Nancy Pelosi tells reporter "don't mess with me" when she's asked if she hates President Trump

"Don't mess with me," this is how Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi rebuffed a reporter when he asked her if she hated Donald Trump, soon after she announced that impeachment charges would be filed against the president.

The 79-year-old veteran California Democrat was responding to questions from reporters on the news that the House of Representatives will soon file impeachment charges against Trump for alleged abuse of power for electoral gains.

Pelosi on Thursday ordered the House to begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump after she accused him of election interference and abusing his power ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

During the press conference she was asked if the Opposition Democrats were proceeding with the articles of impeachment because of a personal dislike of the 73-year-old US president.

As Pelosi was on her way out of the weekly press conference, a reporter from Sinclair asked her if she hates President Trump.

Pelosi stopped and said: "I don't hate anybody."
"I think that he is cruel when he doesn't deal with helping our Dreamers, of which we are very proud of. I think he is in denial about the climate crisis. However, that's about the election."
She continued: "This is about the Constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to the President's violation of his oath of office. And as a Catholic, I resent your using the word 'hate' in a sentence that addresses me. I don't hate anyone."
Meanwhile, in a statement, Sinclair spokesperson Ronn Torossian said the reporter meant "no disrespect" and that the organisation does not "not dictate to our reporters what they can and cannot ask."