'Don't mess with me': Pelosi scolds reporter who asks if she hates Trump
Nancy Pelosi lashed out at a reporter who asked if she hated Donald Trump following her historic announcement instructing the House of Representatives to move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against the president.
"I don't hate anybody", the US House Speaker said on Thursday as she was exiting her weekly Capitol Hill press conference. "As a Catholic, I resent your using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me."
She added: "I don't hate anyone ... So, don't mess with me when it comes to words like that."
Ms Pelosi’s press conference followed the announcement she made earlier in the day in which she called on the House “to proceed with articles of impeachment”.
The House speaker has repeatedly described the impeachment inquiry as a dark and “prayerful” moment in American history, and has encouraged her Democratic colleagues to remain even-keeled throughout the process.
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