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As reported by Breitbart, President Trump responded to criticism by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that he was too slow in reacting to the incoming coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump said on a phone call with Fox News “She’s a sick puppy, in my opinion. She really is,”. He went on to also say about Pelosi that “She’s got a lot of problems. And that’s a horrible thing to say.”.
Breitbart reported further on statements the President made in response to Pelosi.
In an interview Sunday, Pelosi said “as the President fiddles, people are dying” and that Trump cost American lives by downplaying the crisis in the early days of the outbreak.
“I thought it was a disgrace, I think it’s a disgrace to her country, her family,” Trump said, adding, “What a horrible statement to make.”
The president spoke about Pelosi in a phone interview on Fox News on Monday morning.The president reminded the country what Pelosi was doing when the outbreak first hit the world.
“Don’t forget, she was playing the impeachment game, you know her game where she ended up looking like a fool,” Trump said.
The president recalled he received accolades for stopping travel from China to fight the virus at the end of January, something even some of his advisors believed was too strict.
President Trump received criticism for his travel bans, including from the World Health Organization, before they changed their opinion as the virus continued to spread.
In reference to his travel bans Trump said, “You would have had deaths like you’ve never seen before,”, if he did not act so quickly.
