CNN Asks Nancy Pelosi Repeatedly Why She Rejected Stimulus Offer Before Election; She Won’t Answer
Michael Cantrell
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Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was repeatedly asked by a CNN reporter over the weekend why she decided to say “yes” to a smaller stimulus package right now, which she’s said before is not enough, and turned down the larger one offered back by the Trump administration a month before the election.
First off, it’s shocking that someone from CNN would pursue this course of questioning, showing even a modicum of journalistic professionalism. Secondly, we all know the real reason she said no to this offer.
She hates Trump that much.
“Pelosi wouldn’t answer my question about why the $900 billion deal is more acceptable to her than the $1.8 trillion offer Mnuchin made to her this fall,” CNN’s Manu Raju said. “Pelosi wouldn’t call on me at the press conference, which is becoming a pattern, even though just five reporters were there. She left the press conference as I asked her the question. And she ignored my question in the hallway as well.”
“Asked again in the hallways why this proposal is more acceptable than the Mnuchin plan, Pelosi didn’t respond. But Schumer, who was walking with her in the hallway, said: ‘Ask Mitch McConnell,’” Raju continued. “It’s true that McConnell and Senate Republicans objected to Mnuchin’s $1.8 trillion plan, but so did Pelosi, who said in October: ‘This proposal amounted to one step forward, two steps back.’”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Sunday that he had secured a deal with other congressional leaders that will provide desperately needed funds to struggling Americans, although many on both sides said that it was not nearly enough. McConnell also slammed Democrats for stalling on getting a deal done, saying that Republicans had wanted to do this months ago, but that Democrats, by their own admission, had stalled because they didn’t want to make a deal before the election.
“There is no doubt this new agreement contains input from our Democratic colleagues. It is bipartisan. But these matters could have been settled long ago,” the Senate Majority Leader said. “So why did it take all this time? We know why. We have heard Democrats say openly that they were not willing to deal all summer and fall, but are willing now, because they now have a President-elect of their own political party. That’s not my accusation … that’s their admission.”
“So, look, I’m glad we’ve gotten this done. My Democratic colleagues and I have had good discussions this past week. Both parties have a lot to be proud of,” McConnell finished. “But I really regret that some on the Democratic side decided that partisan presidential politics were more important than getting urgent and noncontroversial relief out the door much, much sooner — to families who have needed this help badly. The progress of this past week could have happened in July, or in August, or in September, or in October. Senate Republicans were advocating for a package just like this one, all along, in real time. I just wish our partners on the other side had put political calculations aside and worked with us to make this happen a long time ago.”
The left hates President Trump so much they were willing to ignore the suffering of millions of American citizens in order to make a political statement.
All of the unemployment and joblessness is the fault of Democratic politicians, especially governors, who have shut things down and caused this economic hardship. It’s on them to clean up the mess they made.
And instead, they play political games, only caring about their own agenda and getting all kinds of little “wishlist” items passed.
That’s what a true deplorable looks like.
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