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Trump calls Pelosi a 'disgrace' after she says he should be 'in prison' | TheHill

posted onJune 8, 2019
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Article snippet: in prison.” “Nervous Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to herself and her family for having made such a disgusting statement, especially since I was with foreign leaders overseas,” Trump tweeted aboard Air Force One while flying back from a weeklong trip to the United Kingdom, France and Ireland. “There is no evidence for such a thing to have been said. Nervous Nancy & Dems are getting Zero work done in Congress, and have no intention of doing anything other than going on a fishing expedition to see if they can find anything on me - both illegal & unprecedented in U.S. history,” Trump added. Despite Trump’s insistence that politics should stop at the water’s edge, his criticism of Pelosi largely mirrored comments he made in a Fox News interview on Thursday at the Normandy American Cemetery in France before a D-Day commemoration. Trump called Pelosi a “nasty, vindictive, horrible person” for saying he should be jailed. “I think she's a disgrace,” Trump told Fox News host MORE against a backdrop of tombstones of Americans who died during the storied World War II invasion. “I actually don't think she's a talented person, I've tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done. She's incapable of doing deals, she's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person.” Democrats rushed to Pelosi’s defense on Friday after Trump doubled down on his criticism.  “Mr. President, it's completely disrespectful to call @SpeakerPelosi names while on the hallow... Link to the full article to read more

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