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Pelosi drops the mic on Trump over his COVID-19 pandemic failures: 'As the president fiddles, [View all]

Pelosi drops the mic on Trump over his COVID-19 pandemic failures: ‘As the president fiddles, people are dying’

Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was unsparing in her criticism of Donald Trump and spoke bluntly of his failures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

“First let me say how sad it is that ever since the president’s signing of the [stimulus] bill, the number of deaths reported has doubled from 1,000 to 2,000 in our country,” the California Democrat began. “This is such a very, very sad time for us. So we should be taking every precaution. The president? His denial at the beginning was deadly. His delaying of getting equipment to where it — his continued delay in getting equipment to where it’s needed is deadly.

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Pelosi drops the mic on Trump over his COVID-19 pandemic failures: 'As the president fiddles, [View all] BeckyDem Mar 2020 OP

Say it, Nancy not fooled Mar 2020 #1

Yes, factual. It may seem as though its political to his base which includes all the fat cat BeckyDem Mar 2020 #2

Those fat cats are just like trump. They don't have any loved ones, because they can't love. BComplex Mar 2020 #7

💯 live love laugh Mar 2020 #9

I don't disagree but I keep hoping for all our sakes that I am wrong. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #10

People that wealthy don't care about spending money, they just care about HAVING it. It's a score BComplex Mar 2020 #11

I think it is also a manifestation of the hoarding impulse. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #13

Never thought of it like that, but it kinda fits, doesn't it? n/t BComplex Mar 2020 #14

That brush is too broad. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #29

When the hell is this virus going to smack his ass? Why hasn't it yet? fwvinson Mar 2020 #25

Madam Speaker has been MAGNIFICENT throughout NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #3

This! liberalla Mar 2020 #6

Thank you, NoMoreRepugs!!! Well said! BComplex Mar 2020 #8

she and dems need to name dr limbaaugh as a major contributor as he certainot Mar 2020 #4

Agreed. +1 BeckyDem Mar 2020 #5

Call this situation the "Republican Plague" TryLogic Mar 2020 #12

+1000 CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #16

And, Senate Republicans refusing to sign the peace treaty, in 1919... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #20

Woah! Really? Didn't know that part of history. BComplex Mar 2020 #33

I had not either. It was brought up by NPR historian Jack Beaty on a 1918 Flu... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #34

Nice. And SO GLAD we got $$25M for the Kennedy Center!! jmg257 Mar 2020 #15

He Needs TO GO bdamomma Mar 2020 #17

Nancy should have said: "As the president tweets, people are dying." sop Mar 2020 #18

Can't Play Golf Either ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #19

Was it Stormy who said his swings and putts in the bedroom... 47of74 Mar 2020 #32

However, as 'the President fiddles . . . has great 'fall of Rome' history resonance empedocles Mar 2020 #26

Love this woman more every day! pazzyanne Mar 2020 #21

Its actually his willful delay not just delay because he is to lazy its because he wants to punish cstanleytech Mar 2020 #22

Hammer that shitbag Blue Owl Mar 2020 #23

Patient Nero. Ellen Forradalom Mar 2020 #24

His claim to success is that he blocked travel from China early on, but... Beartracks Mar 2020 #27

Nancy, a Democrat, actually cares about the sick and dead people, and their families, and the USA. NBachers Mar 2020 #28

Bravo! For the eloquence! Baked Potato Mar 2020 #31

graphs and charts to bolster what Speaker Pelosi says ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #30