Pelosi Statement on Meeting with Pulse Victims’ Families, Visit to Memorial

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi visits and pays respects at the Pulse Nightclub Memorial in Orlando, Florida.

Washington, D.C. –Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after meeting with survivors and families of those killed at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, and laying flowers at the site of the attack:

"Two months ago, an act of unfathomable hate claimed 49 lives at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.  Today, it was my somber privilege to meet with survivors and the family members of those who lost their lives, and to lay flowers at the makeshift memorial outside Pulse.

"In San Francisco, and all across the nation, Americans continue to hold the victims, the survivors and the families of Pulse in our hearts.  With the leadership of Mayor Buddy Dyer, it has been an honor to see firsthand the strength and unity of the Orlando community in the face of this tragedy.

"After losing her brother to AIDS, Barbara Poma opened Pulse to keep his memory alive through a place where young LGBT Americans would know they were loved, celebrated and safe.  Pulse was a monument to joy, born out of grief.  Through our tears, in the name of young lives cut too short, let us renew this enduring faith: love will triumph over hate."