Chamber of Deputies Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Spoke to President Trump on Sunday about the lack of progress made between congressional negotiators and the White House over another coronavirus bill and accused Trump of being responsible for the mounting deaths in the country due to the pandemic. .
“More than 4 million have been added to the infection list since we took a break,” Pelosi told CNN’s State of the Union about delays in testing and tracing. “More than 80,000 more people have died since they took a break.”
“Could we have saved all these lives? Not all, but many,” Pelosi continued before paraphrasing a line of speech made by sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., At the Democratic National Convention last week. “Trump fiddles while Rome burns, while America burns.”
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More than 176,000 people in the United States have died from the novel coronavirus, while more than 5.6 million people have been infected by the infection.
Pelosi returned home in session earlier this week to pass legislation that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send $ 25 billion to increase the agency for the November election.
Pelosi recalled lawmakers returning to Washington over objections from Republicans dismissing the action as a stunt. Trump urged not to cast a vote, including in a tweet Saturday, railing against post-a-vote votes expected to die in the COVID-19 crisis. He has said he wants to block extra funds for the Postal Service.
“Be careful not to say what the president says, because it’s all designed to suppress the vote,” Pelosi said at the Capitol.
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Pelosi called the Postal Service the “nice thread” of the nation that unites Americans and said voters should “ignore” the president’s threats.
The session of the day came as a riot over disruptions of Post put the Postal Service at the center of the nation’s tumultuous election year, with Americans marching on one of the nation’s oldest and most popular institutions. Millions of people are expected to opt for emails to prevent polls during the coronavirus pandemic.
More than two dozen Republicans broke with the president and supported the bill, which passed 257-150. Democrats are leading approval, but the legislation is certainly in the GOP-held First Chamber. The White House said the president would veto it.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
