{"id":35982,"date":"2020-01-10T02:19:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35982"},"modified":"2020-01-10T02:19:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:19:10","slug":"pelosi-reportedly-told-a-room-full-of-house-democrats-to-pray-following-news-of-iranian-attack-on-us-forces-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35982","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi reportedly told a room full of House Democrats to &#8216;pray&#8217; following news of Iranian attack on US forces in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static1.businessinsider.com\/image\/5e1526a524fe125503387517-892\/gettyimages-1076656324.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"nancy pelosi\" \/>BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stopped a meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday night to deliver news that Iran had attacked US violences in Iraq, and somberly told the room to &#8220;pray, &#8221; Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan told stores. Several outlets, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alaynatreene\/status\/1214700141468360705\">Axios<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/us-iran-soleimani-tensions-intl-01-07-20\/\">CNN<\/a> reported on Pelosi&#8217;s comments, citing Dingell and other lawmakers who were in the room when news of the attack was discussed. Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1214706118494212104\">tweeted<\/a> on Tuesday night that she was &#8220;closely monitoring the situation.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?hprecirc-bullet?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Business Insider&#8217;s homepage for more tales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stopped a meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday night to deliver news that Iran had attacked US armies in Iraq. She somberly told the room to &#8220;pray, &#8221; Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan who was in the gather, told report outlets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alaynatreene\/status\/1214700141468360705\">Axios<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/us-iran-soleimani-tensions-intl-01-07-20\/\">CNN<\/a> reported on Pelosi&#8217;s notes, citing Dingell and other lawmakers who were in the room when news of the attack was discussed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/debbie-dingell-nancy-pelosi-pray-news-of-iran-attack-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the tale at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pepe-frog-meme-hate-symbol-hope-hong-kong-protesters-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Extremists turned a frog meme into a hate represent, but Hong Kong demonstrators resuscitated it as an badge of hope<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/iran-openly-targets-us-troops-iraq-marking-major-shift-strategy-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Iran openly targeted US troops in Iraq, celebrating a major shifting in the national strategy after Soleimani&#8217;s killing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/stephanie-grisham-distrusting-us-intel-soleimani-really-unfortunate-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">White House spox Stephanie Grisham says doubting US intelligence on Soleimani is &#8216;really unfortunate&#8217; while ignoring Trump&#8217;s record of distrusting US intelligence<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-officials-defend-targeting-iran-cultural-sites-war-crime-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Trump officials are bending over backward to say he didn&#8217;t threaten to commit a war crimes after he repeatedly threatened to commit a war crimes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=-k4QYI45Qjo:rAHMWFY6B6g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/-k4QYI45Qjo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/-k4QYI45Qjo\/debbie-dingell-nancy-pelosi-pray-news-of-iran-attack-2020-1\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/ AFP via Getty Images Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stopped a meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday night to deliver news that Iran had attacked US violences in Iraq, and somberly told the room to &#8220;pray, &#8221; Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan told stores. 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