{"id":2250152,"date":"2024-05-22T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-biden-and-other-democrat-elites-anoint-themselves-to-make-decisions-for-the-rest-of-us\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:16:03","slug":"pelosi-biden-and-other-democrat-elites-anoint-themselves-to-make-decisions-for-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-biden-and-other-democrat-elites-anoint-themselves-to-make-decisions-for-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi, Biden, and other Democratic leaders appoint themselves to decide for the majority"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fpelosi-biden-and-other-democrat-elites-anoint-themselves-to-make-decisions-for-the-rest-of-us%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=2250152&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--><p>Rep.\u200b Nancy \u200cPelosi engaged in\u2064 a debate\u2063 on populism \u200cat\u2064 Oxford Union, speaking \u200dcandidly without scripted points. While discussing\u2062 the negative impact of demagoguery\u2062 and\u200b populism, Pelosi criticized Republicans labeling news as \u200c&#8221;fake&#8221; and highlighted cultural\u200b issues influencing voters&#8217; perception. She also accused \u2062Donald Trump of benefiting the elite with tax bills \u200cand\u2064 suppressing healthcare access. During a debate on populism at Oxford Union, Rep. \u200dNancy Pelosi spoke openly without prepared remarks. She criticized \u200cRepublicans for dismissing news as &#8220;fake&#8221; and pointed \u2062out how cultural issues shape\u2063 voter opinions. Pelosi also accused \u200dDonald Trump \u200bof favoring the\u2062 wealthy with\u200b tax policies and limiting healthcare access.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Last week Rep. Nancy Pelosi made the mistake of engaging in a debate about populism at Oxford Union. Without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-100-days-without-a-media-interview\/\" title=\"Biden Goes 100 Days Without a Media Interview\">scripted talking points<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-enabled-bidens-border-crisis-for-too-long-now-theyre-paying-at-the-ballot-box\/\" title=\"Democrats Enabled Biden\u2019s Border Crisis For Too Long. Now They\u2019re Paying At The Ballot Box\">friendly press corps<\/a>, it was a setting in which Pelosi was likely to tell the world what she really thinks. She didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>About halfway through the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VW8SnMRhExA?t=451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debate<\/a>, Pelosi uttered the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2003101542\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-dd10bc6dcc24c5a27d0dc26cc3ff32e9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-dd10bc6dcc24c5a27d0dc26cc3ff32e9\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We\u2019ve seen demagogues come down the pike [and] destroy the press. What is it that Republicans say? Fake news. So, they\u2019re diminishing [the press] in the eyes of these poor souls who are looking for some answers. We\u2019ve given them [answers], but they\u2019re blocked by some of their views on guns. They have the three Gs, guns, gays, God. And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revenge-of-the-normies\/\" title=\"The Normies Strike Back\">cultural issues cloud<\/a> some of their reception, reception [to] an argument that really is in their interest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"uG3vY4I7Cq6OzTZ2NkDn1scVoX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi argues that populism is a threat to democracy due to voters being manipulated 5\/6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VW8SnMRhExA?start=451&#038;enablejsapi=1#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps realizing how damaging those remarks were, Pelosi claimed, \u201cWe don\u2019t accuse people of not knowing what they\u2019re doing. They know what their personal interest is. We respect that.\u201d But if you state that certain people hold views that block them from seeing what is in their best interest, then you <em>are<\/em> saying that they don\u2019t know what they are doing. And using the \u201cthree Gs\u201d the way Pelosi did is not a sign of respect.<\/p>\n<p>Noted economist Thomas Sowell examined at length the attitude displayed by the likes of Pelosi in his book <em>The Vision of the Anointed<\/em>. That vision is the notion among many in politics, academia, and the media \u201cwho believe that third parties can make better decisions than people can make for themselves.\u201d The Anointed exist on a higher moral plane, exemplified by, among other things, their compassion for the poor, support of the oppressed, and concern for the environment. Those who do not share the vision are not just wrong, but they are mean-spirited, and \u201cthe \u2018real reasons\u2019 behind their arguments and actions must be exposed.\u201d If they continue to prove recalcitrant, then they must be \u201cnullified and superseded by the views of the anointed, imposed via the power of government,\u201d Sowell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A populist like Donald Trump doesn\u2019t merely have different ideas about what is best for society. He is, Pelosi claimed, a \u201csnake-oil salesman\u201d who sells the vulnerable \u201ca bill of goods.\u201d His real aim was to pass \u201ca tax bill that [gave] 83 percent of the benefits to the top 1 percent.\u201d\u00a0That benefited his \u201cbig, dark, rich, billionaire donors who don\u2019t want to pay taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More of Pelosi\u2019s Accusations<\/h2>\n<p>Pelosi also accused populists of cruelty. They want to suppress \u201cthe vote in our country,\u201d \u201ctake away \u2026 health care,\u201d and let the fossil fuel industry \u201csuffocate the airways,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8efb2be9d7ffebffb8738e569ead09ce fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8efb2be9d7ffebffb8738e569ead09ce\"><\/div>\n<p>This is not the first time Pelosi has expressed this attitude. During the fight over Obamacare, she said, \u201cYou\u2019ve heard about the controversies within the bill \u2026 I don\u2019t know if you have heard that it is a legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America \u2026 but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. Away from the fog of the controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi was, in effect, saying: \u201cThe arguments against Obamacare are just a distraction. And for those that oppose Obamacare, you can trust us to do what\u2019s best for you because we are smarter and more moral.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biden Administration as Anointed<\/h2>\n<p>Most politicians, whatever their stripe, possess the Vision of the Anointed to some degree. But some are more possessed than others. From student loans to health insurance subsidies to massive spending bills, the Biden administration has shown no compunction about substituting its judgment for those of ordinary Americans. The problem is that the Anointed like Biden and Pelosi do not suffer the direct consequences of their decisions. Those tend to fall on the people for whom the decisions are being made.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Green New Deal is perhaps the harshest example of that. Part of Biden\u2019s green agenda included shutting down new oil drilling on federal land. Taxpayers have picked up the tab for the higher gasoline prices and heating costs required to keep the presidential limousine moving and the White House cozy in the winter. Those same taxpayers will have to fund their higher gas prices and heating bills on their own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e2c9a51b5e266c9639838f4e551d0e67 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e2c9a51b5e266c9639838f4e551d0e67\"><\/div>\n<p>Adults are best suited to make their own decisions. They pay the cost if they are wrong, and that gives them much greater incentive to make good decisions than the Anointed. Come November, it is crucial to remember that many politicians have no respect for that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-869c6f85ae07debe2d57c2dbff84abe0 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-869c6f85ae07debe2d57c2dbff84abe0\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Rep. Nancy Pelosi debated populism at Oxford Union without scripted points and a sympathetic press. It offered a glimpse of her unfiltered thoughts. 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