Article snippet: Speaker MORE following her decision to advance the Democrats' impeachment inquiry. "I don't hate anybody. I was raised in a Catholic house, we don't hate anybody — not anybody in the world. So don't you accuse me of any [hate]," Pelosi said during her weekly press briefing in the Capitol. "As a Catholic I resent you using the word 'hate' in a sentence that addresses me," she continued. "I pray for the president all the time. So don't mess with me when it comes to words like that." The tense and emotional exchange came at the end of Pelosi's weekly press conference in the Capitol basement, where the Speaker had wrapped up a round of questions and was walking off the stage, when a reporter, former Fox News Washington correspondent James Rosen who is now with Sinclair Broadcast Group, asked Pelosi a final, pointed question: "Do you hate the president, Madam Speaker?" Pelosi stopped dead in her tracks and turned to address Rosen directly, her finger pointing straight at him. She then walked back to the podium to defend her position on impeachment. Pelosi carved a distinction between Trump's positions on policy issues, which should be left to voters to judge, and the his dealings with Ukraine, which she framed as a constitutional violation that left Democrats "no choice" but to pursue their impeachment investigation. "I think the president is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence. I think he is cruel when he doesn't deal with helpin... Link to the full article to read more