Donald Trump has said some not-very-nice things over the years about Nancy Pelosi, who was the House Democratic leader for the entirety of his presidency, and Speaker of the House for his last two years in office.
Trump especially ripped her during both of his impeachment and after he left office, a conspiracy theorist attacked Pelosi’s husband, Paul, at their San Francisco home. Trump, and many of his allies, went on to push a baseless conspiracy theory that the attacker, who was later sentenced to life in prison, was Paul Pelosi’s gay lover.
But Monday night, in his last rally before the election, Trump appeared to cross a line that he hadn’t before when it came to the former House Speaker.
According to The Daily Beast Trump, while speaking in Michigan after midnight, ranted against Pelosi, who is no longer the Democrats’ leader in the House but remains a member of Congress.
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“She‘s a crooked person, she‘s a bad person. Evil! she’s an evil, sick, crazy…,” Trump said, before stating “bi…” but not finishing the word.
“Oh no,” Trump said at the rally. “It starts with a ‘b’ but I won’t say it… I wanna say it, I wanna say it,” Trump said to some laughs at cheers, at what could be his final campaign rally ever.
Trump on Nancy Pelosi: She’s an evil sick, crazy
B — it start with a B but I won’t say it. I want to say it. pic.twitter.com/3eukelYboO— Acyn (@Acyn) November 5, 2024
It’s not clear why Trump was talking about Pelosi, who is not his current opponent and only peripherally involved in the 2024 election. Trump had added that he had been warned by evangelist ally Franklin Graham about using foul language, but that ”I don‘t use much” and “it’s never a real bad word.”
The New York Times reporter and Trump biographer Maggie Haberman had stated in an interview last month that Trump has been speaking more incoherently of late, and has also been cursing much more frequently at rallies than he once did.
Earlier in the week, Trump had directly attacked Michelle Obama, someone who, for all his hatred for her husband, he has largely avoided doing over the years. In that incident, Trump also shared on stage that his advisers had recommended that he not level the very attack that he was leveling at that exact moment.
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