NEW: Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells George Stephanopoulos that President Trump is 'scared' of impeachment inquiry
“I think the president knows the argument that can be made against him, and he’s scared,” Pelosi, D-Calif., told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview in her ceremonial office in the U.
S. Capitol. “And so he’s trying to divert attention from that to where [he’s] standing in the way of legislation.” Shortly before Pelosi sat for an exclusive interview with Stephanopoulos, the president dismissed the inquiry with an expletive and tweeted advice to Democrats to choose “a better candidate” than Hillary Clinton in 2020. "The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on [B***S***], which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306," Trump tweeted, referring to the electoral vote."Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!" “Did you hear the fear in his voice when you spoke with him on the phone last week?” Stephanopoulos asked about a Sept. 24 conversation Pelosi had with Trump hours before she launched the formal impeachment inquiry. “I saw the surprise in his voice that he didn’t understand that I thought what he did was wrong,” Pelosi said, referring to Trump's call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “That he was undermining our national security, that he was undermining our Constitution by his actions and he was undermining the integrity of our elections. He just didn’t see it.” Trump also dismissed Pelosi’s challenge to work toward bipartisan agreement to lower prescription drug costs and overhaul a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada – despite the Democrats’ newly launched impeachment inquiry. Nancy Pelosi just said that she is interested in lowering prescription drug prices & working on the desperately needed USMCA. She is incapable of working on either. It is just camouflage for trying to win an election through impeachment. The Do Nothing Democrats are stuck in mud! — Donald J. Trump October 2, 2019 “But now he’s calling you the ‘Do Nothing Democrats,’ says you can’t do it?” Stephanopoulos asked. “Why can’t we do it? It’s up to him,” Pelosi said. “That was our pledge during the campaign, ‘For the People,’ we would lower the cost of prescription drugs. I think that the president wants to do that. So, I hope that he would cooperate. He does want the U.S., Mexico, Canada free trade agreement. So do we -- when we have assurances that there will be enforceability for America’s workers and America’s farmers. And we’re close. We’re on a path to yes.”
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