Pelosi Calls the Proud Boys Trump’s ‘Friends’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is criticizing President Donald Trump for enabling the far-right group the Proud Boys during the Tuesday night’s presidential debate.

During her press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi detailed her own experience with the Proud Boys and accused Trump of giving them the go-ahead during his debate remarks.

“Speaking of violence, the Proud Boys, the president’s friends you know the Proud Boys, who are celebrating the green light that he gave them in the debate,” Pelosi said.

Pelosi mentioned she was in Florida for a congressional race where the Proud Boys made an appearance in 2018.

During a volunteer meeting, the Proud Boys “pounded the doors” and “scared” those who were attending, as Pelosi said.

Watch her comments below:

“They were tasked by the Florida Republican Party to come and disrupt that meeting, which they did in a violent way,” Pelosi said.

She added, “So, in case the president doesn’t remember that, he could call his friend Governor DeSantis who was part of that thing.”

According to the Anti-Defamation League, the Proud Boys “represent an unconventional strain of American right-wing extremism.”

Pelosi made it clear she was troubled by Trump’s failure to outright condemn white supremacy and extremist groups during the debate, as IJR previously reported