‘Trying to get away with murder…of George Floyd’: Pelosi bashes Senate GOP policing reform bill
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Senate Republicans demanded an apology from the speaker for her choice of words.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says that Senate Republicans are trying to “get away with murder” with their policing reform bill, which will be considered in a key procedural vote on Wednesday.
In an interview with CBS News Radio, Pelosi was asked whether there’s any hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach a compromise on legislation responding to police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
“Well, you be the judge. We’re saying, ‘No chokeholds.’ They’re saying, you know — they’re not saying, ‘No chokeholds.’ I mean, there’s a big difference. What’s the compromise? ‘Some chokeholds?'” Pelosi asked in the interview Tuesday.
Pelosi said Republicans “understand that there’s a need to get something done. … They admit that and have some suggestions that are worthy of consideration — but so far, they were trying to get away with murder, actually — the murder of George Floyd,” she said.
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