MARK LEVIN (HOST): And now we have Nancy Pelosi up there -- and Nancy Pelosi's mentally ill, just so you understand. She's mentally ill, she has the shakes, her face with old age is malformed.

Pelosi, 83, stepped down as the Democratic House leader last November, but the speaker emerita continues to represent San Francisco in Congress Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE.

A lack of self-confidence is not one of House minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s problems. But Pelosi’s unabashed use of open threats and her death grip on power are a very big problem for her party.