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‘I Just Wanna Thank Every Single One of You For the Support’ – Kyle Rittenhouse Speaks From County Jail (VIDEO)


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17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse thanked everyone for their outpouring support on Tuesday while he was on the phone with his lawyer John Pierce.

“I just wanna thank every single one of you from the bottom of my heart for the underlining support,” Rittenhouse said on speaker phone. “I just want to thank all of you for the mail I’ve been receiving. It’s been really helpful.”

He continued, “I just want to let you all know that I’m going to be out of here soon…I hope to see you guys soon.”

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Last week an Illinois judge postponed a decision on whether 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse should be returned to Wisconsin to face charges after he killed two men in self defense.

Rittenhouse was arrested last Wednesday and is currently being held at a Lake County juvenile center.

The teen was hit with 6 charges on Thursday:

  • 1)1st-Degree Reckless Homicide
    2)1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety.
    3)1st-Degree Intentional Homicide
    4) Attempt 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide
    5)1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety
    6) Possession Dangerous Weapon (Misd.)

Kyle Rittenhouse shot 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum after Rosenbaum chased the teen, threw something at him and tried to take away his firearm.

According to the criminal complaint, the medical examiner found that Rosenbaum was shot in the groin, back and hand. He also suffered a superficial graze wound on his left thigh and a graze wound to the side of his head.

Rosenbaum was also a convicted sex offender involving a crime with a minor.


Joseph Rosenbaum

26-year-old Anthony Huber beat Kyle Rittenhouse with a skateboard before he was shot dead.

Rittenhouse was being chased by a BLM mob when he tripped and fell. At this point, Huber bashed him in the back of the head/neck with a skateboard. Rittenhouse defended himself and shot Huber in the chest. Huber immediately dropped and died.


Huber beats Rittenhouse with a skateboard

26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz had his arm partially blown off after he aggressively rushed at 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who had just tripped and fallen while being chased by the BLM mob.

Grosskreutz had a gun in his hand when he ran up to Rittenhouse, so in self defense, the 17-year-old discharged his weapon, blew off part of Grosskreutz’s arm, saving his own life.

Rittenhouse was about to get a bullet to the head, but he acted quickly and shot Grosskreutz in self defense.

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A friend of Gaige’s said that his only regret was not being able to kill 17-year-old Rittenhouse.

“So the kid shot gaige as he drew his weapon and gaige retreated with his gun in hand. I just talked to Gaige Grosskreutz too his only regret was not killing the kid and hesitating to pull the gun before emptying the entire mag into him. Coward,” a friend of Grosskreutz wrote in a chat.


Gaige Grosskreutz

This statement by Grosskreutz’s friend is just more evidence that Rittenhouse acted in self defense.

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‘A Serious Deprivation Of Our Rights’: San Francisco Archbishop Pleads With Mayor To Ease Coronavirus Restrictions

The archbishop of San Francisco claimed Monday that the city government is depriving Catholics of their religious rights and urged Democratic Mayor London Breed and public health officials to “at a minimum, remove the excessive limits on outdoor public worship.”

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone explained in a public letter the importance of gathering together physically to celebrate the Mass, and pointed out that “San Francisco is the only government in the entire Bay Area that restricts public gatherings to 12 people out of doors.” He also referenced a study by “three major infectious disease specialists” that “over one million public [M]asses have been celebrated following guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus…for Catholic churches following these guidelines, no outbreaks of COVID-19 have been linked to church attendance.”

Cordileone continued:

Ours and others’ faith is being treated as less important than a trip to the hardware store, or a nice dinner out on the patio. This denial of access to safe outdoor public worship is a serious deprivation of our rights as Americans under the First Amendment and our spiritual needs as people of faith. One million public Masses without any Covid outbreaks demonstrates that it is just as safe in San Francisco as in other parts of the state, such as San Mateo County, to permit large gatherings for outdoor public worship with reasonable safety precautions.

