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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) threw President Donald Trump something of a lifeline on Thursday when she took to MSNBC to dismiss the ongoing controversy over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Asked by anchor Chris Jansing if “there’s anything the president can do now to get his supporters to move off of the Epstein issue?” as well as for her general thoughts on the matter.
“Again, this is a distraction. This is a distraction. We have major issues right here with things we’re voting on today in the Congress, again, in terms of the rescission that the president and the Senate have sent back over us to cut all of these resources out of helping poor people throughout the world, to be America play its leadership role in soft power to keep us safe, and to keep us healthy, so that we-, viruses know no boundary,” answered Pelosi. “And instead we’re talking about him-, about this thing and his own base has its own views of what the president should do. I’ll leave it up to them to talk it out. But again, whether it’s Jeffrey Epstein or Alcatraz, it’s all off the subject of what they’re doing with this budget that is harmful to the kitchen table, meeting the kitchen-table needs of the American people.”
“I want to make sure I understand what you mean when you say distraction. Do you think that Pam Bondi going to Alcatraz is meant potentially as a distraction from Epstein, which has not gone over well at all with the president’s base?” followed up Jansing.
“No, I think they’re both distractions,” replied Pelosi, who seemed perplexed by Jansing’s confusion. “I think that they’re off the subject of what is happening, changing the character and the culture of America by undermining-, by placing huge, trillions of dollars of national debt on the, for future generations to carry forward at the expense of the health, nutrition, education of the American people.”
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) threw President Donald Trump something of a lifeline on Thursday when she took to MSNBC to dismiss the ongoing controversy over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Asked by anchor Chris Jansing if “there’s anything the president can do now to get his supporters to move off of the Epstein issue?” as well as for her general thoughts on the matter.
“Again, this is a distraction. This is a distraction. We have major issues right here with things we’re voting on today in the Congress, again, in terms of the rescission that the president and the Senate have sent back over us to cut all of these resources out of helping poor people throughout the world, to be America play its leadership role in soft power to keep us safe, and to keep us healthy, so that we-, viruses know no boundary,” answered Pelosi. “And instead we’re talking about him-, about this thing and his own base has its own views of what the president should do. I’ll leave it up to them to talk it out. But again, whether it’s Jeffrey Epstein or Alcatraz, it’s all off the subject of what they’re doing with this budget that is harmful to the kitchen table, meeting the kitchen-table needs of the American people.”
“I want to make sure I understand what you mean when you say distraction. Do you think that Pam Bondi going to Alcatraz is meant potentially as a distraction from Epstein, which has not gone over well at all with the president’s base?” followed up Jansing.
“No, I think they’re both distractions,” replied Pelosi, who seemed perplexed by Jansing’s confusion. “I think that they’re off the subject of what is happening, changing the character and the culture of America by undermining-, by placing huge, trillions of dollars of national debt on the, for future generations to carry forward at the expense of the health, nutrition, education of the American people.”
