Nancy Pelosi refuses to condemn Dem congressman who made crude sexual joke about Kellyanne Conway

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) refused to condemn one of her own on Sunday when confronted by the comments Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) recently made about White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.

Last Wednesday, during a dinner at the Washington Press Club Foundation, Richmond said Conway "really looked kind of familiar in that position," referencing a photo of Conway on her knees on a couch in the Oval Office taking a picture of President Donald Trump and presidents of historically black colleges.

But when confronted with her caucus member's comment Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Pelosi completely dodged the topic and tried to turn the discussion on Trump.

"Shouldn't the congressman apologize to Kellyanne Conway, and honestly where is the Democratic Party in expressing outrage over this?" host Jake Tapper pressed.

"Well, I wasn't at the dinner. I'm just finding out about this. But the fact is, I'm still in sort of a state of, what is going on here that the person who occupies the White House is a person who was on that Hollywood video that said the crude things he said about women," Pelosi said.

"You all are criticizing Cedric for something he said in the course of the evening. And he maybe should be criticized for that. I just don't know the particulars," she added. "But I do everyday marvel at the fact that somebody who said the gross and crude things that President Trump said — wouldn't even be allowed in a frat house — and he's in the White House."

Tapper appeared almost stunned by Pelosi's comments, but he tried again. He went on to clarify his line of questioning to ask if the Democrats' "moral authority" is being undermined because they don't criticize Democrats who make sexually crude comments toward women — only Republicans.

"Well, I think everybody was making crude comments," Pelosi replied. "I—I just don't know...I wasn't at the dinner."

Pelosi's flat refusal to criticize Richmond's comments is surprising given that even Chelsea Clinton publicly denounced the comments last week as "despicable."

Watch Pelosi's comments below: