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Erica Werner

13 Oct, 7 tweets, 1 min read

Wolf Blitzer grilling Pelosi on why she won't take $1.8T deal. Reads Ro Khanna tweet..
Pelosi: "I don’t know why you’re always an apologist and many of your colleagues are apologists for the Republican position-- Ro Khanna, that’s nice. That isn’t what we’re going to do."

Wolf says he's also spoken with Andrew Yang who says take the deal.
Pelosi: "Honest to God, I really can’t get over it. Because Andrew Yang, he’s lovely. Ro Khanna, he’s lovely. They’re not negotiating this situation."

Yikes!
"With all due respect you really don't know what you're talking about" Pelosi tells Wolf Blitzer as he presses her on why she won't take Mnuchin deal.

Wolf says Pelosi should call the president and say let’s make a deal.
Pelosi: “Look let me say this, the president has sent Mr Mnuchin to negotiate .. They do not share our values, have a little respect that we know something about these subjects.”

Wolf: "These are incredibly difficult times right now and we'll leave it on that note .."
Pelosi: "We'll leave it on the note that you are not right on this Wolf .."
Wolf: "It's not about me it's about millions of Americans.."
Pelosi: "And we represent them."

Wolf: "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
Pelosi: "It is nowhere near perfect ...we're not even close to the good."

Pelosi: "Thank you for your sensitivity to our constituents' needs."
Wolf: "I am sensitive to them because I see them on the street begging for food, begging for money."
Pelosi: "Have you fed them? We feed them. We feed them."
(Interview ends)
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McConnell: “When the full Senate returns on Oct 19 our first order of business will be voting again on targeted relief.”

Trump: “Go big or go home!!!”

McConnell talking now in Ky. Says new bill will be roughly $500b in targeted relief.
(The one he put on floor last month was $650b - but only $300b was new spending)

McConnell says the new bill will have UI, PPP, and money for schools and hospitals.
"The choice is do you want to do something or nothing. So far they have said if we can’t do everything we want to do we won't do anything. That doesn’t solve the problem."

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KY Senate debate under way, immediately heated on coronavirus response.

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McConnell: "We’ve been negotiating trying to put something reasonable together. .. It’s pretty clear to me that her party doesn’t want to get a solution ... The speaker has been totally unreasonable and not interested in getting an outcome as we’ve tried and tried and tried."

McGrath: “The House passed a bill in May and the Senate went on vacation.”
McConnell (chuckles): “Nobody went on vacation. … The challenge here was the speaker was simply unwilling to cooperate.”
McConnell says Pelosi-Mnuchin talks “Went on and on and on for months.” (#truth)

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New Pelosi letter to colleagues on covid relief talks: "This proposal amounted to one step forward, two steps back. When the President talks about wanting a bigger relief package, his proposal appears to mean that he wants more money at his discretion to grant or withhold..."

"At this point, we still have disagreement on many priorities, and Democrats are awaiting language from the Administration on several provisions as the negotiations on the overall funding amount continue. ... the Trump proposal is insufficient in meeting families’ needs."

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Pelosi is about to be appearing on The View, where it is Joy's bday! Per the teaser, Joy will be unwrapping a "very special president"!

*present
Pelosi has not come on yet but meanwhile I am enjoying the banter with Whoopi announcing we are living in "cuckoo-crazy time"

Pelosi on latest Trump tweets
"It’s hard to see any clear sane path on what he’s doing but the fact is he saw the political downside of his statement of walking away from the negotiations ... He’s rebounding from a terrible mistake he made yesterday."

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Erica Werner

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Pelosi on MSNBC rn -- she is keeping her mask on for the interview, which is not something I've seen her do in many previous tv hits where she pulls her mask down to speak.

Pelosi notes she tested negative on Friday (as we knew); says she got tested again today but hasn't gotten the results

Asked in this intvu, Pelosi continues to resist any kind of mandatory or routine testing for members or staff -- while saying she herself will now be getting tested regularly, and insisting it's available for those who need on Cap Hill

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Pelosi says she has CR deal with Mnuchin to keep government funded

This CR deal to avert a gov't shutdown expected to pass House tonight.

What a turnaround from Friday night when talks collapsed, and yesterday when Pelosi released a partisan bill! For those few who are paying attention to this!

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