Washington DC (CNN Business) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Facebook as a "shameful" company on Thursday, further escalating tensions between Democratic leadership and the social media giant.

Facebook FB In response to a question about the power held byCEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, Pelosi accused the company of being "accomplices for misleading the American people with money from god-knows where."

She also suggested that the company cares about profits above all else. "All they want are their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them," she said, adding that she believes Facebook "schmoozed" the Trump administration. The comments came at Pelosi's weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.

CNN Business has reached out to Facebook for comment.

Pelosi went after Facebook last year when the platform refused to take down a video that was doctored to make it sound like she was slurring her words.

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