Pelosi sought to shift attention from Trump’s reality TV State of the Union to his real governing priorities: his budget, which will show “the stark reality of his agenda.”
“A federal budget should be a statement of our national values, and the President has sadly shown that he does not value the good health of the American people,” Pelosi continued. “Democrats continue to urge the President to abandon his assault on seniors and families and to join us to deliver real progress in lowering the price of prescription drugs and making the bold investments needed to rebuild America’s infrastructure in a green and modern way.”
Trump’s “manifesto of mistruths,” Pelosi added, “should be a call to action for everyone who expects truth from the President and policies worthy of his office and the American people.”
Pelosi’s act of ripping up the paper Trump’s speech was printed on highlighted for viewers that these are not normal times—and the media, predictably, is more outraged about that than about Trump’s years of viciousness and lies that she was responding to. Her statement tells us where we should be looking now.
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