House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attacked Donald Trump’s masculinity and made a not-so-subtle reference to one of the more sensational parts of the Steele dossier after a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Politico‘s Rachael Bade tweeted that after meeting with Trump, Pelosi told her colleagues that, “It’s like a manhood thing with him — as if manhood can be associated with him.”
.@NancyPelosi [1] returned from the WH meeting with the president today and went STRAIGHT for the most sensitive part of Trump’s ego: his masculinity.
“It’s like a manhood thing with him — as if manhood can be associated with him,” she told her colleagues just now.
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) December 11, 2018 [2]
But Pelosi didn’t stop there. She also told her colleagues that “it goes to show you: you get into a tickle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you.”
ZING: Pelosi told Democrats that Trump “must have said the word ‘wall’ 30 times,” she complained. “I was trying to be the mom,” she explained, but “it goes to show you: you get into a tickle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you.’" https://t.co/ancdAHsVJl [3]
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) December 11, 2018 [4]
This reference by Pelosi could’ve been a reference to unproven accusations in the Steele dossier that alleged in 2013 that Trump had been in a room with prostitutes in Moscow who were urinating on each other.
Pelosi also relished in the fact that Trump said he would “proudly” take ownership for a government shutdown — something Democratic leaders were quick to seize on in a press conference following the extraordinary, televised meeting.
“But the fact is we did get him to say, to fully own that the shutdown was his,” Pelosi said, according to two sources inside the room. “That was an accomplishment. “
The dramatic showdown between Trump and the Democratic leaders came as leaders on Capitol Hill are trying to avert a partial government shutdown on Dec. 21. Democratic leaders have agreed to include $1.6 billion for border security in the funding bill, but Trump is demanding that the bill include $5 billion to construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Twitter had a field day:
Rumor is Trump likes to get tinkle all over him.
— Valhalla (@ValhallaTexas) December 11, 2018 [5]
Pelosi with all the Zingers today man ????
— Rida (@RidaShah92) December 11, 2018 [6]
The only thing Pelosi didn’t do is put a collar and leash on Trump & walk him out of the Oval Office. But she could have.
— Serge Duss (@sergeduss) December 11, 2018 [7]
She had to bring up the pee tape…
— Stage Banter Guy Fieri (@TweeterReprise) December 11, 2018 [8]
Trump got upset when someone said his hands were small. Imagine if Pelosi said this to his face. https://t.co/nJE4aB7yRI [9]
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) December 11, 2018 [10]
As if today wasn't wild enough already…here's Pelosi to Democrats after the Oval Office meeting, per an aide in the room: "It goes to show you: you get into a tickle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you."
— Rebecca Kaplan (@RebeccaRKaplan) December 11, 2018 [11]
“… get tinkle all over you…” ???????????????????? #Pelosi [12] #TrumpShutdown [13] https://t.co/tWdkaUgwkO [14]
— Leighton Copley (@LeightonCopley) December 11, 2018 [15]