Pelosi defends salon visit, says she was 'set up'
Pelosi, who's been a fiercely outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's coronavirus response, was criticized for her visit to the salon, since San Francisco still doesn't allow salons to operate indoors.
"I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighborhood salon that I have been to over the years many times," she said Wednesday. "When they said 'we're able to accommodate people one person at a time, and that we can set up that time', I trusted that. As it turns out, it was a set up."
Pelosi said the salon owes her an apology.
Video of the speaker's visit surfaced on Fox News showing her walking through the store with wet hair and without a mask.
Pelosi on Wednesday said she always wears a mask, but that she had it off temporarily. "I don't wear a mask when I'm washing my hair. Do you wear a mask when you're washing your hair?"
President Trump has since seized on the hair controversy, tweeting Wednesday, "Crazy Nancy Pelosi is being decimated for having a beauty parlor opened, when all others are closed, and for not wearing a Mask - despite constantly lecturing everyone else. We will almost certainly take back the House, and send Nancy packing!"
