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pelosi allegedly comforting Zelensky with the words of an aging 1970s woke social justice warrior did not exactly earn rave reviews on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inexplicably idiotic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/20nmWIHNgn\">https:\/\/t.co\/20nmWIHNgn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyTammyBruce\/status\/1501671596171350023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mixed emotions for Zelensky: Russians hit squads are after him, missiles are landing around him, half his country is in flames \u2026 BUT BILLIE JEAN KING SAYS HI! <br \/>At least he&#8217;s got that going for him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/smF9aDiarI\">https:\/\/t.co\/smF9aDiarI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GerryCallahan\/status\/1501678818758737921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s right, you heard me, send us Billie Jean King <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XwL3zI0chz\">https:\/\/t.co\/XwL3zI0chz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jHcLM8z8t5\">pic.twitter.com\/jHcLM8z8t5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Ricardo Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richard_Harambe\/status\/1501670453647192066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In November of last year, USTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usta.com\/en\/home\/pro\/pro-media---news\/u-s--draws-ukraine-in-2022-billie-jean-king-cup-qualifier.html\">reported<\/a> that Team USA would be hosting Ukraine with\u00a0a spot in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. has played Ukraine just once in the history of the competition since Ukraine\u2019s independence from the Soviet Union,\u201d it noted. \u201cIn the competition\u2019s old format, the U.S. won a 5-0 World Group Play-off tie on the road, on clay in Kharkiv back in 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billie Jean King has been an outspoken supporter of far-left causes and has denounced states for passing laws protecting women\u2019s sports from transgender activism. In 2020, she joined several LGBT athletes demanding that the state of Idaho be punished for passing a law requiring transgender athletes to compete in sports corresponding to their biological sex. Alongside 176 women, including soccer star Megan Rapinoe, King signed a legal brief that called on judges to overturn the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2020\/12\/21\/billie-jean-king-megan-rapinoe-urge-court-to-overturn-idaho-anti-trans-sports-law\/\">King said<\/a> at the time.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m proud to support all transgender athletes who simply want the access and opportunity to compete in the sport they love. The global athletic community grows stronger when we welcome and champion all athletes \u2013 including LGBTQI+ athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been getting trolled across social media for bragging about telling Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky that women\u2019s tennis icon and feminist activist Billie Jean King sends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}