{"id":488855,"date":"2021-05-09T13:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T17:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=488855"},"modified":"2021-05-09T13:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T17:50:58","slug":"nancy-pelosi-posts-photo-of-wrong-black-player-in-willie-mays-tribute-blames-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-posts-photo-of-wrong-black-player-in-willie-mays-tribute-blames-staffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Posts Photo Of Wrong Black Player In Willie Mays\u00a0Tribute; Blames Staffer"},"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%2Fnancy-pelosi-posts-photo-of-wrong-black-player-in-willie-mays-tribute-blames-staffer%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=488855&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1872.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>In a botched attempt to honor baseball legend Willie Mays on his 90th birthday, a photo of Willie McCovey, who is also black, was posted to Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Twitter account with a birthday message for Mays captioning the shot.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi would later change out the photo to one of her and Mr. Hays, and issue a statement blaming a staffer for the screwup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to honor baseball legend Willie Mays for his 90th birthday Thursday but fouled out when the 81-year-old pol <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1390457196455112704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instead tweeted<\/a> out a smiling photo of herself \u2014 with Willie McCovey,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/08\/pelosi-shares-photo-of-wrong-player-in-botched-willie-mays-tweet\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter\">reported<\/a>. \u201cMcCovey and the Say Hey Kid are both black Hall of Famers who played together for almost two decades for the San Francisco Giants. The Dem boss apparently has smiling images of herself with both men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nancy%20pelosi%20willie%20mays&#038;src=typed_query\">noticed<\/a> the error before the tweet was deleted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.328\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Madam Speaker, that\u2019s not Willie Mays cc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q8PUzkChiR\">pic.twitter.com\/q8PUzkChiR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanspicer\/status\/1391066956606976005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted by the Post, McCovey is now deceased, passing away in 2018 at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to CBS San Francisco, Pelosi\u2019s team blamed the mistake on a staffer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA staffer inadvertently selected the wrong photo for the tweet,\u201d read the statement. \u201cThe photo we wanted to use was of the speaker and Willie Mays at Willie McCovey\u2019s August 2018 wedding. The quickly deleted photo was the wrong photo from the right wedding. We apologize for the error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A correct tweet later replaced the botched post; the photo was now of Pelosi and Mays and the post read exactly like the first post: \u201cHappy 90th birthday to an all-American icon, Willie Mays. A trailblazing, record-breaking baseball player, civil rights leader, and champion for youth sports and well-being, Willie Mays is a civic legend and national treasure. #SayHey90.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.882530120482\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy 90th Birthday to an all-American icon, Willie Mays. A trailblazing, record-breaking baseball player, civil rights leader, and champion for youth sports and well-being, Willie Mays is a civic legend and national treasure.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SayHey90?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SayHey90<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLinpgJ0yL\">https:\/\/t.co\/KLinpgJ0yL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hlpnU4nYpH\">pic.twitter.com\/hlpnU4nYpH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1390457196455112704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A press release from Pelosi honoring Mays <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/5621-0\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"38\">\n<p><em>Happy 90th Birthday to an all-American icon, Willie Mays. A trailblazing, record-breaking baseball player, civil rights leader and champion for youth sports and well-being, Willie Mays is a civic legend and national treasure. How proud we were to see President Obama joyfully granting him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. How proud we were to see Willie reveling in the San Francisco Giants\u2019 three World Series victories and rallying fans at the ballpark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When we dedicated a statue for Willie Mays\u2019 fellow Alabamian, civil rights hero Rosa Parks, in the Capitol of the United States, I invited Willie Mays as my guest. He could not attend but sent a letter to mark the occasion, and gave me permission to share his words. He said: \u201cMost times, change doesn\u2019t happen fast.\u00a0 Most times, it happens bit by bit, little by little, one person\u2019s actions inspiring another. Rosa Parks simply did what was natural. And that simple act sparked outrage, and that outrage spread, and one person\u2019s actions inspired change. We will try to remember to encourage change when it serves justice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On his 90th birthday, we remember Willie Mays growing up with injustice and blazing a trail, first in the Negro Leagues, and then as a Hall of Famer in Major League Baseball with the Giants. We celebrate Willie Mays using his voice to advocate for civil rights, for opportunity for children and against domestic violence. We celebrate his lasting impact, through his Say Hey Foundation and the Willie Mays Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco, on the legions of youth scholars and athletes he has helped. And we celebrate Willie Mays for all he has done and continues to do to encourage change when it serves justice.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-admits-breaking-lockdown-for-salon-visit-blames-business-says-she-did-nothing-wrong\">Pelosi Admits Breaking Lockdown For Salon Visit; Blames Business, Says She Did Nothing\u00a0Wrong<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a botched attempt to honor baseball legend Willie Mays on his 90th birthday, a photo of Willie McCovey, who is also black, was posted to Democrat House Speaker Nancy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277620,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1872.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Nancy Pelosi Posts Photo Of Wrong Black Player In Willie Mays\u00a0Tribute; Blames Staffer","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1872.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Nancy Pelosi Posts Photo Of Wrong Black Player In Willie Mays\u00a0Tribute; Blames Staffer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488855","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=488855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}