RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel must have sent Nancy Pelosi a bouquet of flowers this morning. Her RNC lawyers are investigating whether what Nancy Pelosi did Monday constitutes an in-kind contribution to the Republican Party. And what Nancy did Wednesday exceeds federal election limits on giving. 

Such was Pelosi’s decision to use a salon closed by her city’s and state’s COVID-19 restrictions for a private wash and style. Then doubling down, and accusing the owner of setting her up. Those poor leaders of Congress, always getting bullied by down-and-out salon owners.

Nancy Pelosi’s Brush With Hypocrisy

If you haven’t seen the story — and much of the Mainstream Media avoided it — a stylist who rents a chair at eSalon in San Francisco got a call from Nancy’s assistant Monday. The Speaker wanted an appointment … despite the shutdown. Owner Erica Kious didn’t feel she could stop the stylist from making money, so she allowed it. But she was very upset. After all, for six months she’s been shut by California and San Francisco’s draconian shutdown rules championed by Pelosi.

Now Pelosi wants what her other clients can’t have? How imperial. Kious told Fox News about Pelosi’s visit and provided the security video to prove it.

Initially, Pelosi issued an insipid denial she didn’t know she was doing anything wrong. As the Daily Caller said, “Claiming ignorance of the regulations that are crippling the business of your constituents is … an interesting excuse.” 

Then yesterday, Pelosi doubled down and upped a dangerous ante. Pelosi declared herself the victim, claiming she had “fallen for a set-up.” She demanded an apology. Yup. The most powerful woman in America claims a local salon owner pulled one over on her and set her up. Shades of former DC Mayor Marion Barry, caught smoking crack with his girlfriend, declaring to cops “The b**** set me up.”

Pelosi must be on crack herself to not realize what a horrible look that is.

Pelosi Throw ‘Em Under the Bus

Not surprisingly, the stylist is siding with Pelosi. After all, when in doubt stick with your wealthy client over your beaten-down business owner. In a statement, Jonathan DeNardo says “from a simple surface review of Ms. Kious’ political leanings, it appears Ms. Kious is furthering a setup of Speaker Pelosi for her own vain aspirations.”

In other words, “She told me how furious she was at Pelosi and the shutdown. She spilled the story to Fox News. FOX NEWS! Ergo, obviously, she is a Trump-loving conservative.” Which in San Francisco is literally worse than being a domestic terrorist.

So, also not surprisingly, Kious is receiving death threats. “Since this has happened, I have received nothing but hate text messages, death threats, [saying that] they’re going to burn my hair salon down,” she told Tucker Carlson. “My Yelp page is just unbelievable with bad reviews. … It’s just sad that my community is pulling this … saying that I threw her under the bus when I didn’t.” 

Pelosi was the one throwing people under the bus. You know who she threw under the bus? Small business owners. Single mothers. Young people trying to get started in life. Struggling families who find themselves “non-essential.” All of those who can’t do what they normally do and have to watch as the political elite and politically favored (aka rioters) indulge their whims. 

Which is why Pelosi’s Great Blow-Dry Scandal might well blow Republicans back into control of the House.

The Greatest Gift

What a glorious treasure Pelosi has handed the Republican Party. California has not seen a gift like this since Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor a 68-carat diamond. Politically, not since France gifted us the Louisiana Territory for a song has there been such a gift. Pelosi should change her name to Santa.

This is even better than Hillary describing Trump supporters as “Deplorables.” In fact, Hillary should be sending Pelosi a fruit basket for overtaking her for the worst political blunder of the century. Why? Because every Republican running in every district now has that footage for use in an attack ad.

Imagine this, repeated in all 435 congressional districts for the next two months.

While you can’t go to your salon, you can’t go to your church, you can’t go to a funeral, Nancy Pelosi thinks she can go anywhere she wants. The rules don’t apply to her. The rules don’t apply to the Washington powerful … or their allies rioting in the streets.

We cannot allow Queen Nancy to continue to reign. A vote for (Democratic House candidate) is a vote to keep Nancy on her throne. It is a vote against you, against small business owners, against all forced to abide by nonsensical, politically-motivated shutdowns. This November 3, dethrone Nancy Pelosi. Wash Nancy Pelosi and the Selfish Washington Elite right out of our hair.

In 2018, the Democrats retook the House by running dozens of “moderates” in blue districts Trump had won. They promised they wouldn’t be under Nancy’s thumb. They swore they’d work across the aisle. Instead, before their fannies were warm in their congressional seats, they betrayed their promise, partnered with Pelosi, and set out to impeach President Trump. Those Democrats should pay for Pelosi’s salon appointment.

Every single Democrat in Congress should be forced to pay for Pelosi’s arrogance and entitlement. 

The Perfect Symbol

She gets her hair done when millions cannot. She lectures the rest of us about masks and obeying shutdown orders, while her own district falls into fecal-covered, crime-ridden ruins. That’s a perfect symbol of the Democratic party in 2020. 

Her blaming a single-mother small business owner struggling to survive for her own mistake — throwing one of her own constituents to the rabid radical wolves — is a perfect sign of Democratic arrogance. Thomas Sowell said it perfectly in a tweet: “We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.”

But two months from Election Day, we move closer and closer to being able to do something as a nation about it. And thanks to Nancy Pelosi’s generous gift, getting it done just got a lot easier.

Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream and co-author, with @JZmirak, of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration. You can follow him at @StreamingAl. And if you aren’t already, please follow The Stream at @Streamdotorg.