Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel’s show last night, and beforehand it was obvious that she was looking forward to all the softball questions:
Watch now as I join @JimmyKimmelLive on ABC to talk about this week’s news and the work House Democrats have done #ForThePeople. pic.twitter.com/W37bwnMByi
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 31, 2019
Pelosi has said that any effort to impeach Trump in the House could amount to a “fool’s errand,” but she also had to throw out the obligatory red meat for the Resistance, invoking the Founding Fathers in her effort:
Hollywood audience for @JimmyKimmelLive cheers enthusiastically when @SpeakerPelosi talks impeachment. “The times have found us. We have a defiance of the Constitution of the United States….Public deserves to know the truth, the facts.” #Kimmel pic.twitter.com/DKupdBLvrs
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) May 31, 2019
Democrats and their supporters are increasingly pointing out that all this is more of a branding effort than an attempt to hold anybody accountable for illegal activity, but Pelosi knew the friendly audience would lap up whatever she put down for them.
Along the way, Kimmel told Pelosi “we haven’t had a chance to see the Mueller report”:
Huh? Can he read? @JimmyKimmel during interview with @SpeakerPelosi: “We haven’t had a chance to see the Mueller Report.” #Kimmel pic.twitter.com/Due7i8zEJT
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) May 31, 2019
And Pelosi seemed in no hurry to remind him the report was released to the public weeks ago. However, Pelosi did deem it necessary to hold Trump accountable, and to do it for “kids in the hood.” No, seriously:
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Please, go on. Tell me how to explain it to "kids in the hood," @SpeakerPelosi.pic.twitter.com/ObhLcYb7VL
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) May 31, 2019
VIDEO – @SpeakerPelosi: Unlike Trump, Kids in the ‘Hood Can’t Just Say They Didn’t Know They’ve Broken Laws https://t.co/6aBbLcO3i0
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) May 31, 2019
.@SpeakerPelosi you just made a reference to "kids in the hood" on the @jimmykimmel show… could you please define your meaning of "hood"…? (I bet if @realDonaldTrump did this Twitter would have already been in an uproar…) ?
— Ry (@BigRy5900) May 31, 2019
File that under “When you’ve lost Peter Daou”:
JAW DROPPED.
If you think Republicans are the only reason America is in this awful state, just watch this bizarre #JimmyKimmel interview with #NancyPelosi.
She asks how you explain Trump's lawlessness to "kids in the hood."https://t.co/gtjrZinpJK
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) May 31, 2019
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