'It was not a mistake': Nancy Pelosi defends her rejection of the Trump administration's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer after throwing support behind a relief package half its size
jzeballos@businessinsider.com (Joseph Zeballos-Roig) 30 mins ago
jzeballos@businessinsider.com (Joseph Zeballos-Roig) 30 mins ago
"It was not a mistake," Pelosi said at her press conference.
Some House Democrats called on her to strike a deal before the election, but Pelosi argued the administration was only putting forward "half a loaf".
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her support of a stimulus package half the size of what the Trump administration offered in October at her weekly press conference on Friday. The California Democrat also cited the "gamechanger" of Joe Biden's election as the 46th president as well as the positive vaccine developments in her backing of the $908 billion relief bill proposed earlier this week.
She argued that her previous insistence for a broad spending package of at least $2.2 trillion is producing results.
"It was not a mistake. It was a decision that has taken us to a place where we can do the right things without other, shall we say, considerations, in the legislation that we don't want," she said, adding, "I'm very proud of where we are."
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