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UrduPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for “not caring about Americans” since she would not agree to his terms for COVID-19 relief aid. “The problem you have is Nancy Pelosi. She couldn’t care less about the worker. She couldn’t care less about our people,” Trump said during Thursday night’s town hall. He also claimed that she refuses to approve anything before the election. We rate these claims as mostly false because they are misleading. The stimulus talks are not stalled because the House Speaker refuses to “approve anything”. In a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday night, Pelosi said she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called for House committee chairs “to resolve differences about funding levels and language.” “I remain hopeful that we can reach an agreement before the election. It will be safer, bigger, and better, and it will be retroactive,” she wrote.
According to the New York Times, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, told Republican senators privately on Tuesday that he has advised the White House not to strike a deal with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new stimulus bill before Election Day.
As reported by Jessica Lee at Snopes…
What’s True
Pelosi and Trump’s top emissary — U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — for months butted heads over details of a comprehensive COVID-19 stimulus bill, and they had not come to a final agreement, as of this writing. Pelosi called the White House’s proposal too meager and wanted to spend more money on things such as virus testing and child care.
What’s False
However, the House Speaker’s opposition to the White House’s proposal was not the only reason it was stalled — some Republicans, too, were hesitant to support the Trump administration’s spending plan. Top GOP vote-counter Sen. John Thune told reporters that “it’d be hard” for Trump to convince Republican Senators to vote for his plan. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he told the White House not to compromise with Pelosi, according to news reports.
