A recording from a staffer's phone captured the sounds of the men pounding on the door and trying to break into the second section of offices. Her staff was behind the next door with furniture pressed up against it, hiding in the dark under a conference table for over two hours. She went on to walk Stahl through her office suite, showing her the door that was broken down by the rioters. Of the first branch of government, the legislative branch by the president of the United States."
"I think it's universally accepted that what happened," Pelosi said, tearing up, "was a terrible, terrible violation of the Capitol. "No, I want to be here," she told them, but she said that they told her, "no, you must leave." Standing in the gallery of the House, Pelosi recalled the Capitol Police pulling her from the podium. "He has done something so serious that there should be a prosecution against him." "Well, the person who's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States," Pelosi said. The three other officers involved in Floyd’s arrest have been fired but have not been charged as of Monday night.In an interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Sunday, CBS's Lesley Stahl asked who was running the executive branch of the U.S. Chauvin was fired and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Protests have erupted across the country after George Floyd died after being detained by police in Minneapolis last week.įormer officer Derek Chauvin is shown kneeling on Floyd’s neck in bystander footage of his arrest, as Floyd says he couldn’t breathe and becomes unresponsive. The dispersal of protesters came as Trump was announcing he would be mobilizing the military into DC and threatening to do the same in US cities if governors did not utilize their National Guards to “dominate” their streets. Several governors and mayors condemned the use of force, including DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) who enacted the curfew and called the move “shameful.” Protesters were removed from the area shortly before 7 p.m., the curfew start time for the city on Monday. The president posed for photos with a Bible in front of the church, which had been set on fire during Sunday’s demonstrations. The joint statement came after law enforcement officers fired tear gas in front of the White House to clear the area for the president to travel on foot to visit the nearby St. The President’s continued fanning of the flames of discord, bigotry and violence is cowardly, weak and dangerous.” “At this challenging time, our nation needs real leadership.
King to John Lewis to peaceful protestors on the streets today,” the statement reads, The Hill reported.
“Together, we must insist on the truth that America must do much more to live up to its promise: the promise of liberty and justice for all, which so many have sacrificed for – from Dr. Pelosi and Schumer called on President Trump, law enforcement and “all entrusted with responsibility to respect the dignity and rights of all Americans.” “Tear-gassing peaceful protestors without provocation just so that the President could pose for photos outside a church dishonors every value that faith teaches us.” “At a time when our country cries out for unification, this President is ripping it apart,” Pelosi and Schumer said. The two top Democrats in Congress said the forced removal of the protesters from outside Lafayette Park “dishonors every value that faith teaches us.”