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Pelosi Condemns ‘Looting, Starting Fires,’ But Calls ‘Peaceful’ Protests ‘the Essence of Democracy’
Mediaite via MSN ^ | 9/17/20 | Rudy Takala

Posted on 09/18/2020 3:46:18 AM PDT by Libloather

United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) condemned violent unrest during a Thursday speech on the House floor with the most forceful remarks she has delivered since nationwide uprisings began in May.

Pelosi said a Republican member had asked her, “Where are you when you’re talking about violence, this or that?” She responded: “We’re there. We support peaceful demonstrations. We participate in them. They are part of the essence of our democracy. That does not include looting, starting fires, or rioting. They should be prosecuted. That is lawlessness.”

President Donald Trump has attacked Democrats over the last several months for allegedly failing to take a strong enough stance against violence that has broken out at protests against police brutality over the summer. “When is Slow Joe Biden going to criticize the Anarchists, Thugs & Agitators in ANTIFA?” Trump wrote on Twitter last month.

Polling has suggested voter sentiment turning against Democrats and Black Lives Matter as a result of the unrest. A Pew survey released Wednesday found support for BLM fell 12 points over the summer, from 67 percent in June to 55 percent in September.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: fires; looting; pelosi; protests
Aren't there supposed to be hearings on who financed Pelosi's looting pals?
1 posted on 09/18/2020 3:46:18 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Shut up and get your own city cleaned up, lady!


2 posted on 09/18/2020 4:07:53 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Libloather

After 4 months? Polling must be terrible for the Dems.


3 posted on 09/18/2020 4:11:45 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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U.S. House of Congress Speaker Pelosi:

America is a republic, guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States of America.

Only the election of representatives and certain state initiatives are voted on democratically.

Please pay attention to the Pledge of Allegiance where it states “...and to the republic for which it stands...”.


4 posted on 09/18/2020 4:15:04 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Libloather

She’s 75+ days late on that denunciation. Better late than never I suppose.


5 posted on 09/18/2020 4:16:42 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Libloather

She wants her voters in jail??!!


6 posted on 09/18/2020 4:22:11 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Libloather

Democrat party is infested with with mentally ill politicians and many people seem to like it


7 posted on 09/18/2020 4:39:43 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: Libloather

That moment when useful idiots are no longer useful.


8 posted on 09/18/2020 5:00:52 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Libloather

What took her so long? She should have condemned it on day one before the cities burned down. And instead of constantly battling Trump she should clean up her own backyard.


9 posted on 09/18/2020 5:04:53 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: jersey117
What took her so long?

Poll lag. She only saw the consequences of dem-silence-is-violence in the internal polls recently.

10 posted on 09/18/2020 5:15:05 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Polling is terrible for the Democrats and they know that coddling the Antifa goons they’ve been supporting has back fired on them and they see their chances of winning evaporating.

They are also aware Biden is rapidly losing cognitive ability day by day. As someone who lost my mother to the ravages of Alzheimer’s and having worked in a number of nursing homes the decline I see in Biden has been very rapid.

I hope the old grifting bastard pervert has a stroke.


11 posted on 09/18/2020 5:15:10 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Libloather

So what if Nazi mouthed the words, she didn’t mean any of them.


12 posted on 09/18/2020 5:15:12 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Libloather

As long as, they holler Trump, they, are peaceful.


13 posted on 09/18/2020 5:24:37 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever! (61, I didn't take into account Mittens.))
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To: Libloather

PDJT should start calling his rallies protests


14 posted on 09/18/2020 5:53:10 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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To: Libloather
Who are you going to believe?

Nancy Pelosi or your lying eyes?


15 posted on 09/18/2020 5:59:23 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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To: Libloather

The president needs to ask Nancy Pelosi an example of “peaceful protests” & then work from there. There have been peaceful protests perhaps, but she had nothing to do with them I’m betting.


16 posted on 09/18/2020 8:34:37 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Libloather

Where the fires have been

https://mobile.twitter.com/Cory__1077/status/1305648188594900993/photo/1

They stop at the 49th parallel


17 posted on 09/19/2020 7:45:22 AM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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