Nancy Pelosi Fumbles Through Holiday Wishes While Ending Her Final Speech as Speaker of the House, ‘Happy Shwanza… Whatever it is You Celebrate’

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) fumbled through holiday wishes while ending her final speech in that position today.

In a clip shared by digital strategist Greg Price, Pelosi can be seen concluding, “I yield back the balance of my time and wish everyone a happy, healthy safe New Year.”

“Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Shwanza, Happy Hanukkah, whatever it is you celebrate, be safe,” Pelosi added.

Price later added in a reply a picture from Pelosi’s time as speaker when she kneeled while wearing a Ghanian kente scarf.

“Happy Shwanza to all and to all a good night,” Price mocked. The reference was timely considering that Kwanzaa is an African holiday.

Pelosi ends her final speech as Speaker of the House by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and a "Happy Shwanza" pic.twitter.com/LtcMeA8KIT

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 23, 2022

Pelosi said in her final press conference yesterday, “As speaker of the House, I have awesome power. As I’m transitioning to a different, new role, I expect to have strong influence.”

“But not on my members but just in terms of encouraging more women, for example, to run … The speaker of the House is a very big job and just wrapping it up will take time,” Pelosi claimed.

In regards to her future relationship with Democratic leadership, Pelosi said, “I’m not going to be the mother-in-law, comes in and say, ‘This is the way my son likes his turkey stuffing, his scrambled eggs, or anything else.'”