Read the archbishop’s full statement here.

San Francisco’s strict lockdown order applies not just to churches, but on businesses such as hair salons and barber shops. The city’s congresswoman, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, made headlines Tuesday when footage emerged of her getting her hair done in a salon that was otherwise shut down.

As reported by Catholic San Francisco, the mayor’s updated reopening schedule includes “a potential mid-September expansion of outdoor worship services to 50 people from the current limit of 12. Indoor worship is listed as a goal for the end of September, with gatherings of up to 25 or 25% of capacity.

Cordileone added his voice to the chorus of California church leaders who are speaking out against what they claim as onerous lockdown orders against houses of worship and other establishments the state has deemed non-essential.

Just south of San Francisco in Santa Clara County, North Valley Baptist Church was smacked with a $10,000 fine recently after county agents inspected their service to see if congregants were singing while gathered indoors. As The Daily Wire reported, a four-age notice plastered on the church’s door informed it that it was being fined for holding two indoor services during which singing took place.

Senior Pastor Jack Trieber told state and local authorities in a Facebook video, “I plead with you, back off. Open up the spiritual environment of this valley immediately because we’re going to see chaos. I’m not threatening that we’re going to create chaos … but I am willing to take a stand.”

In a similar case, Los Angeles County terminated a parking lot lease it held with Grace Community Church last week, after Pastor John MacArthur and the congregation took them to court after they threatened daily fines for resuming in-person assembly.

Related: WATCH: Rioters In California Tear Down Religious Statue Of Father Junipero Serra

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Pelosi Admits Breaking Lockdown For Salon Visit; Blames Business, Says She Did Nothing Wrong

On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a statement via her deputy chief of staff confessing to breaking city lockdown rules to get her hair done indoors at a San Francisco salon on Monday, seemingly without wearing a mask.

Pelosi, however, is not admitting to any wrongdoing, instead shifting blame to the salon she visited.

“The Speaker always wears a mask and complies with local COVID requirements,” said a statement Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill, according to FOX KTVU.

“This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business,” Hammill added. “The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment.”

“Security footage taken from the small business and provided to Fox News appears to confirm the salon owner’s allegation, showing the leading House Democrat with wet hair and no mask walking through the shop on Monday,” The Daily Wire reported earlier on Tuesday. “Hair salons across the city were allowed to open for outdoor services only on Monday for the first time since March.”

“It was a slap in the face that she went in, you know, that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in, and I can’t work,” eSalon owner Erica Kious told Fox News. “We’re supposed to look up to this woman, right? … It is just disturbing.”

The Daily Wire noted, “While salons have been allowed to open in limited capacity, stylists still are ‘not supposed to blow dry hair’ according to coronavirus safety guidelines, Kious said. The government also mandates that masks be worn at all times inside the salon itself.”

According to KTVU, salons, which have been crushed by COVID-related restrictions, “may only cut hair outdoors under new rules that took effect [Tuesday].”

“Kious’ small business does not employ any workers directly, but rents out chairs to independent stylists. One of the stylists she works with texted her on Sunday that the speaker had requested a hair appointment,” The Daily Wire reported. “Kious’ business was not equipped to perform any appointments outside as mandated by coronavirus regulations, however.”

“I was like, are you kidding me right now? Do I let this happen?” Kious said of receiving the message concerning Pelosi.

“We have been shut down for so long, not just me, but most of the small businesses and I just can’t – it’s a feeling – a feeling of being deflated, helpless and honestly beaten down,” she described. “I have been fighting for six months for a business that took me 12 years to build to reopen.”

“I am a single mom, I have two small children, and I have no income,” added Kious. “The fact that they did this, and she came in, it’s like a slap in the face.”

