But when she spoke to former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on MSNBC last week, she gave none of those as her reasons for getting into politics.

The Democratic representative gave a familiar political refrain, and one she has used in a variety of settings and for many pieces of legislation, as her motivation.

“My whole mission in politics is about the children,” she said, prompting immediate backlash on X.

“Her bank account would beg to differ,” one X user who shared the video said.

“She’s starting to sound more like Joe the more she talks,” another X user said.

“Not a single person on planet Earth believes that,” another quipped.

“Nancy Pelosi says she joined Congress for the children. ‘1 out of 5 children is living in poverty.’ No Nancy, you went into politics so you could insider trade and make hundreds