Dinner with Nancy

Nancy Pelosi gives me—and you—marching orders.

Sep 10, 2024

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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Amber Tamblyn take a selfie together. Their arms are around each other and their heads touch as they both look into the camera and smile.

Recently, I found myself sitting at a small dinner table directly across from Nancy Pelosi. I’ve known the Speaker Emerita for some time now; I am a born and raised Cali girl who grew up a civics nerd and have participated in a number of political events by her side over the years. She is also, not for nothing, a big fan of my dad, having once told him (and me) that he was her first crush after she saw him in West Side Story. Get in line, Madame Speaker! (I feel I can make this joke somehow?!)

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