Pelosi: No need for Maxine Waters to apologize because ‘more confrontational’ call did not incite violence

By Emily Brooks

Published April 19, 2021 7:44pm ET

Pelosi: No need for Maxine Waters to apologize because ‘more confrontational’ call did not incite violence — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Rep. Maxine Waters does not need to apologize and did not incite violence by calling to get “more confrontational” if police officer Derek Chauvin is not found guilty.

“No, I don’t think she should apologize,” Pelosi told the hill pool on Monday. “Maxine talked about confrontation in the manner of the civil rights movement.”

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