Pelosi on Whether Goodell Should Resign: ‘I Do Not Know’

PELOSI: "I think the investigation is really important. I understand now that he [Goodell]  is appointing some women, which I think is very positive, to review what has happened. But I do think that it’s important to note that the violence against women act -- we just celebrated and observed the 20th anniversary this past week on Saturday. The 20th anniversary. It has really helped women tremendously. If there is any good thing that could come out of all of this horror is that women know that something is there for them. That they do not have to put up with this. But the fact is also that it took a long time for us to get it re-authorized; that the Republicans said, 'We will pass a bill and we can protect women against violence,' unless they are an immigrant woman and a woman of native American heritage or LGBT women community women. Imagine that they would say that you have to leave them out of the protections. So we have differences of opinion in Congress. People like to think it’s partisanship and gridlock, but there's fundamental differences of opinion. There is never a way we could support their bill that excluded LGBT, Native American and immigrant women from the protections of the violence against women act."