Related: San Francisco Salon Owner Says Nancy Pelosi Broke Lockdown Order For Blowout: ‘Just Disturbing’

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In Unprecedented Move, CDC Halts Most Rental Evictions Until End Of 2020

In Unprecedented Move, CDC Halts Most Rental Evictions Until End Of 2020

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Tue, 09/01/2020 – 20:30

In an unprecedented move on Tuesday, with Congress unable to reach a common ground on virtually any stimulus extension, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled today it would temporarily – at least through the end of 2020 – suspend most rental evictions for Americans struggling to pay rent due to the pandemic, in a step which CNN dubbed was "broader than eviction protections already in place." The move comes as negotiations on further coronavirus aid have been stalled as Republicans and Democrats refuse to budge on topline numbers for what a new relief package would cost.

In a phone call with reporters, officials said the order will apply to Americans who qualified for direct payments under the CARES Act.

To be sure there are some hurdles: renters will have to prove that they’ve taken "best efforts possible to seek government assistance to make their rental payments," and will have to "declare that they are unable to pay rent due to Covid financial hardship," and must show they "will likely become homeless or move into congregate housing settings if they are evicted", but that should not be a problem for anyone willing to live rent free indefinitely.

Renters will also have to fill out several forms, found on the CDC’s website, and give them directly to their landlords to qualify for the program.

"This will be a declaration presented to the landlord, if that landlord approaches a tenant with an intent to evict,” an official said. Because the move is federally mandated, it “would become a criminal offence” if the landlord chose to ignore the declaration. But it could still end up in courts, possibly leading to legal actions that could show up on background checks or credit reports.

And while landlords are being effectively stripped of most if not all of their rights with this extraordinary intervention, they will still be able to remove tenants for "committing criminal acts, threatening the health and safety of other residents, damaging property or other health and safety considerations," an official added although good luck getting through to the local police station and reporting a crime in a country where defunding the local law enforcement is seen as the pinnacle of progressive thought.

"To the extent that there is a dispute between the landlord and the renter about whether or not an eviction protection is in place here, it can be filed, and that would be for the local courts, which are not federal to adjudicate,” an official said, without clarifying how long before defunding the local courts becomes the next progressive ideal. On the other hand, in places like Portland they won’t even have to do that: after all, everyone arrested for rioting is released the next day with the blessing of the judicial branch so they can resume rioting post haste.

Under the CARES Act, only renters in federally-backed rental units were protected from eviction. “This covers any rental unit in United States, so long as the renter meets those requirements, where they’ve demonstrated that they are at risk of becoming evicted,” an official said. There’s also currently a moratorium on evictions for federally-backed, single family home mortgages.

Realizing that this was nothing short of an invitation to stop paying rent, a CDC official said pointblankthis "is not an invitation to stop paying rent." It was unclear how many in the audience laughed. "The order makes clear that a renter who cannot pay his or her full rent should pay an amount that is not unduly burdensome, and as close to payment as possible."

The landlords are surely holding their breath (their best and only recourse… although if they hold it long enough they will surely get a Fed bailout too).

As for those asking just why on earth a decision to halt evictions is being made by the CDC and not say… Congress, an official said "the CDC director has authority to take measures that he’s reasonably necessary to mitigate the spread of communicable disease."

“Congress has delegated broad authority to HHS, the Surgeon General and CDC, to take reasonable efforts to combat the spread of communicable diseases, and frankly I think it makes sense for those authorities abroad because we don’t know for any given situation or scenario what steps will be needed to stop the spread,” an administration official said. “I think, in this particular order, the CDC has made a very compelling case that it is quite problematic at this particular time. It’s focused on this particular pandemic, which is obviously the uniquely powerful grasp in the nation’s entire history in terms of the effect it’s had that for a bunch of reasons in particular, that the home has been sort of the focal point of people social distancing and building, sort of a safe space themselves over the past few months, and also the fact that if people get kicked out, they may end up in overcrowded congregated living facilities or homeless shelters, and that is a potential recipe for a big spread of COVID-19.”

