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Nancy Pelosi: ‘Chokehold is a lynching’

By Mike Brest
Published June 16, 2020 2:21pm ET
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Nancy Pelosi: ‘Chokehold is a lynching’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the Republican health care bill, a top-flight priority the party nearly left for dead six weeks ago, passes the House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi compared the police chokehold maneuver to “a lynching.”

The California Democrat made the comment during a Monday evening interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer as he asked her questions about a police reform bill that is currently being debated in Congress.

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