{"id":2320145,"date":"2024-08-06T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-takeaways-from-nancy-pelosis-new-book-on-rise-to-power-in-house-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:49:05","slug":"three-takeaways-from-nancy-pelosis-new-book-on-rise-to-power-in-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-takeaways-from-nancy-pelosis-new-book-on-rise-to-power-in-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Three takeaways from Nancy Pelosi\u2019s new book on rise to power in House &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fthree-takeaways-from-nancy-pelosis-new-book-on-rise-to-power-in-house-washington-examiner%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=2320145&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>Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released \u200bher new book, *The Art of Power*, detailing her historic tenure in Congress \u2062and her experiences\u2064 as the \u200bfirst female speaker\u2063 of the\u2062 House. The\u200b book outlines her \u2062struggles in an increasingly \u2062hostile political climate,\u200b emphasizing the need \u2064for decency and respect in \u200bpublic service. <\/p>\n<p>Key takeaways \u2063from the book include\u2062 Pelosi&#8217;s fear for\u200d her life during the January 6 Capitol \u2062attack, where she was\u200b evacuated by security and warned then-Vice \u2064President Mike \u200cPence \u2063to keep his location secret. She also reveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-sexual-content-assigned-to-texas-students-dissenting-parents-harassed-with-anti-christiandks\/\" title=\"Graphic Sexual Content Assigned To Texas Students; Dissenting Parents Harassed With Anti-Christian\u2026\u2018D**ks\u2019\u00a0\">mental health professionals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">expressed concerns<\/a> about former\u2062 President Donald Trump&#8217;s psychological state during her time\u200b in\u200c office, describing\u200d his behavior as \u2064&#8221;unhinged&#8221; and &#8220;imbalanced.&#8221; Lastly, Pelosi shares insights into the emotional aftermath of the violent attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi, underscoring the personal toll \u200dof political\u2062 violence. <\/p>\n<p>the book offers a candid reflection on significant events during \u200dher\u200c career and a plea for a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-bowman-shifts-blame-to-nazi-republicans-after-pulling-fire-alarm\/\" title=\"Rep. Bowman blames &#039;Nazi&#039; Republicans for fire alarm incident.\">respectful political discourse<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Three takeaways from Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s new book on rise to power in House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1723889\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3112497\/pelosi-details-shredding-trump-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released a new book<\/a> detailing her historic rise to power in Congress, pointing to her experience as a lawmaker as well as a key ally and adviser to several presidents and their administrations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Art of Power<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2970396\/pelosi-to-release-memoir-that-details-jan-6-and-assault-on-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>which was released on Tuesday<\/a>, details Pelosi&rsquo;s experience as the first female speaker of the House as well as the duties the position entails. The Democratic leader also responds to the rise in political attacks over the last several years, using it to plea for a return to decency in politics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The current climate of threats and attacks must stop,&rdquo; Pelosi wrote, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. &ldquo;We cannot ask people to serve in public life if the cost is risking the safety of their families and those they love.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top three takeaways from the book.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pelosi feared she would die during Jan. 6 attack<\/h2>\n<p>In the book, Pelosi detailed her experience during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol during which the former House speaker said she feared for her own life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi recounted being escorted from the speaker&rsquo;s platform in the House chamber by her security detail and being transported to Fort McNair with other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-a-tale-of-top-is-leaders-killed-under-two-administrations\/\" title=\"ELDER: A Tale Of Top IS Leaders Killed Under Two Administrations\">top congressional leaders<\/a>. At the time, she attempted to tell Capitol Police officers she could &ldquo;handle it,&rdquo; to which they responded, &ldquo;No you can&rsquo;t.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also called then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was in the Capitol during the attack, to warn him not to &ldquo;let anybody know where you are,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nancy-pelosi-biden-jan-6-paul-pelosi-d785099803ea7929c85441f06635ba48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the <em>Associated Press.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doctors told Pelosi they were concerned about Trump&rsquo;s mental health<\/h2>\n<p>While speaker, Pelosi said she was approached by doctors and other mental health professionals who expressed concerns about former President Donald Trump and &ldquo;that his mental and psychological health was in decline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a doctor,&rdquo; the former speaker wrote, &ldquo;but I did find his behaviors difficult to understand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi said the concerns were raised during a funeral for Dr. David Hamburg, a prominent psychiatrist who died in 2019. However, the former speaker said she did not solicit the advice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the concerns were raised just one year before Trump&rsquo;s mental acuity became a top talking point during the 2020 election, even resulting in the former president taking a cognitive test to ward off attacks from Democrats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Pelosi wrote that she found Trump to be &ldquo;unhinged&rdquo; and &ldquo;imbalanced.