White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during the White House press briefing, playing footage of Pelosi visiting her hair salon on a loop.
“Two briefings ago, I asked, ‘Where is Nancy Pelosi?’ Today, I can announce we have found Nancy Pelosi,” McEnany said on Thursday. “As you can see, we found Nancy Pelosi going into her hair salon, we will be playing the video on loop for all of you to see during the duration of this introduction.”
She continued, “Nancy Pelosi was not in the halls of Congress when I asked where she was. She was not working in good faith to make a deal for the American people.”
“Nope, Nancy Pelosi was found in San Francisco at a hair salon where she was indoors even though salons in California are not only open for outdoor service. Apparently, the rules do not apply to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She wants small businesses to stay shut down, but only re-open for her convenience.”
McEnany added, “Nancy Pelosi is holding up $1.3 trillion in relief for the American people while getting special access to the very kind of small businesses that this money would support — businesses like this hair salon.”
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.@PressSec Kayleigh McEnany: "We found Nancy Pelosi going into her hair salon. We will be playing the video on loop for all of you to see during the duration of this introduction…Apparently the rules do not apply to Speaker Nancy Pelosi."
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Pelosi’s office initially defended her trip to the salon, saying, “This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business. The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment.”
But the speaker has since accused the salon owner of setting her up, saying, “I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighborhood salon that I’ve been to over the years many times.”
Pelosi added, “As it turns out, it was a set-up. So I take responsibility for falling for a set-up.” She has also called for the salon to apologize.
The hairstylist who did Pelosi’s hair has also appeared to agree with the speaker and said that the owner of the salon, Erica Kious, is “furthering a set-up of Speaker Pelosi for her own vain aspiration.”