House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is not holding back when it comes to her thoughts on Republican lawmakers regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
The House speaker went off on Republicans during Thursday’s press conference, “They’re engaged in an absurd circus right now refusing to accept reality.”
She pointed to statistics showing the U.S. had roughly 144,000 new COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday, the eighth straight day of more than 100,000 new cases reported daily. The California lawmaker also noted that over 20 million Americans are on unemployment.
“The president and the Republicans in Congress have ignored by delay, distortion, denial, deaths have been caused,” Pelosi declared. “And what are they doing now? Continuing to ignore, in spite of these numbers that should be so compelling… for us to act upon this.”
She later added:
“Republicans are shamefully pretending of proceeding without recognizing what our responsibility is and making it even harder to address the massive health and economic crises that we are facing.”
See Pelosi’s comments below:
Speaker Pelosi slams Republicans: "They're engaged in an absurd circus right now refusing to accept reality." pic.twitter.com/094AmPuI7b
— The Hill (@thehill) November 12, 2020
Pelosi on Republicans focusing on denying Biden's victory instead of doing anything about the worsening coronavirus pandemic: "It's like the house is burning down, and they refuse to throw water on it." pic.twitter.com/ustf5E8gMI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 12, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Pelosi called for the Heroes Act of $3.4 trillion to be the “starting point” in coronavirus relief talks.
“The Heroes Act, passed in the House, does meet this moment. It doesn’t pick and choose who we’re going to help during the greatest health and economic crisis in decades,” Schumer said.
Pelosi also said, “It has been our position all along to crush the virus, honor our heroes, put money in the pockets of the American people.”
However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on Wednesday he would open to a COVID-19 relief package of $500 billion, to which Schumer called a “non-starter,” according to The Hill.
