The powerful New York Tammany Hall Democratic Machine led by Boss Tweed would pay Bums and Vagrants to grow full beards and mustaches a month before important elections. On Election Day, they would vote under false names with their full growth of facial hair. Then they would shave off their beards and vote again under other false names. Then they would shave off their mustaches and vote clean-shaven under other false names. This was how Tammany Hall stayed in power! Hal
She’s probably taken a few pages out of Tweed’s book since he was around in the 1800’s but as a small bit of research, I’ll have to look and see if Pelosi is a distant relative.