House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered President Trump on Thursday, saying his defense of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly amid a string of sexual harassment allegations is “sickening.”

“In the campaign I thought the president’s comments were very disrespectful of women. We saw that, and now he’s defending some disrespectful behavior on the part of O’Reilly. And it’s sickening,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.

O’Reilly, a conservative commentator who hosts the cable network's top-rated show, has been the subject of a series of sexual harassment allegations over the years, leading to payouts totaling almost $13 million, The New York Times reported over the weekend. O’Reilly has denied all the claims.

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Trump on Wednesday rushed to O’Reilly’s defense, saying, “I don't think Bill did anything wrong.”

“He's a person I know well — he is a good person," Trump told the Times.

Trump has faced similar sexual harassment claims going back decades, allegations that crescendoed on the campaign trail last year when a number of women emerged with new harassment claims against the then-GOP nominee. Trump denied them all, saying they were a politically motivated attempt to sink his campaign.

Trump also stirred a hornets’ nest of criticism when The Washington Post published a formerly unaired 2005 "Access Hollywood" clip in which Trump boasts about groping women without their consent.

“When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything,” he says. "Grab them by the p----. You can do anything,"

Women’s rights groups this week have been quick to return to that episode, suggesting they’re not surprised that a man with Trump’s history would stick up for O’Reilly.

"A man who bragged about committing sexual assault and grabbing women by the pu$$y is defending Bill O'Reilly. Enough said,” said Kaylie Hanson Long, spokeswoman for NARAL Pro-Choice America, in a tweet.

Pelosi said on Thursday that despite the allegations around Trump and O’Reilly, women continue to make advancements across a spectrum of cultural institutions.

“I get often asked the question about … the role of women in our political and governmental life — whether its corporate America, in the military, academic world, the media and the rest — and … what progress do I think women have made,” she said.

“And I think women have made great progress.”