House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had her time in the spotlight. Amid another NFL Wild Card triple-header on Sunday, she sat down with CBS News’ Lesley Stahl for her 60 Minutes interview after the chaotic mess that erupted on Capitol Hill.
This week Congress was set to certify the 2020 Electoral College results. That happened. Joe Biden was declared the winner, but not after pro-Trump supporters who descended into Washington DC for the Save America rally stormed the Capitol Building. Five people were killed. The incident caused a media meltdown. Shock and disgust rained down upon President Trump and his supporters. This caused another impeachment push on the Hill, one that will not feature a robust Republican opposition. Before, when Democrats ran with this to satisfy their own Trump deranged urges and a 2018 midterm campaign promise, the GOP held firm. It’s no longer the case now.
Yet, there was one part of the interview where Stahl wouldn’t let Pelosi off the hook for why there wasn’t a relief bill sooner. The good news is that there will be some sort of aid package soon. The bad news is that Americans pinched by the COVID pandemic have been left in utter economic purgatory due to Congress’ dithering. Pelosi admitted the torpedoed COVID relief to better Democratic chances in the 2020 election. Sen. Chuck Schumer also knew of the political dividends this bill yields. He didn’t want one prior to the election as it would have helped the GOP keep the Senate. IT was the right thing to do, to help Americans in desperate need—and Democrats gummed up the works. It became a bipartisan affair when Sen. Mitch McConnell then decided to die on the hill of ‘the relief checks are too big,’ further hindering a relief bill prior to the key Georgia runoffs, which Republicans lost.
This is a major event, but one of many that could be traced to why protesters lashed out this week. And people wonder why populism, both left, and right, is rising here. They see through the games and corruption. Stahl noted Pelosi’s complicity in all of this, noting that Congress has eight months to get something done (via Daily Caller):
Chinese media trying to act like they’re not corrupt
Five people killed??
Five may have died, but heart attack and stroke don’t count.
and the Democrats are saying this was worse than 9/11 where thousands died
The dumbocrats are truly evil despicable people.
Both born before WW2! We’re in the best of hands!! We deserve so much better.