Following the conviction of Derek Chauvin on three charges in the murder of George Floyd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bizarrely thanked Floyd for “sacrificing” himself by dying on the ground beneath a police officer’s knee. “Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice,” Pelosi said, looking up at the sky as if speaking to Floyd in heaven, “for being there to call out to your mom—how heartbreaking was that?—call out for your mom, ‘I can’t breathe.'” In remarks after the conviction of Derek Chauvin, Nancy Pelosi thanked George Floyd for "sacrificing” his life "for justice." “Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice, for being there to call out to your mom—how heartbreaking was that?" pic.twitter.com/I0qhEd7T8O — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 20, 2021 The statement has already been criticized by many.