When reporter Luke Russert, 27 (son of Meet the Press' Tim Russert), asked Nancy Pelosi, 72, if she was too old to remain as the House of Representatives minority leader, the reporter was met with a room full of boos. It doesn't help that he asked the question while she was flanked by thirty women from the Democratic Caucus.Russert asked, "Some of your colleagues privately say that your decision to stay on prohibits the party from having a younger leadership and it hurts the party in the long term. What’s your response?”
[insert 30 boos]
Pelosi responded, “Let’s for a moment honor it as legitimate question, although it’s quite offensive that you don’t realize that, I guess.”
She continued to put the reporter in his place by stating, "Everything that I have done in my almost decade now of leadership is to elect younger and newer people to the Congress.” Nancy Pelosi served as the 60th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She is the only female to hold that position to date.
