Pelosi Says: ‘Yes,” She Is Blaming Some COVID-19 Deaths on Trump

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CNN host Jake Tapper said of Trump to Pelosi: “He obviously downplayed the risks of coronavirus for several weeks. And it wasn't until I think about two weeks ago that he started acknowledging the gravity of the crisis. But are you saying that his downplaying ultimately cost American lives? “Yes, I am,” Pelosi responded. “I'm saying that, because when he made--the other day, when he was signing the bill, he said, just think, 20 days ago, everything was great,” Pelosi continued “No, everything wasn't great,” she said. “We had nearly 500 cases and 17 deaths already. And in that 20 days, because we weren't prepared, we now have 2,000 deaths and 100,000 cases.”

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What the president--his denial at the beginning was deadly. His delaying of getting equipment to where--it continues--his delay in getting equipment to where it's needed is deadly,” she told Tapper. “But as the president fiddles, people are dying. And we have to, we just have to take every precaution,” she also said.

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