Pelosi Goes Off On Reporter Over Gun Control Question

By Tom Knighton

This isn’t Nancy Pelosi’s first go-around as Speaker of the House. She’s done this before and knows what the job entails. At least, one would think so. Especially in an era where President Donald Trump’s outward hostility to the press is framed as an all-out assault on the free press, she should know how the media works.

Yet apparently she forgot all of that when asked whether or not she should have called the House back in session early to deal with gun violence. She kind of lost her mind.

On Tuesday, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Tal Kopan approached Pelosi on Capitol Hill and asked “Do you have any regrets about not bringing the House back in August to keep the flame lit on gun violence?”

“No, absolutely not,” Pelosi said. “We did our jobs. The Senate was supposed to come back. Why don’t you all get that straight? The Senate did not come back to pass the bill.”

“I’m getting very angry about the silliness of these questions,” an animated Pelosi continued, adding “Lives are at stake. Senator McConnell is standing in the way. We passed our bill in February. Members had events all over the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms