Speaker Pelosi brought this to her press conference.
Pelosi says the emerging covid package is smaller than the country needs, cites "a completely changed dynamic" as she discusses her support. "In less than 1,000 hours, Joe Biden will be inaugurated president of the United States."
Nancy Pelosi on the NDAA: "80% of the House voted for the legislation, which the president threatens to veto."

"I don't like Section 230. I think it needs to be revised," she says. "But we cannot repeal it."
Pelosi rips into Trump for objecting to renaming U.S. military bases currently named after Confederates she says were "traitors to our country."
Pelosi on the emerging covid deal: "This is not a stimulus package. This is an emergency supplemental."

"We have to see the text," she says of the bipartisan group. "But I think the values and priorities they've established are what we need to do right away."
Pelosi takes a whack at McConnell's preferred policies on liability protections, calling them "such an assault on American workers that I hope the bill goes nowhere near what he is presenting."

This is (still) the biggest sticking point in the talks.
Nancy Pelosi defends @RepSwalwell, saying it's "unfortunate" that Kevin McCarthy is trying to make him a target. "He's trying to deflect attention from the fact that he has QAnon in his delegation," she says, calling that "a danger" with "possibilities for undue influence."

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