“I resent your using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me.”

Nancy Pelosi And The Meaning Of The Word “Hate”

And why her response to a loaded question about hating the President was completely appropriate and not a “nervous fit” (as the President described it).

Because Trump throws around the word “hate” all the time in an effort to get people believing that “hating” Trump is the same as hating America. Which makes anyone who “hates” Trump a traitor. So it’s a loaded question lobbed by a guy from Sinclair Broadcasting. (If you’re not familiar with Sinclair, one way of looking at the giant broadcast group is a bunch of mini-Fox News’ all tied together under a common owner, who actually exerts a lot more influence over local news coverage than Fox ever did at the local stations it owns. And it’s very likely Sinclair owns a local TV station in your area, though you may not even know it.)

A lot — A LOT — of what the President’s been doing since taking office is trying to build the following equation:

Hate Trump = Hate America

In fact, if you boil it down, that’s pretty much what all his rallies are all about. And he’s had some success at getting that message to reverberate, especially among his supporters.