Nancy Pelosi says Dems not at fault if their rhetoric drives people to violence

After years of faulting the president for an “assault … on our democracy,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was singing a wholly different tune regarding rhetoric and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

The fact that the former speaker of the House was herself deemed partially responsible for the security of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has never slowed her from demonizing President Donald Trump for calling on supporters to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

Now, having leveraged claims that the GOP leader was responsible for the breach of the Capitol into a post-presidency impeachment hearing and costly kangaroo court, Pelosi endeavored to fault the recipients of leftist fearmongering about alleged conservative fascists after only the latest example of that message resulting in a deadly outcome.

“People don’t have any intention of saying something that’s gonna lead to something dangerous, but we cannot take responsibility for the minds that are out there and how they hear it,” said the congresswoman at a press conference in Lutherville, Maryland in what many received as remarks that “DEFENDED Democrats’ violent rhetoric after the killing of Charlie Kirk.”

WTF?! Nancy Pelosi just DEFENDED Democrats’ vioIent rhetoric after the kiIIing of Charlie Kirk

Get this evil old hag out of Congress

“People don’t have the intention of saying something that will lead to something dangerous BUT we cannot take responsibility for the minds… pic.twitter.com/RG9si1qSVs

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 12, 2025

In addition to attempting to give a free pass to any comments from her caucus colleagues that had led to things like the summer of love in 2020 with the “fiery but mostly peaceful protests” or the alleged assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh that came amid protests over the leaked ruling in the Dobbs case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, Pelosi saw fit to seek sympathy once more for the Oct. 2022 hammer attack suffered by her husband, Paul Pelosi.

“This is a subject near and dear to my heart because our home was invaded by someone who was out to get me — got my husband — and it’s a tragedy for our family and traumatic for our children,” said the lawmaker before adding, “… we just have to change the rhetorical nature of our debate. We cannot have a situation where what we’re saying, even though we have our differences of opinion — and they are vast … as we express our views on it, to have our rhetoric not be contributing to this.”

Among those reacting to Pelosi’s attempt at absolving her peers from any guilt in further stoking the flames of division in the country and aiding in radicalization, George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley was blunt in calling out the ongoing “double standard.”

“For years, Nancy Pelosi blamed Republicans for their rhetoric, declaring ‘words matter. Truth matters. Accountability matters.’ No longer. Now she insists that ‘we can’t take responsibility for the minds that are out there and how they hear it,” stated Turley. “There has long been a double standard in the media when it comes to riots on the left, even objecting to the use of word ‘riot.’ After all, violence on the left cannot be riotous. It is righteous. Pelosi has shown the same relativity. When a mob destroyed statues, Pelosi brushed aside the criminal conduct and said, ‘People will do what they do.’”

Likewise, Stephen L. Miller joined the deluge of slams against Pelosi as he posted to X, “The face of a woman who has realized she may not live long enough to see her party take majority power again over this.”

…There has long been a double standard in the media when it comes to riots on the left, even objecting to the use of word “riot.” After all, violence on the left cannot be riotous. It is righteous. Pelosi has shown the same relativity. When a mob destroyed statues, Pelosi…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) September 13, 2025

The face of a woman who has realized she may not live long enough to see her party take majority power again over this. https://t.co/bgRURsJQGy

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 12, 2025

In other words, the left knows they have caused the violence with their constant hammering of how democracy is at stake, a threat to National Security, they are Nazis, racists, get in their faces, punch them, etc., so they are now trying to distance themselves by wholly blaming…

— Pendragon (Pendragon) (@PendragonMR) September 13, 2025

Typical Democrat pic.twitter.com/xEiWmD6aFa

— Nevada Liberty 1864 (@NevadaLiberty64) September 12, 2025

It’s not surprising. They call people they hate “Nazis” and “Fascists” for a decade and then try to wash their hands of the situation when one of their supporters turns violent.

We saw it at the practice for the Congressional baseball game back in 2017, so this is nothing new.

— Cory Corson (@Cory_Corson) September 12, 2025

Uhm, J6 was blamed on President Trump who literally told everyone to be peaceful. Are they calling for peace when accusing people like Charlie of being racist, white supremacists or fascist?

— My Turn – South Africa (@AliceVLAuthor) September 12, 2025

This is great, she is admitting their rhetoric is violent and now she is trying to deflect.

— Downtown Fairy (@Downtownfairy) September 12, 2025

We now know that literally everything these people have spoken for the last decade has been pure projection and/or Orwellian linguistic witchcraft.

— Patrick Sharp PolitiClips (@ginsengdrumming) September 13, 2025

They know they are responsible. The use of propaganda and lies by our government officials and the compliance of the media led to a young man losing his life

— Casual_Hex1036 (@Hex_Stake1036) September 12, 2025

Democrats can run to the cameras and the media and blame Trump or whatever, but they know what the coalescing effect the assassination attempt had on the election.

Now times that by ten. They know.

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 12, 2025

Staff Writer

Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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