DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has an unlikely defender: President Donald Trump. Trump stuck up for Pelosi on Friday [7-12-19] after freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York ramped up her criticism of the Democratic speaker. Ocasio-Cortez accused Pelosi earlier this week of singling out ‘newly elected women of color’ for criticism. Ocasio-Cortez’s comments and an earlier tweet by her chief of staff injected the possibility of racism into an ongoing spat between Pelosi and the progressive wing of the House Democratic Caucus. Trump, who has had more than his own share of run-ins with Pelosi, came to her defense…Trump slammed Ocasio-Cortez for being ‘very disrespectful’ to Pelosi. He added, ‘For them to call her a racist is a disgrace.’ The conflict between Pelosi and the progressive wing of her caucus stems from a debate over a spending package for humanitarian relief on the southern U.S. border. Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive Democrats had wanted to add stronger protections for migrants in the initial House draft of the bill.”
–Michael Collins and David Jackson, “’She is not a racist’: Trump sides with Speaker Nancy Pelosi in spat with progressives,” USA Today, July 12, 2019 11:42 am