CNBC host Jim Cramer is apologizing after calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a nickname that President Donald Trump uses.
Cramer noted Pelosi told CNN days ago she was optimistic about striking a deal with Republicans on another coronavirus relief package.
He questioned her about what kind of deal could be made and, in doing so, echoed Trump.
“What deal can we have, Crazy Nancy?” Cramer said.
He quickly apologized and stressed his respect for the office.
“I’m sorry, that was the President. I have such reverence for the office,” he added.
Check out his comments below:
CRAMER: What deal can we have, crazy Nancy — I’m sorry, that was the president, I have such reverence for the office, I would never use that term, but it is hard isn’t it?
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) September 15, 2020
PELOSI: But you just did.
CRAMER: Oh, come on, you know what I mean.
PELOSI: I know what you meant. pic.twitter.com/KA26N4nKAU
While he explained he would never use that term, Pelosi cut him off and laughed at his remarks.
“But you just did,” Pelosi said.
Cramer responded, “Oh, come on, you know what I mean. You know what I mean.”
She told him she knew what he meant.
He reiterated he respects the office and recognized Pelosi has spent her whole life in public office.
Pelosi argued Trump’s nickname for her is just a deflection of who he truly is.
“Let me just say this, anything the President says is a projection of his own insecurities. He calls other people crazy because he knows he is. He complains about this, that and the other thing because he knows his own shortcomings,” Pelosi said.
She continued, “He’s a master of projection, so any time he says something, you say, ‘Uh-oh, that’s what he’s thinking of himself.'”
Toward the end of the interview, Cramer thanked Pelosi for her time and claimed he was being “facetious” when he used the term.
Pelosi reassured Cramer, “Don’t worry about that. Let that be your biggest problem today.”
During her interview, Pelosi said lawmakers are going to stay until they reach on agreement on the next stimulus bill, as IJR previously reported.