'UNCALLED FOR'
‘Disgusting’ Nancy Pelosi slammed for ‘unbecoming reaction’ to Donald Trump’s Covid fight
HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi was slammed for her "unbecoming reaction" to President Donald Trump's coronavirus battle last week.
On Sunday, House Minority Leader Rep Kevin McCarthy labeled 's reaction to the news had as "rather disgusting."
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The congressman criticized the House Speaker after she called Trump's behavior a “brazen invitation” to get the disease.
“This is tragic, it’s very sad, but it’s also something that, again, going into crowds unmasked and all the rest, was sort of a brazen initiation for something like this to happen,” Pelosi told MSNBC on Friday.
“It’s sad that it did but nonetheless hopeful that it will be a transition to a saner approach to what this virus is all about."
But McCarthy said her comments were “uncalled for, especially in this time and place."
“Other nations are watching . This is the one time we could unite together," he said on Fox News' .
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"[Trump] is sitting here trying to work with this speaker to get a Covid relief package together and these are the comments that she makes? It’s really unbecoming of that position.”
McCarthy spoke to Trump on Friday and said the president is most concerned about the virus spreading to others.
He also addressed the newly released declassified Russian intelligence, which claimed “had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal” Trump and .
Details about the supposed "Russia hoax" to Senator Lindsey Graham.
Going into crowds unmasked and all the rest, was sort of a brazen initiation for something like this to happen.
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The letter acknowledged that American intelligence officials didn't know whether this was accurate, exaggeration, or a lie.
“No one in , the House or the Senate, has ever seen this information, even though we have spent all these years investigating,” McCarthy said.
“Now remember [former FBI agent] Peter Strzok, he was on Crossfire Hurricane and the Mueller Report, and never once did this intelligence show up anywhere.
"This is the biggest news that didn’t get reported.”
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McCarthy described the investigation as a “waste” of two years because ex-CIA Director John Brennan, former Director James Comey, and never brought it before Congress.
“This should drive every member of Congress to go get the underlying information that John Ratcliffe has just made transparent to the world,” the congressman said.
However, noted that the information in the letter is unverified and its release has been described as a political move ahead of the November 3 .
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham released the letter hours before the first presidential debate.
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“Trump’s own head of counterintelligence has publicly stated that the Russians are once again helping Donald Trump,” Shapiro said. “Ratcliffe should be ashamed of his blatant politicization of his position.
Sen Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Sen Mark Warner, the top on the Senate Intelligence Committee, called its release “disturbing” and a “politicization of intelligence.”
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