Pelosi says Trump's actions were a 'brazen invitation' for a positive COVID-19 test, calls his diagnosis 'very sad' and 'tragic'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis "very sad" and "tragic."The top Democrat also said Trump's behavior during the pandemic was a "brazen invitation for something like this to happen.
The top Democrat also expressed that she remains "hopeful that it will be a transition to a saner approach of what this virus is all about." Those rallies have now come to a halt as the president is quarantining with First Lady Melania Trump at the White House following their positive diagnosis late Thursday.
"Maybe this will be the moment where people will say, 'OK, Masks. Distance. Sanitation. Tracing. Treatment,'" she said.
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