Lebron James “was crying,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was ebullient, and Senator Tim Scott got some facts wrong, but nobody had a stranger reaction to the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial than Nancy Pelosi.
The Speaker of the House quickly arranged a presser outside on Capitol Hill after the guilty verdicts were read on Tuesday afternoon.
Members of Congress were arrayed behind Pelosi as the House Speaker looked prayerfully up to the sky and, in a voice muffled by her mask, said in her treacly way: --->READ MORE HERE
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced blowback from both sides of the political aisle Tuesday after she thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his life for “justice” following a Minneapolis jury’s decision to convict former police officer Derek Chauvin in his death.
“Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice,” the California Democrat said at a press conference with members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“For being there to call out to your mom — how heartbreaking was that?” Mrs. Pelosi continued. “Call out for your mom. ‘I can’t breathe.’ But because of you and because of thousands, millions of people around the world who came out for justice, your name will always be synonymous with justice.”
Prominent liberals and conservatives on social media slammed the speaker for claiming Floyd sacrificed himself, when Chauvin had just been found guilty on all counts in his murder, which sparked worldwide protests last year. --->READ MORE HERE
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