If only we could have thrown a pail of water on her.

She continued:

This is about suppressing the vote.  It's about nullifying the elections, which Dr. King talked about that day, nullifying the election.  It's about just doing so many things to be obstacles to participation.  That's wrong.  The truth is, that's wrong. ...

And, as has been indicated by the King family this – this bill is supported by all of the Democrats, House and Senate. It's just the filibuster in the way. So, in a way, if you really, truly want to honor Dr. King, don't dishonor him by using a Congressional custom as an excuse for protecting our democracy. We have no right to honor this family, to visit the monument. Imagine, 30 – someone 36 years old, left this earth in such a way that he has a monument on the Mall along with Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. All of them with tears in their eyes for the departure from our democracy that is happening right now – unless the truth is acknowledged and this legislation is passed.

Pelosi was spouting the Democratic party line. 'Our democracy is at stake if we don't pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.'

At his Wednesday press conference, President Joe Biden was asked if he thought the forthcoming election would be illegitimate. He replied: "Oh, yeah, I think it could easily be illegitimate ... The increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in proportion to not being able to get these reforms passed." [Emphasis mine.]