“I hope to ask Republicans the same question about why they don’t need to satisfy the wishes of other Americans,” Pelosi replied. Wishes are not take into account in the President’s proposal. So when you say to me, “Why don’t you settle for theirs?”
Blitzer stepped in and told Pelosi that Americans “really want the cash now” and quoted the representative of Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, who recently said, “People in need can’t wait until February. Obama’s stimuli matrix . . . Make a deal and put ball in McConnell’s camp. “
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“Then what do you say to Ro Khanna?” Blitzer asked.
“What I’m telling you is that I don’t know why you’re still an apologist, and a lot of your colleagues [are] apologists of the Republican position,” Pelosi replied, adding that “Ro Khanna is good, she’s not. “That’s not what we’re going to do and nobody waits until February. “
The debatable exchange continued when Blitzer insisted on Pelosi on Trump’s $1. 8 trillion proposal, asking him, “Why come to an agreement with him and let the perfect, as they say here in Washington, be an enemy of the good?”
“Well, I probably wouldn’t let evil be an enemy on the right, ” replied Pelosi.
“What about $1. 8 trillion?” Blitzer asked.
“You know what, do you have any concept of the difference between the expenses they have on their bill and what we have on our bill?” asked Pelosi before reviewing a list of his with the proposal.
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“That is exactly why, Madam President Array . . . it’s so vital right now,” Blitzer replied. ” Yesterday I spoke to [former Democratic presidential candidate] Andrew Yang, who says the same thing. It’s not all you need, but there are many of them there. “
“But you know what, honest with God!” Pelosi complained. “You — I can’t get over it because Andrew Yang, he’s adorable. Ro Khanna, he’s adorable. They’re not negotiating this situation. They have no idea what the main points are. You have no idea the language here. . .
Tensions continued to the end, when Blitzer tried to conclude the interview after the speaker accused him of “defending management all this time. “
“We’ll leave on the note that it’s not right about that, Wolf, and I hate to tell you,” Pelosi told CNN host. “But I feel confident about it and feel confident in my colleagues and I feel confident in the presidency of my [committee]. “
Blitzer replied, “It’s not about me, it’s about millions of Americans who can’t put food on the table, who can’t afford the rent and who have trouble surviving. “
“And we constitution them, we prostituted them, ” repeated Pelosi several times in Blitzer.
“As they say, don’t let the best be the enemy of the good,” Blitzer reiterated.
“It’s far from the best Array . . . we’re not even close to the good,” Pelosi replied. “Thank you for your sensitivity to the wishes of our constituents. “
“I’m sensitive to them, I see them on the streets asking for food, asking for money,” the presenter said.
“Have you fed them? Let Pelosi go. ” We feed them, we feed them. “
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Tuesday was not the first time the speaker verbally attacked a journalist in an interview.
In August, Pelosi criticized PBS Newshour host Judy Woodruff, accusing her of being a Republican “lawyer” at another time of heated negotiations over coronavirus relief.