Nancy Pelosi

In footage taken by her daughter during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Pelosi appeared calm, focused and pragmatic under unthinkable circumstances.

While the president of the United States stood down, she stood up. While pro-Trump rioters tried to derail the government, she tried to keep it on track. It was exactly what made the rioters hate her and exactly what the country needed. But Pelosi would not allow the horror of the situation to impact the decorum with which she would address it. Schumer (D-N.Y.), talking on the phone with Vice President Mike Pence, receiving security briefings and, above all else, strategizing about how to make this all stop. One is about having the will to win at all costs. She knew it would “take time.” She was not making an empty, churlish demand for justice, now. Pelosi was not giving a televised campaign speech behind a lectern; she was huddling with confidants about how to continue with their work amid the greatest domestic assault on the Capitol in the history of the country. The behind-the-scenes footage, shot by Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra, is a striking study in professional composure under outrageous circumstances. [“Oh Naaaancy,” some of them called out in a menacing, sing-songy voice](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nancy-pelosi-capitol-insurrection-footage-impeachment-trial/2021/02/10/34bb843c-6bec-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_2). “If you don’t mind, I’d like to stay in touch,” Pelosi politely asked Virginia Gov. 6](https://www.washingtonpost.com/january-6-capitol-riot/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2), 2021, rioters were looking for as they marauded through the U.S.

Violence always being wrong and all that jazz aside, have you ever wished someone would shove a golf cart up Donald Trump's ass? Or slap him with a piece of ...

[expressed](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-14/nancy-pelosi-said-on-jan-6-that-she-wanted-to-punch-out-trump) a desire to punch Trump in the face after he gave a speech telling his followers to fight the election results on his behalf but before they fully ransacked the place. [Katharine Hepburn’s Obsessive Originality](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/miss-independent-katharine-hepburns-obsessive-originality?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122) Oz’s Senate Campaign](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/dr-oz-dog-killing-pennsylvania-senate-race?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)? I want to punch him out.… Or zap him with a cattle prod every time he opens his mouth? Or slap him with a piece of fish?

The House speaker said she wanted Trump to come to the Capitol so that she could "punch him out." She added, "And I'm going to go to jail, and I'm going to ...

I want to punch him out, and I'm going to go to jail, and I'm going to be happy." [she and other Democratic leaders walked out of a White House meeting](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-angrily-walk-out-white-house-meeting-after-trump-meltdown-n1067716) with Trump after he had what Pelosi described as a "meltdown." "Why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the Capitol, Mr. to finish the process. The video at the hearing also showed Pelosi speaking to Virginia Gov. The two Democratic leaders were seen calling then-acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Schumer's flip phone, requesting a "massive" response. Schumer and Pelosi were also seen on the phone with acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen asking for him to get Trump to call off his supporters. "I want to punch him out. Capitol that she hoped then-President Donald Trump would come to the complex so that she could "punch him out." "So at the moment, he is not coming, but that could change." Another clip shows Pelosi speaking to her staff as a crowd began to amass at the Capitol. It aired a few hours after the House select committee investigating the attack

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has a blunt message for Richard Barnett, the Jan. 6 rioter who broke into her office, sat in her chair and put his ...

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