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Pelosi On Defending Herself From Rioters: ‘I’m Pretty Tough,’ I’m A Street Fighter,’ ‘Would’ Hit Them With Stilettos

Ryan Saavedra
Pelosi On Defending Herself From Rioters: ‘I’m Pretty Tough,’ I’m A Street Fighter,’ ‘Would’ Hit Them With Stilettos
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) said during an interview with USA Today this week that she would have been able to hold her own had she been forced to face off with the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6.

“Well, I’m pretty tough. I’m a street fighter,” Pelosi said when she was asked whether she was frightened by the ordeal. “They would have had a battle on their hands.”

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