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I knew Donald Trump&rsquo;s mental imbalance. I had seen it up close,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/article\/2024\/aug\/01\/nancy-pelosi-trump-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>she wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;His denial and then delays when the Covid pandemic struck, his penchant for repeatedly stomping out of meetings, his foul mouth, his pounding on tables, his temper tantrums, his disrespect for our nation&rsquo;s patriots, and his total separation from reality and actual events. His repeated, ridiculous insistence that he was the greatest of all time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pelosi gives a glimpse into the aftermath of husband&rsquo;s attack<\/h2>\n<p>In her book, Pelosi also gives a rare glimpse into the aftermath of the attack on her husband Paul Pelosi nearly two years ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During that incident, Paul Pelosi was violently attacked in his San Francisco home after David DePape allegedly broke in to look for the House speaker, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-playboy-karen-who-hit-elderly-maskless-passenger-blasted-for-covid-lunacy-leftism-destroys-women\/\" title=\"Ex-Playboy \u2018Karen\u2019 Who Hit Elderly Maskless Passenger Blasted for \u2018COVID Lunacy\u2019: \u2018Leftism Destroys Women&#039;\">federal criminal complaint<\/a>. During the incident, DePape struck Paul Pelosi with a hammer, causing a skull fracture and serious injuries to his arm and hands.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi recounted the conversation she had with Capitol Police when they informed her of the attack while she was staying at her home in Washington.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s Mr. Pelosi. He&rsquo;s been attacked in your home,&rdquo; they told her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is he OK?&rdquo; she responded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is he alive?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi described the experience of frantically traveling back to San Francisco while attempting to contact family members of the attack. She also recounted the surgeries, treatment, and recovery process for her husband. Even two years later, Paul Pelosi still suffers from headaches and vertigo, the former speaker writes, and she still must change bandages on his arm from surgery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our home remains a heartbreaking crime scene,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know that we will ever feel safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1723889\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1723889\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are three key insights from Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s new book, which chronicles her significant ascent in Congress. The former House Speaker Emerita (D-CA) shares her journey as the first woman to hold the position and reflects on her role as a crucial supporter and advisor to various presidents. Released on Tuesday, &#8220;The Art of Power&#8221; discusses not only her experiences but also the responsibilities that come with being Speaker of the House. Pelosi addresses the increasing political hostility seen in recent years, advocating for a return to civility in politics. She emphasizes that \u201cthe current climate of threats and attacks must stop,\u201d asserting that public service should not come at the expense of personal safety for individuals and their families.<\/p>\n<p>1. **Fear During January 6 Attack**: In her book, Pelosi recounts feeling endangered during the Capitol attack on January 6, describing how she was escorted away by security personnel while trying to reassure Capitol Police that she could manage herself\u2014only to be told otherwise. She also reached out to then-Vice President Mike Pence during this crisis, advising him to keep his location confidential.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Concerns About Trump&#8217;s Mental Health**: While serving as Speaker, Pelosi reveals that medical professionals approached her with worries about Donald Trump\u2019s mental state, noting a decline in his psychological health. Although she did not seek this information out herself, these concerns were raised at a funeral for psychiatrist Dr. David Hamburg just before Trump\u2019s mental fitness became a focal point during the 2020 election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Aftermath of Her Husband&#8217;s Attack**: The book provides insight into the aftermath of an attack on her husband Paul Pelosi nearly two years ago when he was assaulted in their home by an intruder looking for Nancy Pelosi. She describes receiving alarming news from Capitol Police about his condition and details her frantic journey back home while managing family communications regarding his injuries and subsequent surgeries\u2014highlighting ongoing challenges such as headaches and vertigo he still faces today.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi poignantly concludes that their home remains marked by trauma from this incident: \u201cI don\u2019t know that we will ever feel safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2320146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nancy-pelosi-speech-israel.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32557,32551,37370,37369,32076],"class_list":["post-2320145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-book-review","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-political-insights","tag-rise-to-power","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nancy-pelosi-speech-israel.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320145","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}