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Nancy Pelosi Just Said Trump’s Family Should Stage an ‘Intervention’ for ‘Good of the Country’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is concerned for Donald Trump’s well-being, saying “I pray for the president” and hopes for his family or administration stages an “intervention.” These comments came Thursday morning at a weekly press conference.
Pelosi seemed to say she believed Trump is not well, saying “I wish that his family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country,” she said.
Pelosi delivered her comments at her weekly address after Trump blew up a planned meeting on infrastructure to go after congressional Democrats over continued investigations following special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
Trump had said he canceled the meeting after he was upset by Pelosi’s comments about a “cover-up.”
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Despite her comments, Pelosi steadfastly refused to call for impeachment proceedings against the president, though has noted the president has possibly committed “impeachable offenses.”
“I’m concerned about his well-being,” Pelosi said. “And I’m concerned about the well-being of the United States of America.”
Trump gave his version in a tweet Thursday morning.
I was extremely calm yesterday with my meeting with Pelosi and Schumer, knowing that they would say I was raging, which they always do, along with their partner, the Fake News Media. Well, so many stories about the meeting use the Rage narrative anyway – Fake & Corrupt Press!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2019
Even though the president has ruled out cooperating on advancing bipartisan legislation until Democrats end their investigations into him and his administration, Democrats insist they are committed to salvaging an infrastructure package and stand ready and willing to work with Trump.
WATCH:
.@SpeakerPelosi twisting the knife, calls on Trump's family or his staff to conduct an intervention "for the good of the country" and again says she's praying for him. https://t.co/HL3XIv4rwg pic.twitter.com/PQEAvrydf1
— Justin Fishel (@JustinFishelABC) May 23, 2019
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