Asked why that authority wasn’t being used to enact a federal mask mandate, officials refused to answer because the question didn’t "have to do with the call at hand."

Finally, confirming the political nature of the decision, deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said the action “means that people struggling to pay rent due to the coronavirus will not have to worry about being evicted and risk further spreading of or exposure to the disease due to economic hardship,” and attacked Democrats on the hill.

Officials did not answer questions about how that legal action could impact credit or future housing options.

And with that, we now wait for the CDC to start sending unemployment benefits and buying Apple bonds.

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ICE Arrested Over 2K Illegal Aliens Last Month, Including Killers, Rapists


The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has arrested more than 2,000 criminal illegal alien fugitives, living across the United States, over the last month.

Between July 13 and August 20, agents arrested more than 2,000 illegal aliens who were wanted by ICE. About 85 percent of the 2,000 arrested had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges against them.

These include:

  • 388 convictions for assault
  • 291 convictions for domestic violence
  • 136 convictions for neglect or cruelty towards a family member
  • 83 convictions for sex crimes, including rape
  • 71 convictions for sex crimes against children
  • 29 convictions for hit-and-run
  • 23 convictions for harassment
  • 20 convictions for robbery
  • 14 convictions for homicide
  • 12 convictions for contributing to delinquency of a minor
  • 11 convictions for identity theft
  • Nine convictions for kidnapping
  • One conviction for rioting
  • One conviction for arson

Each of the illegal aliens convicted for crimes leave behind countless American and legal immigrant victims.

“The aliens targeted during this operation preyed on men, women, and children in our communities, committing serious crimes and, at times, repeatedly hurting their victims,” ICE official Tony Pham said in a statement. He went on the say:

By focusing our efforts on perpetrators of crimes against people, we’re able to remove these threats from our communities and prevent future victimization from occurring. Through our targeted enforcement efforts, we are eliminating the threat posed by these criminals, many of whom are repeat offenders.

Last fiscal year, ICE agents arrested illegal aliens with more than 1,900 convictions and charges for homicide, 1,800 for kidnapping, 12,000 sex crimes, 5,000 sexual assaults, 45,000 assaults, 67,000 drug crimes, 10,000 weapons violations, and 74,000 DUIs.

Likewise, ICE agents deported more than a quarter of a million illegal aliens last year.

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Green Bay Police: Antifa Member with Flamethrower Cried in Fetal Position When Caught


A suspected member of Antifa — who was allegedly armed with a flamethrower — cried in the fetal position before his arrest during a Saturday evening protest in Green Bay, Wisconsin, according to law enforcement.

WBAY reports;

Matthew Banta, 23, is charged with obstructing an officer and two counts of felony bail jumping.

The criminal complaint says Banta “is known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests.” Police say he’s known as “Commander Red.”

[…]

A responding officer says he saw four individuals walking towards a protest with baseball bats. One man was wearing a metal helmet with goggles and military-style gear with multiple pouches, and was carrying an Antifa flag. When the officer pulled his squad car in front of the group, they ran away. The officer caught Banta, who was carrying the flag, and says Banta “dropped into the fetal position and began crying.”

“It’s worrisome when people associated with Antifa come here to Green Bay from out of town for the purpose of protesting here or for the purposes of committing violent acts,” said Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith.

“An unlawful assembly is three or more people who gather in such a manner where property damage, or personal injury is likely to occur,” Smith added. “We determined this was happening on Washington Street. What was happening was a large group of people had blocked traffic on the street had engaged in throwing a bottle at somebody, were pulling up manhole covers off the street and were blocking traffic.”

Police said 15 protesters were arrested after the demonstration was declared unlawful.

In early August, Banta was charged with biting, kicking, and pointing firearm at a police officer at a protest in Waupaca.

