On ABC's The View, Leader Pelosi Slams Trump's Travel Ban, Paris Accord Withdrawal
She also discussed the irresponsibility of President Trump to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, reemphasized the call for an outside, independent commission to investigate Russia's meddling in our election and highlighted the importance of getting the facts on the Trump-Russia connection.
On Trump Administration's Travel Ban:
"The President is calling it a ‘travel ban.' His own people who are arguing the case are saying, ‘It's not a travel ban.' And what he is saying is to say, ‘Ignore the Constitution of the United States.'"
"From the standpoint of achieving a goal, whether it's the military, whether it's the diplomats, whether it's the religious community, whatever element of community has any interaction in terms of immigration, they're saying: ‘The travel ban should not be happening. Stop it.' Even the Evangelicals say, ‘The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program is the crown jewel of U.S. humanitarianism.' And that's what is being turned off."
On President Trump Withdrawing U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement:
"What the President based his decision on is a memo that is totally false. It's doesn't have factual basis … you have to have a factual basis – evidence, data, truth, facts. And the memo that he was given, supposedly by his general counsel and the people at the EPA, was totally not factual. So the point is: this is in America's interest."
"How is President Trump going to ever explain this to his children and grandchildren that he didn't care about the air they breathed, the water they drank … this is a children's issue. It's a children's issue. And I think children know more about this subject than some of the people advising the President. So, whatever we are doing is in our national interest to do so."
On Calling for An Independent, Outside Commission on Russia's Interference in Our Election:
"Whatever you think about Comey, and whatever you think about Number 45 – President Trump – it is an absolute fact that the Russians hacked, perhaps altered, dumped, leaked information interfering in our election. And we need to have an outside, independent counsel. We have [one] inside the Justice Department reporting to Trump appointees, we have inside the Republican Congress – oh, that's good, that's progress. But, we need an outside, independent commission."
"This is bigger than Democrats and Republicans. It's bigger than politics. It's about our democracy – and the Russians undermining it, and doing that in other countries, as well. And they'll do it again."
On Former FBI Director Comey's Testimony to Congress:
"This is a very serious matter. There is a possibility of obstruction of justice – flirting with it, in any event – coming out of the White House. I think, if the President were to say, ‘He shouldn't testify,' that would be very incriminating for the President."