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The San Francisco salon owner whose shop was visited by a maskless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — despite rules against indoor treatments there — was flattered to hear President Trump call for her to lead the House instead.
But Erica Kious said she has her hands full in her own house.
Pelosi has been in the president’s crosshairs after claiming that she was “set up” by Kious’ eSalon after leaked security video showed her receiving an illegal hairstyling inside the establishment while not wearing a mask.
“Does anyone want a Speaker of the House who can be so easily SET UP?” Trump tweeted on Thursday, before adding in another tweet, “Maybe the Beauty Parlor owner should be running the House of Representatives instead of Crazy Nancy?”
And the president got into Pelosi’s hair again on Thursday night at his campaign rally in Latrobe, Pa.
“I want the salon owner to lead the House of Representatives,” the he told the large crowd at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
Kious, who heard Trump’s endorsement, responded in a phone interview with Fox News.
“I see how hard the president fights for America, and it has inspired me to do what is right for the people in my industry and small businesses everywhere,” Kious told the network.
“I never expected all of this, but the house I am focused on right now is the house with two little girls under 10, with social-distanced learning. But I appreciate the sentiment,” she said.
“But he is my president and I will do what I need to do,”
Pelosi has said eSalon told her that health rules allowed one client inside at a time.
“I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I have been to many times,” she said on Wednesday.
“When they said they could accommodate people one at a time, and we can set up that time, I trusted that.
“The salon owes me an apology for setting me up,” she added.
On Thursday evening, Kious fought back tears as she denied setting Pelosi up, insisting the speaker should apologize to the American people.