Nancy Pelosi lambasted a reporter for asking if she hated the president then stormed offstage: 'Don't mess with me when it comes to words like that'

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got into an argument with a reporter on Wednesday who asked if she hated the president.

Pelosi was leaving a press conference when James Rosen, from pro-Trump Sinclair Broadcast Group, asked the question.

"As a Catholic, I resent your using the word 'hate' in a sentence that addresses me... So don't mess with me when it comes to words like that," she said.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi got into a heated exchange on Wednesday with a conservative reporter who asked if she "hated" the president.

Pelosi was leaving a press conference about the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump when James Rosen, from pro-Trump Sinclair Broadcast Group, asked, "Do you hate the president, Madame Speaker?"See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Extremists turned a frog meme into a hate symbol, but Hong Kong protesters revived it as an emblem of hopeSee Also:The biggest takeaways from the House Judiciary Committee's first public impeachment hearingThe GOP's only impeachment witness on Wednesday contradicted his own previous testimonyStanford Law professor Pamela Karlan used an analogy involving a disaster in Texas to break down why she thinks Trump should be impeached

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