Fact: Bill Livingood, the Sargeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, had been the real source of the plane request for Pelosi.
However, the Republicans in the House of Representatives took that tidbit and played the old telephone game in creating a story about Speaker of the House, Democratic Representative, Nancy Pelosi. The Republicans started the story that Pelosi wanted a plane to get her to California for weekends. Every single time a Republican retold the story, they added on a fabricated "demand" of Nancy Pelosi. According to the old, white men of the Republican side of the aisle, Pelosi wanted a fast jet, with room for herself, her staff, their family members, and supporters (yeah, they said it). The lying Republicans also said that Pelosi "demanded" a game room on the jet. They said she "demanded" that the jet be non-stop. Even yesterday, Rep. John Boner of Ohio repeated the lies again on a Sunday interview show. However, the entire Pelosi jet story was a big, fat, Republican lie.
Why would the Republicans in the House of Representatives try to smear Nancy Pelosi?
The Republicans are still steaming about being "forced" to work 5 days per week. Did you get that? The GOP is mad about working 5 days per week like the rest of the country. The Pelosi plane story was their way of getting back at Pelosi. Sounds like the Republicans are acting like a bunch of 5th grade boys. They need to stop playing games and get to work.