'Listen to the science': Pelosi slams GOP on storms, fires

摘要

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today slammed Republicans and the Trump administration for ignoring the role of science in setting policy, citing the ongoing wildfires in her home state, Hurricane Laura and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Pelosi opened her weekly press conference this morning by noting the "very, very sad" ongoing natural disasters fueled by climate change, as well as the continuing pandemic. "In my state of California, we have wildfires that are being described as Armageddon," Pelosi told reporters. "In the Gulf Coast, we have Hurricane Laura coming in ... that has been described yesterday as being unsurvivable. At the same time, we have a pandemic that continues to threaten the lives of the American people.".