Nancy Pelosi suggested in a new interview that Republican leaders in Congress would not support another partial government shutdown over border security funding demanded by US President Donald Trump.
The Speaker, while speaking with the news outlet Politico, predicted that after the 35-day shutdown – the longest in US history – Republican leaders would not be willing to repeat this experience, insisting that “it’s not going to happen.”
Pelosi also took aim at Trump’s State of the Union address late Tuesday, where she was spotted sarcastically clapping at the president. She said that while she respects the office Trump holds — and prays for him daily – she believes that Trump’s speech was “theatrics” and “not government”. She also dismissed Trump’s criticism of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who is a close Pelosi ally.