The return of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, is definitive proof that she shouldn’t be underestimated, argued The Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway during the "Special Report" All-Star panel Thursday. With 220 votes in support from the 116th Congress, Pelosi was chosen to hold the gavel once again after she lost majority leadership back in 2011. Hemingway, along with Washington Post opinion writer Charles Lane and Washington Examiner commentary writer Tom Rogan, weighed in on the new dynamic between the Legislative Branch and the Executive Branch. “But even more so than her previous time as speaker, she is wrangling a very desperate coalition of people. Meanwhile, Tom Rogan pointed out that Trump has a “manifest interest” in getting the border wall funding, which explains the “theatrical element” including the "Game of Thrones" meme.

Source: Fox News January 04, 2019 10:30 UTC