Trump blamed impeachment process for slow coronavirus response. He said, “I don’t think I would have done any better had I not been impeached, OK”? McConnell informed conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday and said, “The impeachment trial diverted the attention of the government, because everything, every day was all about impeachment”. The U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected Trump’s excused claims from Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Both earlier said that impeachment proceedings preoccupied the president from immediately responding to the coronavirus epidemic during initial COVIE-19 outburst. Pelosi said, “We have a life-and-death situation in our country, and they should not try to hide behind an excuse for why they do not take action”.
Pelosi added, “That’s an admission that perhaps the president and the majority leader cannot handle the job”. Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have targeted 20th April as the earliest they are likely to call members back to Washington to continue lawmaking the government’s response to the critical health crisis in the country. Republicans in the U.S Senate have adopted a wait-and-see approach for calling senators back before considering new relief proposals. It is noteworthy that Pelosi is looking to strike a more bipartisan tone to continue bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on the government’s response.
Republicans have already sought to direct some of the blame for the president’s lagging coronavirus response towards Democrats connecting it to Democrats’ impeachment case against him. Point to be noted that President Trump has announced restricted travel from China on 31st January 2020. But the first death from Covid-19 epidemic in the western world wasn’t announced until 14th February 2020. During press briefing on Tuesday, Trump initially admitted that impeachment probably did distract him from responding to the coronavirus. Both President Trump and Speaker Pelosi have prioritized proposals to improve U.S infrastructure. Pelosi admitted on Wednesday that it would be a number of weeks before Congress can pass any new legislation.