So. Nancy Pelosi Is A Guest Judge On The New Season Of RuPaul’s Drag Race
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January 19, 2018When Nancy Pelosi isn’t chopping her hands around, sounding senile and getting precisely NOTHING done in Congress, she spends her time judging drag races. No, I mean drag races. As in, dudes dressing up in drag.
That’s right. Pelosi. She served as a guest judge for the new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”
Nancy Pelosi to guest judge on #DragRace All-Stars https://t.co/eCrrKEuVZe pic.twitter.com/dRMaEvnMXc
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) January 18, 2018
Pelosi tweeted this, and I want to hurl.
All I can say is, you betta werk! Had a fabulous time with @RuPaul and good luck to all the queens. #DragRace https://t.co/ZrJDyDmuVh
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) January 18, 2018
If I ever hear Pelosi say “you betta werk” in person, my ears WILL BLEED on the spot. Just a warning.
Seriouslly? Don't you need to be working on something IMPORTANT!!!
you know… like your political career???? Immigration and the budget? Threaten to shut down the governement by midnight and you are announcing being a judge on a tv show????
— ProudConservative (@beaniebabygriff) January 18, 2018
Finally found something you are qualified to do!
— HammondfromTexas (@MikeSchomburg) January 18, 2018
Aren't there more important things for you to be doing with your time besides this? What is California paying you for?
— 🇺🇸45 – 24/7🇺🇸 (@2UsDeplorables) January 18, 2018
— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) January 18, 2018
Congresswoman, as one of your constituents, I would like to ask you not to tweet about TV shows with the government on the brink of shutdown.
— Emey. CFO, Koch Industries (@emeyerson) January 18, 2018
The WaPo’s take is just as nauseating.
Yep, the former House speaker will be sizing up the runway action as Mama Ru’s bewigged ladies strut their stuff in search of the coveted crown. Sure, a pol like Pelosi might be an unconventional choice of judge for the VH1 show (other celebs guest-judging the upcoming season include “High School Musical” actress Vanessa Hudgens, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star Tituss Burgess, and Broadway icon Kristin Chenoweth).
But, hey, she does know a thing or two about getting stuff done in high heels (the peripatetic congresswoman is rarely seen without a pair of pumps). And Pelosi, whose district includes San Francisco, has been a longtime supporter of the LGBT community. A Pelosi rep tells us it’s the latter factor that prompted her to sign on to the gig, to show solidarity in the face of what she calls attacks against LGBT people by the Trump administration.
Full disclosure. I’ve watched a handful of episodes out of morbid curiosity. It still makes me kinda angry that these dudes are SO MUCH BETTER at makeup than me. It’s insane. On another note, it’s kinda sad. So many of those men come from completely broken homes. In so many cases, they were abused by their loved ones. At some point, they fell into drug addiction and just hit rock bottom. Their alter egos served as their escape and still do. When they do drag and shift into their female personas, they feel like they’re in control. In some ways, it’s a coping mechanism.
Anyone remember Katya?
— Katya (@katya_zamo) January 18, 2018
Drag is– literally and figuratively– a cover-up. Not a solution.
I’m not trying to justify what they’re doing. I don’t think it’s a healthy answer. I’m just saying, a lot of these guys have been struggling with mental anguish for quite some time and use drag as their escape.
That being said, Pelosi’s move is virtue-signaling of the highest order. Pelosi wants everyone to know that she loves the LGBT community more than everyone else. In reality, the rest of us care just as much. Just because you personally reject a lifestyle doesn’t mean you hate that person. I care about the LGBT community too, but I’m tired of being told that I need to give all of their actions a stamp of approval. No. I want these people– people who are CLEARLY struggling with deep-seated mental issues– to get help. I don’t think you do you is the answer.
Pelosi needs to stop. Actually– just kidding. I would be in favor of her giving up her seat to become a full time judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race. That sounds like an awesome deal to me.
Pelosi: Do us all a favor and sashay away.
