Nancy Pelosi Just Slammed Donald Trump for Using His State of the Union Speech to 'Bring Threats to the Floor of the House'

During Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Donald Trump pushed back at Democrats' oversight investigations of him, saying:

"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded Wednesday morning, telling reporters after a Democratic Caucus meeting that the president had issued a direct threat.

"That was a threat. The president should not bring threats to the floor of the House...He said he wasn’t going to cooperate unless we didn’t exercise our constitutional responsibility to oversight."

Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the House Democratic Caucus chairman, concurred with Pelosi.

"We will not be bullied by the president of the United States," he said. "That said, we are not going to overreach, we're not going to over-investigate, we're not going to over-politicize our constitutional responsibility."

Pelosi's statement also made waves on social media, with many suggesting that the president made the remarks because he knows House investigative committees will investigate his financial dealings, particularly his tax returns, which he has repeatedly withheld from public view.

Representative Elijah Cummings (D-NY), who chairs the House Oversight Committee, also scoffed at the president's statements.

"Of course, the Constitution requires us to do both. That is exactly how it works," Cummings said in a statement last night.

Cummings, in particular, signaled he would launch probes into the Trump administration after taking office.

“I want to look at all the things the president has done that go against the mandates of our Founding Fathers in the Constitution,” he said shortly after the midterms. “We need accountability, transparency, integrity, and honesty from this Administration.”

Cummings wasted no time: Ahead of being sworn in, his committee compiled a list of 64 subpoenas and inquiries into Trump administration activities that were denied when Republicans controlled the chamber. The budget for the Democrats will allow them to hire lawyers and investigators and fill key staffing positions.