{"id":1452178,"date":"2022-04-24T18:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T22:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452178"},"modified":"2022-04-24T18:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T22:44:40","slug":"nancy-pelosi-to-appear-in-drag-queen-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-to-appear-in-drag-queen-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi To Appear In Drag Queen Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-to-appear-in-drag-queen-show%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=1452178&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Nancy-Pelosi-scaled-e1650839065251.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will appear in drag queen show \u201c<\/span><span>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars,\u201d according to a Paramount+ announcement Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show premiers on May 20, and follows previous drag competition winners in a \u201ctournament of champions,\u201d The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/pelosi-rupaul-drag-race-appearance-012000361.html\">reported<\/a> Friday. Pelosi appeared in a commercial for the show for only a few seconds where she is seen asking \u201cCan I get an amen?\u201d which is one of the host\u2019s iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/nancy-pelosi-rupauls-drag-race_n_6263af75e4b0197ae3f5e8c2\">lines<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It won\u2019t be the first appearance for Pelosi on the show. She was also on \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d in 2018. <\/span><span>\u201cThis idea of people believing in themselves, being themselves, taking pride in themselves, is not just a lesson for politicians but for everyone in the country. And that\u2019s why I was so excited and couldn\u2019t resist being on the show,\u201d Pelosi <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/nancy-pelosi-previews-her-drag-race-visit-talks-potus-trump-is-lip-syncing-his-policies-1093072\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> The Hollywood Reporter after her first appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re an inspiration \u2015 I hope you know \u2015 because you really know your power,\u201d\u00a0Pelosi told the drag queens on the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/nancy-pelosi-rupauls-drag-race_n_6263af75e4b0197ae3f5e8c2\">according<\/a> to Huffington Post. \u201cIt\u2019s about taking pride. And that\u2019s what you do \u2015 take pride in yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 82-year-old House speaker also tweeted about her cameo on the show in 2018, writing, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">All I can say is, you betta werk! Had a fabulous time with <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@RuPaul <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">and good luck to all the queens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All I can say is, you betta werk! Had a fabulous time with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RuPaul<\/a> and good luck to all the queens. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DragRace?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DragRace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZrJDyDmuVh\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZrJDyDmuVh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/954086505793966080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Some considered Pelosi\u2019s 2018 appearance on the show to be a publicity stunt as former President Donald Trump tried to block transgender people from serving in the military. Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pentagon-issues-strict-transgender-policy-paul-bois\">rule<\/a> went into effect in 2019, but was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-repeals-trump-ban-on-military-funding-for-sex-reassignment-surgeries\">repealed<\/a> by the Biden administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Joe Biden repealed a Trump-era executive order barring people who identify as transgender from serving in the military in most cases, as well as preventing military funding from paying for sex reassignment surgeries,\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Pearce reported in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span>At the time of her first appearance on the drag queen show, Pelosi was asked what her drag name would be, but she said she hadn\u2019t considered it, The Hill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/377439-pelosi-after-ru-pauls-drag-race-i-think-politicians-could-learn-from-drag\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Politicians appear on TV shows often, but Pelosi\u2019s drag show cameo is a different strategy than what most politicians use to get on TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams (D) appeared on \u201cStar Trek\u201d to the excitement of the show\u2019s producers and actors, The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/star-trek-showrunner-gushes-about-stacey-abrams-cameo-cant-think-of-anyone-better-to-represent-the-president-of-earth\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m still floored when I think about Stacey gracing us with her presence in our Season 4 finale,\u201d actress Sonequa Martin-Green told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/03\/stacey-abrams-star-trek-discovery-cameo-president-season-finale-sonequa-martin-green-michelle-paradise-1234980833\/\"><span>Deadline<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWe spent so much of our time fanning out and pretending to be cool in her midst.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abrams is reportedly a huge \u201cStar Trek\u201d fan and appeared in season 4 of the series as the \u201cpresident of Earth.\u201d \u201c<\/span><span>She\u2019s one of the most prominent \u2018Star Trek\u2019 fans in the public eye. She\u2019s spoken at length about how much she reveres Kathryn Janeway and that \u2018Voyager\u2019 is her favorite \u2018Trek\u2019 show,\u201d IndieWire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2022\/03\/how-stacey-abrams-joined-star-trek-discovery-as-earth-president-1234708679\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will appear in drag queen show \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars,\u201d according to a Paramount+ announcement Friday.The show premiers on May 20, and follows previous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1480291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452178","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\/1452178","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1452178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}