Pelosi said Trump had lied by asserting he would protect health care insurance coverage for patients with pre-existing medical conditions, when his administration is backing a lawsuit seeking to overturn a law that protects those patients
“I tried to find one page I could spare that didn’t have a lie on it,” Pelosi said, according to the aide.
The president’s failing to shake her outstretched hand before the speech, when he handed her the paper copy of his remarks, was not a factor in her tearing up the document, Pelosi told fellow lawmakers. “Who cares?” she said. House Republicans said they were outraged by Pelosi’s act, captured live on television while the president was still acknowledging applause from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives chamber.
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