{"id":2089647,"date":"2023-11-03T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretty-damn-funny-ex-trump-aide-defends-her-texts-trolling-nancy-pelosi-on-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:15:52","slug":"pretty-damn-funny-ex-trump-aide-defends-her-texts-trolling-nancy-pelosi-on-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretty-damn-funny-ex-trump-aide-defends-her-texts-trolling-nancy-pelosi-on-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump aide defends texts mocking Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6: &#8216;Hilarious!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpretty-damn-funny-ex-trump-aide-defends-her-texts-trolling-nancy-pelosi-on-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2089647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Former Trump Aide Defends Her Texts \u200cTrolling Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6<\/h2>\n<p>A former aide to\u2063 former President Donald Trump on\u2064 Wednesday stood by her view that a Capitol incursion participant offered a\u2062 bit of levity on \u2063Jan. 6, 2021, by taking\u200d former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s lectern.<\/p>\n<p>Katrina Pierson\u200b was called \u2063to testify\u2064 in a trial over whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-hands-trump-loss-refuses-dismiss-lawsuit-block-colorado-ballot-setting-unprecedented-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a> \u2063should allow Trump on the\u200d presidential ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Trump\u2063 activists are claiming that a clause \u200din the Civil War Reconstruction-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-trump-insurrectionist-ballot-appearance-trial-donated-group-formed-prevent-violent-insurrections-j6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14th Amendment<\/a> should be used \u2062against Trump because of his involvement \u2064in the Capitol incursion of Jan. 6. The amendment \u200dbars anyone involved in an insurrection\u200c from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-launches-effort-to-win-midterms-by-disqualifying-republicans-for-insurrection\/\" title=\"Left Launches Effort to Win Midterms by Disqualifying Republicans for 'Insurrection'\">holding federal office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A report \u2063in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/31\/us\/trump-election-lie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> called Pierson a \u201cliaison\u201d\u2063 between the White House and the organizers of the rally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former Trump campaign official Katrina \u2063Pierson \u200btestified on Wednesday \u200cthat the theft of Rep. Nancy Pelosi\u2019s podium during the Jan. 6 \u2063insurrection was \u201chysterical,\u201d \u2063Mediaite reported. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fIe2x0waEm\">https:\/\/t.co\/fIe2x0waEm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\/status\/1720530848594661563?\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During her appearance Wednesday, Pierson\u2063 was asked about\u2062 a Jan. 7, \u200d2021, text to \u200cformer Trump aide Max Miller\u200c about an \u2064image of a waving protester \u200dcarrying Pelosi\u2019s lectern, according to \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/ex-trump-aide-testifies-that-it-was-hysterical-to-see-nancy-pelosis-lectern-stolen-on-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to admit that\u2064 seeing\u2063 Nancy Pelosi\u2019s lectern being carried away by Trump\u200c supporter is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretty-damn-funny-ex-trump-aide-defends-her-texts-trolling-nancy-pelosi-on-jan-6\/\" title=\"Former Trump aide defends texts mocking Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6: 'Hilarious!'\">pretty damn funny<\/a>,\u201d she said then.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about that Wednesday, she \u200bsaid, \u201cYes,\u2063 it was hysterical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam Johnson \u200dof Florida last year was sentenced to\u200d serve 75 days in jail for his actions that day, according\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/capitol-rioter-photographed-pelosis-podium-jan-6-sentenced-prison-rcna17409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who pleaded\u2064 guilty to a criminal count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, said he held no hatred for \u2064Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I did find her, I would ask \u2064for a selfie \u2063with \u200dher, \u200cif anything,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.236898\/gov.uscourts.dcd.236898.39.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a> against Johnson said he took the podium\u200d because \u200d\u201che believed it would make a good prop for a picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her testimony on Wednesday, Pierson spoke about the\u2062 rally, saying she had\u2062 told Trump it was being filled with\u00a0 \u201cbad actors,\u201d according\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/courts\/14th-amendment-expert-trump-loyalists-testify-in-colorado-ballot-disqualification-hearing\/article_35774f40-790a-11ee-be39-d38a81529c35.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guys\u2063 don\u2019t care. They\u200b want attention. They want \u200dthe notoriety. They just want the chaos,\u201d she said, citing radio host Alex Jones, among others. \u201cAnd\u2062 I was concerned with emotions being high\u2064 and the number of people\u2064 who were likely gonna be there\u2062 that we need\u2063 to be on alert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She \u2062said she told Trump there could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-requested-10k-national-guard-troops-capitol-days-riot-pelosi-leaders-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">groups coming<\/a> to\u200d the rally that\u200b could cause trouble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes, \u2018Let\u2019s \u200bjust have 10,000 National Guard\u2063 and then that \u2064way we won\u2019t have any problems,\u2019\u201d she testified, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/politics\/a45736132\/insurrection-consitution-question-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esquire.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from Our Deputy \u200bManaging Editor:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I walked into the office one morning and noticed something strange. Half of The Western Journal\u2019s readership was \u2062missing.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It had finally happened. Facebook had\u2063 flipped THE switch.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maybe \u200dit was because we wrote about ivermectin.\u200d Or election integrity. Or the Jan. 6 detainees. Or ballot mules.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever the reason, I immediately knew \u200cwhat to do. We had\u2064 to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">turn to\u2062 you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  because, frankly, we know you are the \u200donly ones\u200c we can trust.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Can \u2064you help? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to The Western Journal\u200d goes\u2062 directly to funding our team of \u200cstory \u200dresearchers, writers and editors \u2062who doggedly\u2063 pursue the\u2062 truth and expose the corrupt elites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can\u2063 I count on you for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">small donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? 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Pierson claimed that her texts were harmless jokes \u2063and not meant to incite violence or promote illegal \u200bactivities. <\/h2>\n<p><span>  A Former \u200cTrump Aide Defends \u2064Her Texts \u200cTrolling Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6<\/p>\n<p>In a recent trial questioning whether Colorado should allow former President Donald Trump on \u2064the presidential ballot,\u2062 a former aide, Katrina Pierson, stood by her opinion that the incident involving the theft \u2064of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s\u200b lectern during the Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021, \u2064provided \u200ca moment of levity. Pierson appeared\u200d as a witness in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a trial regarding Trump&#8217;s eligibility for the presidential ballot, Katrina Pierson, a former aide to Donald Trump, reaffirmed her belief that the person who took Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s lectern during the Capitol incursion provided a moment of humor on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2089648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2089647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2089648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}