Covid-19 is “the Trump virus,” says US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, asserting that President Donald Trump has “recognized the mistakes he has made.” Trump has himself come up with various names for the virus, mostly in an attempt to blame China for the onset of the pandemic, calling it “the …
Read More »Pelosi calls for a law restricting presidential pardons after Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone
Nancy Pelosi has been accused of harboring misinformed and constitutionally dubious opinions, after arguing that Donald Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone is proof that presidential pardon powers need to be reined in. Stone, a former aide to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, faced more than three years behind bars for obstruction …
Read More »Washington DC faces House vote to become the 51st state
Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in both Washington and across the nation. Next Friday’s vote, if successful, would …
Read More »Trump is a child with ‘doggy doo’ on his pants, Pelosi says
Speaker Nancy Pelosi compared Donald Trump and his top aides to children with “doggy doo” on their shoes on Wednesday, the latest in a recent string of personal insults against the president. “It’s almost like a child who comes in with mud on their pants or something. … He comes …
Read More »Trump on Pelosi: ‘Waste of time’ and alleges she has ‘mental problems’
Donald Trump refused to directly respond to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s criticism over his decision to take an unproven malaria drug to prevent coronavirus because he is “morbidly obese,” but minutes later he accused her of having “mental problems.” “I don’t respond to her,” the president told reporters on Capitol Hill. …
Read More »Pelosi worried about ‘morbidly obese’ Trump taking hydroxychloroquine
Nancy Pelosi has said that Donald Trump’s decision to take the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to prevent Covid-19 was “not a good idea”. Mr. Trump surprised commentators on Monday with the news that he was taking hydroxychloroquine pills in an attempt to prevent infection. That comes despite the US Food and …
Read More »Pelosi unveils $3trn in additional coronavirus relief
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled House votes for Friday on a new coronavirus response package worth more than $3trn, as tensions with progressives continue to simmer over whether the legislation goes far enough. The package unveiled on Tuesday, which Ms. Pelosi has variably dubbed “CARES 2” as a follow-up to …
Read More »Video: Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Biden in US election
U.S. House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president, according to a video statement released by her on Monday. Pelosi’s endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president follows that of U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former president Barack Obama and former …
Read More »Watch Pelosi tears up Trump’s State of the Union speech after he snubs handshake.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up President Donald Trump’s SOTU speech after fuming through the well-applauded yearly address. The gesture was met with cheers and jeers, divided along the usual partisan lines. Pelosi looked barely able to contain her rage as she tore up what the White House has confirmed …
Read More »Pelosi to Trump: ‘You are impeached forever’
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said that Republican President Donald Trump is “impeached forever” regardless of the outcome of the Senate impeachment trial. In an interview on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Saturday, addressing Trump, Pelosi said, “You are impeached forever. No matter what the Senate …
Read More »Pelosi Announces Schiff, Nadler and Others as Impeachment Trial Managers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced Wednesday who will serve as the House Democrats’ impeachment managers in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Pelosi named House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, along with Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Val Demings …
Read More »Pelosi sees ‘enough testimony’ against Trump to convict
Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she believes the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump produced “enough testimony to remove him from office” when the case moves to the Senate. Speaker Pelosi will meet with the House Democratic caucus early Tuesday to prepare for the formal vote required to …
Read More »Trump: ‘Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in history’
US President Donald Trump has accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of “breaking all the rules” by holding on to the articles of impeachment instead of sending them to the Senate, saying that she has conducted “the most unfair trial in the history” of the United States Congress. “Pelosi gives us …
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