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Flamethrower-Packing Antifa ‘Entered Fetal Position And Began Crying’ After Unsuccessful Escape From Cops

Flamethrower-Packing Antifa ‘Entered Fetal Position And Began Crying’ After Unsuccessful Escape From Cops

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Tue, 09/01/2020 – 18:44

A 23-year-old Wisconsin man carrying a flamethrower, smoke grenades and fireworks during a Saturday night demonstration in Green Bay ‘dropped into the fetal position and began crying‘ after he was chased down by police.

Matthew Banta of Neenah, WI – who is "known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests," was one of four individuals walking towards a protest with baseball bats, according to ABC2.

Green Bay police say they were called for “a whole bunch of white people with sticks, baseball bats and helmets headed… towards the police” on Walnut St. near Webster Ave.

A responding officer says he saw four individuals walking towards a protest with baseball bats. One man was wearing a metal helmet with goggles and military-style gear with multiple pouches, and was carrying an Antifa flag. When the officer pulled his squad car in front of the group, they ran away. The officer caught Banta, who was carrying the flag, and says Banta “dropped into the fetal position and began crying.” He accused the officer of lying on him; the officer replied nobody was on him. –ABC2

Banta claims he wasn’t planning to incite a riot (with his flamethrower, smoke grenade and fireworks).

The three other individuals Banta was with were caught trying to break into a house. When officers apprehended them, they dropped what they were carrying, with one of them telling the police that they were simply bringing items for self-defense.

Last month, Banta was charged in Waupaca County with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and four other charges for pointing a loaded gun at a police officer, and biting and kicking another.

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Tony Baltimore School Buckles to Anti-Semitic Demands of Black Lives Matter Activists

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An elite private school in Baltimore founded by Jews is revamping its curriculum in response to a pressure campaign by Black Lives Matter activists demanding an examination of the school’s "wealth hoarding" and "tolerance of Zionism."

BLM activists’ latest academic target is Baltimore’s Park School, which was founded in 1912 by Jews who were barred entry into the city’s existing private schools. In a letter to the school, an anonymous group identifying itself as the "Black at Park Organizing Collective" calls for "an examination of Park’s history: its inception, early exclusions, culture of whiteness and wealth hoarding, its tolerance of Zionism, and its parasitic relationship to Baltimore City."

The Collective, which claims to be composed of "recent and distant alumni," accused the school of promoting "anti-blackness" and "anti-black violence." It seeks radical changes to the school’s curriculum, admissions, and hiring. The school, they claim, is home to "white supremacist structures and environments of learning, teaching, and community-making," and Park "has established this culture of anti-blackness as normal and permissible." The administration, they wrote, must "atone for the deep and painful anti-black violence our black peers have experienced."

The language in the letter highlights the prevalence of anti-Semitism in Black Lives Matter activism. Across the country, protesters associated with the movement have defaced Jewish institutions, demanded that American Jews denounce Israel, and embraced anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has condemned American Jews for years.

Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, spiritual leader for more than 40 years at Baltimore’s Beth Tfiloh synagogue, expressed concern about the Collective’s rhetoric.

"There are a lot of code words here that have been associated with anti-Semitic tropes," Wohlberg told the Washington Free Beacon. "But I don’t like calling people anti-Semitic unless I know them and know that to be true. However, [with] those tropes of ‘parasites’ and ‘wealth hoarding,’ combined with ‘tolerance of Zionism,’ you have to question the motives of these people."

Park administrators declined to address the Collective’s use of anti-Semitic language, but officials told the Free Beacon the school is working with the group to implement a series of reforms, including changes to its "diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives."

Peter Hilsee, a spokesman for the Park School, told the Free Beacon administrators are "aware of the letter" and are speaking with its authors.

"It would not be appropriate to provide details about our correspondence," Hilsee said. "I can say that our school is now involved in a robust process of reshaping our diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and we are steadfastly committed to confronting systemic and institutionalized racism within our walls and in our broader community."

