Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) couldn't help herself while speaking in the House chamber on Monday as she claimed religious believers in Congress have told her that due to their faith, they don't believe in the science to stop COVID-19.
This comes after Pelosi admitted to blocking a critically-needed COVID-19 relief bill for months until after the 2020 presidential election, especially since Joe Biden was declared the winner.
"We couldn’t pass legislation until now. Because the administration simply did not believe in testing, tracing, treatment, wearing masks, sanitation, separation, and the rest. Scientific approach. It becomes clear to us now that they believed in herd immunity, quackery, springing right from the Oval Office. And not denied sufficiently by some of the CDC and the rest. So now we have a vaccine and that gives us hope. A vaccine that is — springs from science," Pelosi said.
"People say around here sometimes, 'I’m faith-oriented so I don’t believe in science.' And I said, 'Well, you can do both.' Science is an answer to our prayers. And our prayers have been answered with a vaccine. And in this legislation we had provision for it to be developed, purchased, and distributed in a way, again, that is fair and equitable and free," she continued.
.@SpeakerPelosi on Republicans & the Covid vaccine: "People say around here sometimes, 'I’m faith-oriented so I don’t believe in science.’" pic.twitter.com/4nJIvSxJEd
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020
Conservatives on Twitter were highly skeptical of Pelosi's claim that anyone would remotely say such a thing.
Literally no one has ever said this. https://t.co/lDKCdT7Msd
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) December 21, 2020
You don’t believe what you are saying. At all. This is political hackery - just like your refusal to help small business, your no mask hair cut, your vaccine PR photos, & all of it. https://t.co/dt65OYUAUv
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) December 21, 2020
REMINDER: This person is so afraid of coronavirus that she got her haircut in a salon with no mask on. And she’s 678 years old.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) December 21, 2020
None of them are worried about coronavirus. None of them. https://t.co/YUADwtYbH1
no one said this. https://t.co/PWJviGnJXt
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) December 21, 2020