PresidentĀ Donald Trump is slamming āpartisan investigationsā following House SpeakerĀ Nancy PelosiāsĀ (D-Calif) recent announcement.
Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will launch a House select committee to oversee coronavirus response, as IJR previously reported.
āThe panel will root out waste, fraud, and abuse. It will protect against price-gauging, profiteering, and political favoritism,ā Pelosi said.
She also noted that the committee āwill be bipartisan and have an expert staff.ā
Trump appeared to criticize Pelosi for wanting to create the committee during a White House coronavirus briefing.
āIn recent weeks as the virus has spread and economic hardship has followed, we have seen Americans unite with incredible selflessness and compassion,ā Trump said. āI want to remind everyone here in our nationās capital, especially in Congress, that this is not the time for politics, endless partisan investigations.ā
Watch his comments below (starting around 32:00):
Trump suggested that it is just another āwitch hunt.ā
āHere we go again. Theyāve already done extraordinary damage to our country in recent years. ā¦ Itās witch hunt after witch hunt after witch hunt. And in the end, the people doing the witch hunt have been losing. Theyāve been losing by a lot and itās not anytime for witch hunts.ā
Pelosiās announcement comes after Rep.Ā Adam SchiffĀ (D-Calif.) indicated he wanted to create a commission to review the nationās response to the coronavirus crisis, as IJR previously reported.
Trump turned his focus to the coronavirus itself.
āItās time to get this enemy defeated. Conducting these partisan investigations in the middle of a pandemic is a really big waste of vital resources, time, attention,ā Trump said. āWe want to fight for American lives, not waste time and build up my poll numbers because thatās all theyāre doing because everyone knows itās ridiculous.ā
Trumpās approval rating has reportedly risen during the coronavirus pandemic, making it the highest of his presidency thus far.