Hilsee did not respond to a follow-up email from the Free Beacon asking if the school is concerned about the Collective’s use of anti-Semitic tropes. The Black at Park Organizing Collective did not respond to a request for comment.

The Park School has been a fixture in Baltimore for decades and counts among its alumni many prominent American Jews, including Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. The school has deep roots in the Jewish community, serving for many years as one of the few private institutions that Jewish residents could attend. The school, which sits on a 100-acre campus and offers pre-K through 12th grade instruction, currently describes itself as "non-sectarian, independent, gender-inclusive" and committed to "inclusiveness and equity" in "all programs and activities."

The Black Lives Matter movement is steeped in anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activism. It has embraced economic boycotts of Israel, and activists associated with the movement have vandalized Jewish centers, such as synagogues and kosher restaurants. In Washington, D.C., for instance, the popular kosher restaurant Char Bar had its windows smashed by rioters in June.

Many Jewish officials have been nervous to speak out about the Black Lives Matter movement’s association with anti-Israel and anti-Semitic causes due to fear of retribution. American Jews have historically been sympathetic to civil-rights causes due to the abuse they faced in the United States.

Several Park School board members did not respond to a request for comment about whether they were concerned by the letter—including Rev. Andrew Foster Connors, Jane Frankel Sims, Lila Shapiro-Cyr, and Pete Sachs. Board members could play a role in advancing reforms prescribed by the activists.

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Ron Paul On The “CDC Bombshell” – Only 6% Of ‘COVID Deaths’ From Only COVID

Ron Paul On The "CDC Bombshell" – Only 6% Of ‘COVID Deaths’ From Only COVID

Tyler Durden

Tue, 09/01/2020 – 06:00

Over the weekend the Centers for Disease Control dropped a bombshell report on coronavirus/COVID deaths:

of the approximately 165,000 "COVID deaths", less than ten thousand died from COVID.

The rest – a vast majority – had on average 2.6 serious additional diseases, with the addition in most cases of extreme advanced age.

In the following Liberty Report discussion, Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul ask:

Is it time to begin litigating the damage done to the US and the world from the lockdown policies?

The two libertarians also discuss that as the "largest protest in German history" took place over the weekend, as an estimated millions turned out to oppose mandatory masks and lockdowns (with similar protests took place in London and in Spain); in the US… there is mostly silence…?

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Pelosi Caught Getting Hair Done at Closed Salon, Infuriating Owner

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) got around coronavirus restrictions to get her hair done at a San Francisco hair salon Monday, a move the salon owner described as a "slap in the face."

Pelosi went to the salon after an assistant arranged an appointment there with an independent hairdresser who rents a chair from the salon owner, Fox News reported. San Francisco’s coronavirus guidance allowed salons to reopen on Tuesday, but only for outdoor services. Customers are also required to wear masks while getting their hair cut.

"It was a slap in the face that she went in, you know, that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in, and I can’t work," the salon owner told Fox News. "We’re supposed to look up to this woman, right? It is just disturbing."

A Pelosi spokesman insisted his boss did not violate city rules because she was the only customer in the salon.

"The Speaker always wears a mask and complies with local COVID requirements. This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business. The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment," he said.

Security footage shows Pelosi walking through the salon without a mask, although she appears to be wearing a face covering around her neck.

The salon owner added that she has been fighting for months to reopen the salon and had expected to do so in July. She also said she is unable to provide outdoor services because certain chemicals the salon uses are prohibited from being used outside.

Fresh off her trip to the salon, Pelosi appeared on MSNBC Tuesday and excoriated President Donald Trump for not taking coronavirus seriously.

Pelosi is not the first Democratic lawmaker to outmaneuver coronavirus restrictions during the pandemic. New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D.) purchased jewelry days after ordering all nonessential businesses to close in the state. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer’s (D.) husband violated guidance to take his boat out onto a lake before Memorial Day, even going so far as to invoke Whitmer’s name when questioned about his actions.

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