The mayor of San Francisco on Friday called the US President Donald Trump a “terrorist” as she defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her controversial salon visit, saying it was time to “move on.”

"We have a terrorist, we have a dictator who is running this country and Nancy Pelosi is at the forefront fighting against this person every day, you know, and I'm not trying to excuse what happened," Mayor London Breed told ABC7 News.

"I'm just saying that to allow an issue like this to turn our city upside down when we got folks who are homeless, we've got people who can't open their business, including these salons. I understand.”

In security footage timestamped last Monday, Pelosi is seen walking through ESalonSF in San Francisco with wet hair, and without a mask over her mouth or nose.

The stylist doing her hair is following her wearing a black face mask. Salons in San Francisco had been closed since March and were only able to reopen Sept. 1 for outdoor services.

US President Trump and Republicans criticized Pelosi over the visit.

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