And the reporter kept at it until Pelosi got upset…..
Most times, Pelosi ignores questions shouted at her in the hallways and briefing rooms of the Capitol.
But Rosen’s query appeared to strike a nerve with Pelosi, who stopped in her tracks, turned to face the reporter and delivered an extraordinary rebuttal.
“I don’t hate anybody,” Pelosi said sternly, pointing her finger at Rosen, a reporter she has dismissed as “Mr. Republican Talking Points.” Pelosi then referenced her Catholic upbringing and told Rosen, “Don’t accuse me.”
“I did not accuse you,” the reporter shot back. “I asked a question.”
As the impeachment fight ramps up, President Trump and Republicans have increasingly made the argument that Democrats are pursuing their inquiry simply because they “hate” the president.
Rosen noted that Rep. Douglas A. Collins (Ga.), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, argued during Wednesday’s hearing on impeachment that Democrats are seeking to remove Trump simply out of personal animus toward him.
“I think it’s an important point,” Rosen added.
Pelosi then returned to the lectern and elaborated on her thoughts about Trump.
The president is a “coward” when it comes to addressing gun violence, “cruel” in his policy toward young people who were brought illegally to the United States as children and “in denial” about the climate crisis, she argued.
“However, that’s about the election,”…
image…House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had just concluded her weekly news conference Thursday and was about to exit the room when a reporter shouted out a question.