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Pelosi, Nancy
Urban legends, rumors and Netlore about U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi's Big Fat Jet
Email rumor claims Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi uses a gas-guzzling, 200-seat jet to commute nonstop between Washington, D.C. and California three days a week at an annual cost to taxpayers of $5,760,000.
Nancy Pelosi and StarKist Tuna
Email rumor claims Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has arranged special legislative favors for StarKist Tuna's parent company Del Monte Foods because the latter allegedly contributed to her political campaigns and her husband allegedly owns StarKist stock.
Nancy Pelosi vs. Windfall Profits
Circulating via email, purported statements by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi condemning stock market profit-taking and advocating redistribution of wealth via a 100% windfall tax.