I just met Nancy Pelosi!!

[kydo]

I am still shocked!

I live in Central Florida and I donated to Stephanie Murphy's campaign and got invited to a thank you thing. So I went. There were about 40-50 people there. I expected maybe Sen Nelson might be there and maybe some local dems. But boy was I shocked when Nancy Pelosi showed up too!

Nancy was awesome! I got to talk with her. Twice! And not just hi blah blah bye thanks. No! It was a real conversation. She paid attention too. I mentioned my daughter was coming and that she was coming from work, she is a nurse. Okay Nancy smiled big time and said I want to met her when she gets here. Dude, when my daughter got there, Nancy talked to her straight up. Gave her a huge hug. My daughter was totally shocked! They talked a while. Then they took a picture. Then Nancy says okay now get mom in the next one. They are on my daughters phone. And the first time we talked I gave Nancy a hug. After the picture, she gave me a hug.

I also met Sen Nelson. And of course our new US Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy.

All of them spoke. Nancy spoke her meeting with orange man and when she called him out with his lie about illegal voters (on edit. originally I said "crowd size", my bad that was just on my brain sorry.).

It was awesome night.

I will be working in some way with Rep. Murphy. She is just starting to get staff and all that. And I WILL get involved!

[liberalnarb]

1. If you can manage to get the pictures on here PLEASE DO!

[bigtree]

2. neat

...she's a class act.

[kydo]

4. she really is

And I am DAMN glad she is where she is!

But I really also am totally liking Rep Murphy! She is cool.

[skylucy]

3. Nancy Pelosi is well known and an icon to those of us who live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She is the best! So glad you had such a great evening and enjoyed your time with her!

[kydo]

11. She was everything I thought she would be

And then some.

I have always admired her. So I am still jazzed.

[Greywing]

5. Good for you getting involved! Proud of you

[musette_sf]

6. She's very nice and very down-to-earth

I sat next to her (in coach BTW) on a flight from SFO to DCA a few years ago. A thrill and an honor.

[kydo]

13. WOW! Now that is totally awesome!! nt

[Cha]

7. Awesome, kydo! So happy for you and glad Nancy

is getting out there.

She "feels sorry for blotus"..

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[blue neen]

8. Whoa! The way Nancy worded that...

epic!

[Cha]

9. I know right, blue neen!

Nancy~

[kydo]

15. She told us some more of that chat

Sad orange man. Good lets make him sadder.

The Woman's march was way more inspiring then I thought. Maybe it was the Rocky marathon right before. I don't know. I do get actively involved. But there was one sign from the march that my brain just kept going back to. I had seen the slogan before. It's not new. But there was something about seeing at the march that clicked in my brain. I even wrote the thing on a post it, and have it posted on my monitor.

So when I got the invite to this thank you reception, I sent my rsvp, yes.

The sign said, (ain't that a song?!)

"I am no longer accepting the things I can not change. I am changing the things I can not accept."

As an alcoholic (sober 16 years), I can totally relate to that statement.

[Cha]

18. I remember that sign, too! "I am no longer accepting the things I can not change. I am changing the

things I can not accept."

I LOVE IT! Mahalo, kydo~

Thank you for your on the ground report.. very inspiring!

[kentuck]

10. Wow!

Very nice story!

[brer cat]

12. That is awesome, kydo.

Share pictures when you can. I live in a red district so I envy you having Rep. Murphy to work with.

[LaydeeBug]

14. If we flip enough seats (only 19, but we should shoot for fifty)

we might just have President Pelosi

[Lucinda]

16. KNR

[JudyM]

17. That's great! Did she happen to mention if they're planning to fight the Rs harder than ever before?