Pelosi Tries (and Fails) to Clarify 'Stormtrooper' Comment, Refers to Barr as a 'Blob'

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi falsely claimed Tuesday she didn’t actually call federal law enforcement officers “stormtroopers,” but said that they “acted like stormtroopers.” She made the attempted clarification on MSNBC’s “The Beat” with Ari Melber after being shown a clip from Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Bill Barr. During an exchange between Rep. Doug Collins and Barr, the Georgia Republican called Pelosi's comment a “direct reference to the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party” and wondered if the AG thought it “encourages the violence that we’re seeing and encourages the participation against the police?”-- More...

.@SpeakerPelosi tries clarifying that she said federal police “acted like” stormtroopers but weren’t literally “stormtroopers” pic.twitter.com/Jiq7dqSYFf

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 28, 2020