Nancy Pelosi is at it again, spinning a narrative that stretches reality into a politically convenient pretzel.
Over the weekend, during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, she made the baseless claim that Donald Trump’s rhetoric was somehow responsible for the 2022 attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi. Let’s break down this spectacle, shall we?
First, Pelosi linked Trump’s comments on pardoning January 6 defendants to the attack on her husband. Yes, you read that right. According to her, Trump’s words from over a year prior—about an entirely unrelated event—are somehow to blame for what happened in 2022. She even claimed, without evidence, that the former president “called out to these people to continue their violence.” Bold accusation, but where’s the proof? Spoiler alert: there isn’t any.
“Now it didn’t end that day,” she claimed. “As you know, he called out to these people to continue their violence, my husband being a victim of all of that, and he still has injuries from that attack. So it just goes on and on. It isn’t something that happens and then it’s over. No, once you are attacked, you have consequences that continue.”
Pelosi didn’t stop there. She painted Trump as a villain who had “conned” the American people about January 6, while also criticizing his suggestion of reviewing cases on an individual basis for potential pardons. Apparently, offering even a modicum of fairness or due process is a bridge too far for her. Ironically, in the same breath, she acknowledged that not everyone involved in January 6 committed violent acts—a point that undermines her outrage over a case-by-case review.
“It’s really a strange person who’s going to be President of the United States, who thinks that it’s okay to pardon people who are engaged in an attack,” she continued, claiming that Trump had “conned” the American people about the January 6 riot.
But let’s zoom in on her most outlandish claim: that Trump had somehow offered “encouragement” to attackers who were “looking for me and finding my husband.” This is pure speculation with no factual basis. Trump wasn’t president in 2022, wasn’t connected to the attacker, and had no role in that incident. The attack on Paul Pelosi, tragic as it was, had its own set of circumstances unrelated to anything Trump said or did. To conflate these events is not only misleading but a disservice to actual victims of political violence.
Pelosi’s rhetoric is a masterclass in deflection. Her party’s policies have been under fire—rampant crime, inflation, and public dissatisfaction—and what better way to distract than to drag out Trump as the perennial scapegoat? The goal here is clear: keep January 6 in the headlines, keep Trump in the villain’s seat, and hope no one notices the mounting failures elsewhere.
On President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to pardon Jan. 6 defendants, @SpeakerPelosi says, “It’s really a strange person who’s going to be President of the United States, who thinks that it’s okay to pardon people who are engaged in an attack.” When asked if she would be… pic.twitter.com/mvD4RrxNux
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) January 5, 2025
Americans deserve better than political theater dressed up as moral outrage. Let’s focus on facts, not hyperbole, and leave the conspiracy theories to the cable news echo chambers.
