Speaker Pelosi Appears on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports
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Speaker
Speaker Pelosi. Good morning.
Speaker Pelosi. I don't want to speak to the politics of it, because that will be up to his supporters and how loyal they want to be to them - to him. I think many of them just don't want to admit they made a mistake. For some of them, that's where we are. They have disrespect for people that - you know that story.
But let's just talk about what Stephanie talked about: the transparency. I'm an intelligence person, as you know. I do know that if there is a review of somebody, if they're going to be federally appointed to a job or whatever, if they have outstanding debt, that is an important factor, because that means somebody else has leverage over them. This President appears to have over
So, for me, this is a national security question. And in addition to which, it's so strange that in 2017 the President paid
So, again, let's come back to, we take an oath to protect and defend. This President is the Commander-in-Chief. He has exposure to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, to whom? The public has a right to know.
Speaker Pelosi. Well, and of course there's always
So, he says he likes Putin, and Putin likes him. Well, what's the connection? We'll see. The fact is, whatever that leads to, the fact is over
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Speaker Pelosi. Sorry. The
Speaker Pelosi. Well, there is no sense of decency. There is no sense of decency. This is a president who wants parades of military armament and the military paying homage to him in front of the
You're right. The issue of morality is a larger one, but as you began, you said, let me be frank. You went through some of the other immoralities that the President has been involved in. It really raises the question. He almost, almost a conflict in interest how he's appointed judges who are all waiting for his cases to rise to the level of district, appeals,
One other issue that I think, again, to be verified, is that the, the allegation that he told
That's why it's so important what the House has done under leadership of
What, 36 more days, for the American people to register their plus or minus on this performance of this President? But you know it's one thing to have a disagreement politically. That's what we come here and compete with our, in the world of ideas and the rest, and that's been what our Founders had in mind, but to have, really, the corrosion of any sense of decency, the corrosion of any respect for people and then on top of all of that, just one bill he has passed is to give the - 83 percent of the benefits in his tax scam to the top one percent. So, these people, as you started out, who are so loyal to him, they're loyal to - to their own judgment, but the fact is, that, you know, God bless them for voting in the first place. But we must - people must vote.
If you care about your health care, they're going to take away your pre-existing medical condition [benefit]. Vote health. If you care about any sense of fairness in our economy and in our country, vote. And it all comes back to health anyway, because so much of the expenses that people have are about health care.
But, you know, who could be surprised to see what the President has done? His - everything he has said and done has taken us on a path of not being - you know, we talk about, 'Oh, it's legal to do this.' Any sense of the ethical, fair, moral approach to governance and respect for the people? Pay your fair share, Mr. President.
Speaker Pelosi. Well, the President is trying to, as usual, deflect attention from the fact that we have all spoken out very clearly. The reason the President is in a hurry to make this appointment and have this Justice in place, no matter who it would be, no matter who it would be, is because on
And so, this is - you know, some people make the: 'Oh, well, Garland.' No, Garland - Scalia died in February.
If your child is on your policy, forget about it. If you are a woman, we return to a time when being a woman is a pre-existing medical condition. I can, as a mother of five, I can speak with some authority on that subject. If you - your family's availing itself of long-term care by way of Medicaid, forget Medicaid. Forget about it. This is kitchen table concerns. Whether it's health or financial health, they're out to get you. And that's why they were in such a hurry, even as people were voting, when
Speaker Pelosi. That's right.
Speaker Pelosi. Oh, I sent the letter because that's what the President said at one of his unmasked, cozy-up rallies the other day. He talked about the House and said the numbers that you just said. So, I had been working on this for a while. I've been working on almost every scheme he might have to steal the election. And kind of sub rosa - since he went public, then so did I.
Because the - let's just say this - anything we do to increase our number in the House of state delegations or Members of
So, this is a - a collateral benefit, but at the same time insuring us against the mess that the President would like to create for our country. By the time you get to the House, you have to be over - he'd have all kinds of violations of our democracy, but it could end up there because that's what the
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Speaker Pelosi. Elect
I'm sorry. Go ahead.
Speaker Pelosi. Well, we'll see. Our last conversation, a brief conversation yesterday, although he was observing, and so before all of the - that family coming together -
Speaker Pelosi. We had a brief conversation about when we would continue our conversation today.
I think it is very possible to meet the needs of the American people. We've come down
We have to reward our heroes: health care workers, first responders, police and fire, teachers, teachers, teachers, transportation, food workers, sanitation, you name it. We have to honor our heroes, who risk their lives to save lives and now may lose their jobs and go on
And then put money in the pockets of the American people. We can get this done. They just have to - it takes money. It takes money to crush the virus. It takes money to make the schools safe. It takes money to put money in people's pockets.
And, of course, we want some resources to make sure that the state, that the elections are held.
So, I think we can find our common ground and we're ready when he comes back - I don't want to say - when he's ready to come back to the table, we're ready to have that conversation, but he has to come back with much more money to get the job done. So, I'm hopeful. I'm optimistic.
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you. Nice to be with you always.
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