House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is taking heat after a controversial tweet questioning President Trump’s appointment of an acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director.
Pelosi called former CFPB chief of staff Leandra English the “rightful Acting Director of CFPB” shortly after a federal judge shot down English’s attempt to block the President’s appointee from assuming the role.
Incredibly thankful for the determination of Leandra English, the rightful Acting Director of @CFPB. #DefendCFPB pic.twitter.com/giUKsOCL2p
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) November 29, 2017
“Incredibly thankful for the determination of Leandra English, the rightful Acting Director of @CFPB. #DefendCFPB” Pelosi posted, along with a photo of herself, English, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
English had sued the President for picking Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to fill the CFPB vacancy until a permanent appointee is found and confirmed by the Senate. She argued that former CFPB director Richard Cordray intended her to become acting head by promoting her to deputy director right before his resignation.
Conservatives immediately criticized Pelosi’s insistence on considering English the “rightful” acting director–even after a federal court ruled the President has the authority to choose who he wants for the position.
National Review editor Charles C.W. Cooke offered a historical perspective, evoking the English Civil War in a stinging parody of Pelosi’s tweet.
https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/935674032439136256
“I denounce Michael Mulvaney, the PRETENDER to the Acting Directorship of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, and all my other realms. I, Bonnie Princess English, call upon all loyal Americans to join me in resistance.”
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 29, 2017
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
Onward! the sailors cry;
Carry the lass that’s born to be Acting Director
Over the sea to the CFPB.
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Thunderclaps rend the air;
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
Follow they will not dare.— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 29, 2017
Cooke then humorously shared a portrait of the Dutch-born British Monarch William of Orange, famous for deposing of James II during the “Glorious Revolution.”
Mulvaney is really getting into the role. pic.twitter.com/msxUElz0fL
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 29, 2017
Live footage from the Potomac. pic.twitter.com/Urc0B2RWm6
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 29, 2017
Ben Shapiro continued with the mockery of Pelosi.
"The Usurper Mulvaney will be brought low when the Rightful Acting Director returns." https://t.co/P3DhzX4n5t
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 29, 2017
Another National Review icon, Senior Editor Jonah Goldberg, joined in with a Game of Thrones reference.
The North Remembers! https://t.co/o6gnuOV0Kd
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) November 29, 2017
Their parody was highly approved by conservatives around the country.
I can see them now, proposing secret toasts to the Bureaucrat Over The Water.
— Kyle Sammin (@KyleSammin) November 29, 2017
Clandestine meetings to plot against usurper Mulvaney in dark taverns, and restore the rightful Leandra English. For visual, see Cromwell-meets-with-Richard-Rich in “A Man for All Seasons”
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) November 29, 2017
Are these people crazy. If this is a government agency the person retiring can’t pick his replacement. It’s the Presidents job to do that
— Pat Narron (@pat_narron) November 29, 2017
So, like Obama admin, she rejexts the ruling of the US District Court Judge? Libs only like the courts when it suits them. #libignorance
— Murphy Pepper (@murphypeper) November 29, 2017
English seems to be mentally ill, forensic audits for all CFPB directors!
— Kimberly (@KimVanderkelen) November 29, 2017
Isn’t Mulvaney recognized by the French court, the papacy and the duke of Bavaria?
— Bryan G. Stewart (@Bryan_G_Stewart) November 29, 2017
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