MEDIA LOSER: Jim Cramer This morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money, hosted by financial media curiosity Jim Cramer to discuss ongoing congressional negotiations for another — currently stalled — Covid-19 relief bill. Cramer likes to be seen as an apolitical media personality, and despite some question about that, he has enjoyed a good relationship with the Speaker. Which makes what happened on air today all the more curious. During the interview, Cramer at one point referred to Nancy Pelosi as “Crazy Nancy,” ostensibly citing the derisive moniker coined by President Donald Trump. Cramer asked his CNBC guest, “What deal can we have, crazy Nancy — I’m sorry, that was the president, I have such reverence for the office, I would never use that term, but it is hard isn’t it?” Speaker Pelosi appeared unfazed but shot back “But you just did!” Cramer responded, “Oh, come on, you know what I mean,” to which Pelosi agreed, “I know what you meant.” Was Cramer virtue-signaling anti-Pelosi animosity towards his fellow “Greedpublican” viewers, with a staged apology? Or, was this a ham-fisted attempt to quote President Trump in a manner that came across as particularly aggressive and, frankly, not very nice? See for yourself here. But either way, it didn't play well and one cannot imagine it came off as he hoped it would. 6.5.0 |