You know a Democratic politician has screwed up when not even CNN’s Don Lemon can think of a defense on the fly.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is catching grief this week for patronizing a San Francisco hair salon in direct violation of state and local coronavirus lockdown ordinances — the same ordinances she so vigorously endorses. Footage of the speaker’s illicit trip to the hairstylist leaked to the press Monday. The footage shows Pelosi, who criticized Republican National Convention attendees that same evening for not wearing masks, crossing through the salon without a mask covering her face.