‘President Pelosi’: As Trump Gets Covid-19, House Speaker Says Continuity of Government Plans ‘Ongoing’ With MILITARY

MSNBC’s @SRuhle to @SpeakerPelosi: “You are second in line for the presidency. Has the White House contacted you about the continuity of government?” pic.twitter.com/HsanZxEiNh

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 2, 2020

• ‘President Pelosi’: As Trump Gets Covid-19, House Speaker Says Continuity of Government Plans ‘Ongoing’ With MILITARY
  by https://www.rt.com/
  Nancy Pelosi said the White House has not spoken to her about continuity of government after Donald Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis, but implied “ongoing” conversations are happening with “military” and “some government officials.”
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  Next in line after Vice President Mike Pence to succeed the president – as speaker of the house – Pelosi was asked on Friday in an MSNBC interview about Trump’s “very serious health threat” and whether the White House has contacted her about the continuity of government.
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  “No, they haven’t,” she said, adding, “That is ongoing with the military and some officials in the government…Let us all pray for the president’s health, thank God the Vice President has tested negatively.”
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  Though the California congresswoman said she “prays” Trump and his family are safe, she added that his behavior, such as in-person campaigning, was a “brazen invitation for something like this to happen.”
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  “It’s very sad. But it also is something that, again, going into crowds, unmasked and all the rest was sort of a brazen invitation for something like this to happen. Sad that it did, but nonetheless, hopeful that it will be a transition to a saner approach to what this virus is all about,” she said.
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  Since Trump’s positive test result, liberal critics have been taking to social media to fantasize about the unlikely scenario where Pelosi temporarily takes charge as president.
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