Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi cracked up reporters with a non-answer to a question about former President Trump being a crook during a wide-ranging press conference concerning the deepening scandal surrounding the FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago residence.
On Friday, during the press gathering, Pelosi took a number of questions concerning the raid. Republicans are asserting that the FBI engaged in a political fishing expedition that seized privileged communications between Trump and his attorneys.
The left and the media have gone out of their way to tie Republican anger over the raid to the attack on an FBI headquarters in Cincinnati that was carried out by an unhinged individual named Ricky Shiffer who claimed to be a Trump supporter. The assertion is he was furious over the raid, then attacked the FBI headquarters, and eventually was killed by agents in a standoff.
In the midst of smearing Trump and Republicans, reporters and Pelosi found humor in a question that someone in the press asked toward the end of the conference. It involved Pelosi pretending to avoid answering whether Trump was a crook or not.
“Can I ask about the attack in Ohio against the FBI, Madam Speaker? It appears that…” a reporter began asking the speaker.
Man shot dead after storming FBI Ohio office posted plan on Truth Social: ‘Donald Trump was my hero just a year ago …’ https://t.co/bnTEqnZdce pic.twitter.com/9qqhl55bPg
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) August 12, 2022
Insider trading since God knows when but Trump is a crook LMAO 1 finger points another 3 point back. She is a corrupt politician smfh
— . (@OGSuperFreak) August 15, 2022
“This gentleman was recognized. I’m sorry. Go ahead,” she said recognizing a different reporter.
“There was enough concern apparently for a search warrant to be granted at Trump’s residence. This is not by any stretch his first go‑around, his first brush with the law. He’s no longer in office, and you’ve been sort of reticent about characterizing – him,” the reporter noted.
“Me? I have been reticent? Who has been more than I? Okay,” Pelosi laughed alluding to the fact that she has been incessantly critical of the former president and not reticent in the least.
So, everyone is going to be cool with President Trump in 2025 ordering the search of Joe and Hunter Bidens’ homes, right?
Maybe go through the desks at Nancy Pelosi’s place?
Y’all are cool with that? Neat.
— Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸 (@MQSullivan) August 9, 2022
The reporters found the exchange funny.
“Was this president a crook?” the reporter continued.
“Excuse me?” she asked as if she hadn’t heard the question.
“Was this president a crook?” he repeated.
“A crook? Why don’t we take your question?” she joked, laughing and pointing to another reporter.
The gathering of primarily woke reporters for some reason found the statement hilarious.
As Pelosi appeared to egg on attacks against Trump, she hypocritically urged Republicans to cease their attacks on the FBI and other law enforcement, suggesting the rhetoric has increased the threat of violence against public officials.
“As if we need more evidence than a presidential incitement of an insurrection on the Capitol to know about causing concern about the safety of members of Congress, of our Constitution and of our law enforcement,” Pelosi spewed on Friday.
She denounced Trump’s history of berating the FBI, claiming the threat to public officials, including members of Congress, has been “exacerbated by the statements of the [former] president.”
“You would think there would be an adult in the Republican room that would say, ‘Just calm down. See what the facts are, and let’s go for that,'” she charged, “instead of … instigating assaults on law enforcement.”
“You would think there would be an adult in the Republican room that would say, ‘Just calm down, see what the facts are’ … instead of instigating assaults on law enforcement.”
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems to forget how the current-day GOP operates pic.twitter.com/ObkoZYyWsy
— The Recount (@therecount) August 12, 2022
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