Pelosi defends vacation jabs at Trump: Maybe he doesn't realize Hawaii is in US
By Avery Anapol - 01/03/19 09:45 AM EST
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended her vacation to Hawaii during the government shutdown, taking a jab at President Trump on the day she is set to be elected House Speaker.
In an interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on "Today," Pelosi said that maybe Trump “doesn’t realize†Hawaii was in the U.S. and that she would have been easily able to return to Washington if necessary.
“The president may not know this, but Hawaii is part of the United States of America, maybe he doesn’t realize that,†she said. “That’s why he said Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States when he was born in Hawaii.â€
“Hawaii has airports and airlines and telephones, so the communication is good,†she said.
Pelosi defended the trip, saying that she observed the Christmas holiday, and that the shutdown actually “cut in half†on her time with family.
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