House Speaker Pelosi warns Trump may put U.S. in 'further danger' during coronavirus crisis
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned against President Donald Trump's actions and rhetoric during the coronavirus public health crisis, insisting that his message could put the U.S. in"further danger."
"Frankly, I don't pay that much attention to the president's tweets against me," Pelosi told Stephanopoulos."As I've said, he's a poor leader, he's always trying to avoid responsibility and assign blame." "I think of it largely as a distraction and the president's embrace of it as a distraction from the fact that he has not appropriately done testing, treatment, contact tracing and quarantine," Pelosi said.
"Everything we've done -- three bills in March -- were all bipartisan. This interim package will be too, and the businesses will have the money in a timely fashion," Pelosi said. During a White House briefing on Saturday, Trump called on lawmakers to replenish the small business relief fund saying that"funding is now fully drained. It's out. It's gone."
While a deal may be close, voting on it is another issue. Pelosi acknowledged that remote voting by proxy, which would allow lawmakers who are unable to travel to Washington to give their proxy to a lawmaker who is in the chamber, is a possibility.
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