Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday dismissed as “unimportant” her decision to vacation in Hawaii during the partial government shutdown.

“I observed the Christmas holiday for a few days and in fact cut in half the time I would have had with my family,” Pelosi told NBC in an interview that aired Thursday morning. “It’s not important, it’s totally unimportant.”

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