Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday clashed with a pro-Donald Trump reporter who claimed the lawmaker was somehow to blame for the deadly U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Alison Steinberg, a correspondent for election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell’s outlet LindellTV, confronted the former House speaker outside the Capitol and asked if she feared a new House committee could find her “liable for that day” when a mob of Trump supporters, incited by the president himself, stormed the building. Watch the video.
Politics: The Supreme Court Is Going To Gut The Voting Rights Act To The Bone
Pelosi, the speaker of the House on the day of the attack, initially walked away.
Advertisement
“Why did you refuse the National Guard on Jan. 6?” Steinberg shouted. To which Pelosi quickly turned back and responded: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The president didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”
Pelosi then walked off.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday clashed with a pro-Donald Trump reporter who falsely claimed she was somehow to blame for the deadly U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Anadolu via Getty Images
A Democratic-led House committee concluded in 2022 that Trump “never gave any order to deploy the National Guard on January 6th or on any other day” and “nor did he instruct any federal law enforcement agency to assist.”
