Pelosi says Americans are 'blessed' to have Biden as president
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested Tuesday that Americans are oblivious to President Biden's agenda and what he has worked to do in the White House, but concluded that those who call the United States home , they call him "blessed". director.
Asked for a rationale behind Biden's "decline" in voting on certain issues, including COVID-19 and inflation, Pelosi told MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell that she believed the president's work is misunderstood and his State of the Union address would be "very important". Because it will provide him an opportunity to talk about it.
Pelosi cited a quote from President Abraham Lincoln on the values of "public spirit", saying, "To appreciate what the President has done, and to work closely with Congress, he needs to know what it is." Is."
"With it you can achieve almost everything, without it, practically nothing," Pelosi said, echoing Lincoln's view on public opinion. "But people also have to know for the sake of public sentiment."
Noting that "people are still suffering" in the US, Pelosi said that "issues concerning the well-being of the American are being well served" under Biden. "There is no one to empathize more than Joe Biden," she said. "There's no one who cares more. We're so blessed that he's president right now because we have to make America better and that's what he's doing."
Following updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pelosi also told Michelle that she would drop her face mask to attend Biden's address to Congress and America at the Capitol on Tuesday evening.
"I'm not going to wear a mask tonight. If I had young children or if I was around little grandchildren, I would, because some of them are not vaccinated," she said. "Or if I was around someone, or a person who has some kind of situation that makes me vulnerable to it."
Announced by the attending physician at the Congressional Office on Sunday, the Capitol removed its mask requirement on the House floor a few days before Biden's speech.
Once a big proponent of putting on masks in the House Chamber, even issuing fines to current members of Congress who refused to wear one, Pelosi said she no longer believes that people "have to use their judgment" when determining whether to wear a mask at the address.
Pelosi reiterated, "I will make my own decision that I will not wear a mask tonight."
Last week, Pelosi told reporters that it was important for Americans to understand the "genius" of Biden's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"I think it's really important for people to understand the brilliance with which President Biden is conducting this," Pelosi said, according to Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram at the time. "This is a man who served for decades as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He knows the field. He knows the personalities."