House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., argued Thursday that President Trump and Republicans in Congress will have “doo-doo stuck to their shoe for a long time” if they pass the revised American Health Care Act.
The comments came a day after the AHCA received a boost in support from the House Freedom Caucus, which announced it would back the bill.
“I think President Trump is really making fools of the members of Congress, of his own party,” she said in her weekly press conference. “He’s asking them to vote for a bill that is wildly unpopular in the country, is the wrong thing to do first and foremost. It’s going to be doo-doo stuck to their shoe for a long time to come with terrible consequences for the American questions.”
Pelosi told reporters that Trump’s actions to push the AHCA earns him an “F minus” on the issue during the first 100 days. She gave him failing grades on several issues, including jobs, infrastructure and Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington.
Pelosi also echoed a statement made by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who said that if Republicans bring up a vote on the AHCA this week, she will also oppose a short-term continuing resolution.
“Who knows if they’ll ever have the votes to do it. They are in a lose-lose-lose situation,” Pelosi said. “The president is making them walk the plank on a bill that has about 17 [percent support].”
