President Donald Trump’s positive coronavirus test caused a shudder through the nation, the stock market fell and the White House chief of staff appeared before the press to tell the nation that Trump was in “good spirits” but experiencing “mild symptoms.”
During Friday’s appearance on MSNBC, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was asked whether she has been in contact with the White House as she is second-in-line to the presidency, after Vice President Mike Pence.
Pelosi said that she has not spoken to the White House but said, “That is an ongoing, not with the White House, but with the military, quite frankly, in terms of some officials in the government.”
She added, “Let us just all pray for the president’s health. Thank God the Vice President has tested negatively and the second lady as well. And so, again, that continuity of government is always in place. I always say it’s a relic of the past, but nonetheless, they say, ‘We have our job we have to do and this is what we’ll do.’ So I wouldn’t go so much to that.”
The Speaker told MSNBC, “I do think that it’s really important for people to know that every infection is a sad one.”
“The President of the United States of course, but every single one, now we have gone over such a high number in our country of infections, every one of them a sad occasion. Over 209,000 deaths — a tragedy beyond comprehension one year ago and still more to come.”
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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
Trump announced his coronavirus infection just before 1 a.m. on Friday, writing that he and the first lady “will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately.”
A number of top Republicans have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past two days. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced on Friday that he has tested positive. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also tested positive for the virus.