Former President Donald Trump gave a phone interview to the conservative station Salem News Channel on October 18. As seen on The Recount, the interviewer asked him to give his reaction to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement about wanting to punch him on January 6, 2021. “Well, she’s a despicable person, very bad for the country,” Trump began. “If I ever said that, it would be a national scandal. With her, it’s not even a blip.”
A retweet of the Salem interview elicited plenty of reactions from Twitter users. “I am so glad that clip was made public,” stated one user. “We all need to be reminded what character and guts looks like in our public servants.” Another pointed out that Pelosi’s threat was a reaction to the possibility of the then-president trespassing illegally, clarifying: “[T]he president can not enter the Capitol without the permission of the Speaker of the House.”
Commenters also noted what many people already know about Donald Trump: When he expresses his opinions, he doesn’t exactly pull any punches himself. One tweet linked to a YouTube compilation of Trump speeches in which he said, among other things, “I’d like to punch him in the face,” “Knock the crap out of them,” “Maybe he should have been roughed up,” and “Try not to hurt him. If you do, I’ll defend you in court, don’t worry about it.”
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