Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. California) on Friday released a scathing assessment of President Trump's response to the coronavirus epidemic, accusing Trump of "delaying, denying, distorting the truth" about COVID-19. Applied
In a letter to
a dear colleague, Pelosi said the president "does not have the leadership
or planning skills needed to investigate, trace, and isolate," he wrote.
"Instead,
Trump's delay, denial, distortion of reality and hatred of science has resulted
in a fatal and preventable human loss," the speaker added.
Pelosi also
criticized the president for withdrawing from aid talks on the coronavirus on
Tuesday after the November election.
Pelosi wrote,
"This week, when President Trump withdrew from the Coronavirus relief
talks, he moved away from the virus-crushing strategy, in which science,
governance and the health and well-being of the American people are at stake.
It was an insult. " .
Pelosi and
Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin spoke by telephone on Wednesday about the
airport's aid package alone, as industry has indicated it will lay off
thousands of workers this month.
Trump, who
changed his tune on Wednesday, urged Congress to send him a small, standing
bill instead of a fast-moving bill proposed by Pelosi and Mnuchin.
Trump
reiterated his position Thursday morning, saying he was negotiating a "big
deal" rather than a serious focus package to save the airlines, but there
was no indication that anyone Negotiations on the big bill have begun.
But Pelosi has
rejected this view of coronavirus relief.
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