During an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif.) expressed outrage at Donald Trump for what she said was his calling reports about Russian bounties on American troops, Moscow’s interference in U.S. elections and coronavirus a hoax — and she pointed to Trump himself as the hoax.
“He’ll say this is a hoax, and it’s a hoax that they are 24/7 trying to disrupt our election as they did in 2016. He says the coronavirus is a hoax. The fact is the president himself is a hoax,” Pelosi said ahead of the briefing that she and other top congressional leaders, known as the Gang of Eight, were slated to receive Thursday morning.
Pelosi added, “Let’s hope that the Gang of Eight shows up, open to hear the truth, the facts, the intelligence, and that ‘Moscow Mitch’ doesn’t show up, but the leader of the Republicans in the Senate comes with an open mind.”
Pelosi’s remarks come as congressional leaders are hoping they will get the answers they’re looking for this morning when Trump administration officials brief them on intelligence that Russia allegedly paid bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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Speaker Pelosi: Trump has called #COVIDー19 a hoax when the fact is the president is a hoax!
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— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) July 2, 2020
