Pelosi Loses It After Reporters Ask About Her Decision to Tear Up Trump's Speech
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On Thursday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi lost it when a CNN reporter asked about her decision to rip up President Trump's speech on live television after the State of the Union address.
The moment came when CNN's Manu Raju asked Pelosi if tearing up the speech went against her frequent message of being "dignified" and always taking the "high ground."
“Did you step on that message?” Raju asked.
“No, I did not. No, I did not. I tore up a manifesto of mistruths,” Pelosi tried claiming.
“It was necessary to get the attention of the American people, to say this is not true,” she added.
“And I don’t need any lessons from anybody, especially the president of the United States, about dignity. Dignity,” Pelosi said, clearly upset about the question.
“Is it okay to start saying ‘four more years’ in the House of Representatives?” she questioned. “It’s just unheard of.”
“It was completely, entirely appropriate,” Pelosi finished. “And considering the other exuberances within me, the courteous thing to do.”
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Pelosi has been met with major backlash after her speech ripping stunt. One guest at the SOTU address whose brother was killed by an illegal immigrant spoke out against Pelosi, saying that it was hurtful to see her rip apart the speech that honored his brother.
On Wednesday, Jody Jones appeared on Fox News to give an interview, saying that Pelosi's stunt was “probably the most disrespectful thing I have ever seen in my life.”
“Felt like she ripped our hearts out. All the guests. We couldn’t believe it,” Jones said.
“I don’t care how you feel about somebody. That was probably the most disrespectful thing I have ever seen in my life. Because, when she did that, it just tore us up. We couldn’t believe it,” he added.
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Check out what the Daily Caller reported:
It wasn’t lost on the Fox News hosts or Jones that his brother’s name, Rocky Jones, was on that paper.
Trump invited Jody Jones to be one of his special guests at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address in Congress. Jones’s brother, Rocky, was shot and killed at a California gas station in 2018 by an illegal alien, and his presence Tuesday night was used to highlight the deadly consequences of sanctuary city policies.
The illegal alien who was held responsible for killing Rocky had been arrested for a DUI by local California authorities just days before the shooting. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had placed an immigration detainer on the individual, but because of sanctuary policy laws in the state, the detainer was ignored.
During the interview, Jones urged congress to abolish the legislation that was responsible for his brother's death.
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“First of all, let’s do away with the SB 54. I don’t care how you feel about somebody. Think of other people and the others involved, please. Because what you did was very disrespectful, and it really ripped our hearts out,” Jones said.
The Daily Caller continues:
During his address, Trump called on lawmakers to support legislation introduced by Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, that would allow people like Jones to sue sanctuary cities if a loved one is killed or hurt by such “deadly” policies.
As for Jones, he said this tragedy has affected his family tremendously, but it has not torn them apart.
“We are a pretty tight-knit family,” he said. “It’s really actually made us closer, and with the president inviting us, what an honor that was just to honor our brother and he sure did that.”
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