Overview
- Pelosi told LindellTV correspondent Alison Steinberg to "shut up" and to "get away" after the reporter pressed her about allegedly turning away the National Guard during a June 4, 2026 hallway exchange.
- On camera Pelosi denied the accusation, saying she never admitted blocking the Guard and that the president would not have agreed to send troops.
- LindellTV posted the clip on X and Mike Lindell reshared it with promotional messaging, using the encounter to drive audience attention and engagement.
- The claim that Pelosi turned the Guard away is contradicted by a congressional investigation and by testimony from former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller that no presidential request for troops was made before Jan. 6, 2021.
- The episode echoes a nearly identical October 15, 2025 confrontation and has drawn sharply different coverage that highlights debates over press legitimacy and the role of partisan media in spreading contested narratives.