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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had quite a meltdown on Tuesday evening when a reporter dared to challenge her on the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package recently passed by the Democratic-controlled House.
While speaking to reporters, Pelosi was peppered with questions about the relief bill, why no Republicans voted in favor of it, and when does she think.
“This is a very important issue for us, and as you know, this is a COVID-related legislation,” Pelosi said.
“You talked about the Republicans might take credit for some of the [inaudible] in a couple of days you’re probably going to be down in numbers, the Senate confirmed Marcia Fudge and Deb Haaland, here,” a reporter asked Pelosi.
The reporter added: “What does that mean with trying to move some of the other parts of your agenda if you’re down right now to the edge and you’re not getting any help from the other side of the aisle?”
Pelosi did not appreciate the question, which was more than fair.
“We’re going to have elections, we are already in the course of one in Louisiana where Mr. Cedric Richmond — person who will come in in that capacity will be here, and then when they are confirmed, and hopefully it will be soon so that they can assume their places in the cabinet of the United States,” Pelosi said.
“They will have elections and they’ll be replaced,” Pelosi added.
“But do you think you’ll be able to get others’ support when it comes to these other initiatives,” the reporter tried saying before being cut off again.
“There’s not going to be a problem,” she replied.
“Madam Speaker, I think even last fall when the last COVID relief bill passed, you were already talking about having to do another bill in the new administration,” the reporter continued. “Do you think this is the last primarily COVID bill that you’ll have to take up?”
“You’re just going to have to ask the virus,” Pelosi shot back, visibly flustered.
“If it stops mutating, if it stops spreading and therefore mutating, then this will be — and some of the provisions in here that have a — like the expanded tax and enhanced unemployment insurance benefit that goes until the fall, we’ll just see where we are then. But it’s not anything anybody can predict. It’s just a question of the science. And we will have legislation to address it for as long as it’s there,” Pelosi added.
WATCH:
There is so much that stinks about the Democrat’s pandemic relief bill that you should wear a gas mask to read it.
But one of the things referenced by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton was the fact that mass murderers will be getting $1,400 stimulus checks.
“Dylann Roof murdered nine people. He’s on federal death row. He’ll be getting a $1,400 stimulus check as part of the Democrats’ ‘COVID relief’ bill,” he said.
“Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Bomber, murdered three people and terrorized a city. He’ll be getting a $1,400 stimulus check as part of the Democrats’ ‘COVID relief’ bill.
“Aaron Shamo was sentenced to life in prison for selling ‘1 million fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills to unsuspecting buyers.’ He’ll be getting a $1,400 stimulus check while in prison from the Democrats’ ‘COVID relief’ bill,” he said.