{"id":35653,"date":"2019-12-06T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T08:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35653"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:42:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T08:42:03","slug":"dont-mess-with-me-nancy-pelosi-fires-back-at-reporters-question-after-impeachment-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35653","title":{"rendered":"&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Mess With Me&rdquo;: Nancy Pelosi Fires Back at Reporter&rsquo;s Question After Impeachment Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t say Nancy Pelosi dislikes the president.<\/p>\n<p>After the Speaker of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/impeachment\/2019\/12\/house-democrats-to-draft-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump\/\">announced<\/a> the go-ahead for the House to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Thursday morning, a reporter screamed a question that caught her attention, just as she was about to leave the weekly press conference \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Do you hate the president ?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>She turned around &#8230; and fired back.&#8221; I don&#8217;t hate anybody ,&#8221; she said, wagging a thumb at the reporter.&#8221; I was raised in a Catholic house. We don&#8217;t detest anybody. Not anybody in the world. So don&#8217;t accuse me &#8211;.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The reporter, Sinclair Broadcast Group reporter James Rosen, said that he was following up on Rep. Doug Collins'( R-Ga .) accusations that the Democrat are pursuing impeachment simply out of contempt for the president. Pelosi rebuffed that notion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; I feel the president is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence ,&#8221; she said, having strode back to the podium.&#8221; I think he is cruel when he doesn&#8217;t deal with helping our Dreamers, of which &#8220;were very proud&#8221;. I think he&#8217;s in denial about the climate crisis .&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>But that, she said, is for the election to decide.&#8221; This relates to the Constitution of the United Country, and the facts of the case that lead to the President&#8217;s breach of his promise of office ,&#8221; she said.&#8221; As a Catholic, I resent your applying the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. I don&#8217;t hate anyone .&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; I pray for the president all the time ,&#8221; she concluded.&#8221; So don&#8217;t mess with me when it comes to terms like that .&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>President Trump, predictably enough, was quick to tweet \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nancy Pelosi just had a nervous fit. She dislikes that we will soon have 182 great brand-new magistrates and sooo much more. Stock Market and employment records. She says she &ldquo;prays for the President.&rdquo; I don&rsquo;t believe her ,  not even close. Help the homeless in your territory Nancy. USMCA? <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1202631185052164096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the mic plunge below \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t mess with me&rdquo;: Nancy Pelosi flames back at reporter&rsquo;s question after impeachment proclamation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBVkYR69Vu\">https :\/\/ t.co\/ mBVkYR6 9Vu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DUGyGS3OOW\">pic.twitter.com\/ DUGyGS3OOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Mother Jones (@ MotherJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MotherJones\/status\/1202637681785741313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/impeachment\/2019\/12\/dont-mess-with-me-nancy-pelosi-fires-back-at-reporters-question-after-impeachment-announcement\/\">motherjones.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t say Nancy Pelosi dislikes the president. After the Speaker of the House announced the go-ahead for the House to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Thursday morning, a reporter screamed a question that caught her attention, just as she was about to leave the weekly press conference \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND &#8221; Do you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20360,19891],"class_list":["post-35653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-impeachapalooza","tag-impeachment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pelosiii1575621724.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}