House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday said she was so disturbed by President Donald Trump’s behavior during Tuesday’s debate that it "keeps me up at night," The Hill reports.
Pelosi said during a news conference on Thursday: "As Speaker, over time, people have said to me, 'What keeps you up at night?' The night of the debate you saw what keeps me up at night."
She added, "To see a president of the United States, in a debate with a potential president of the United States, refuse to condemn white supremacists, refuse to commit to a peaceful transfer of government. To ignore the climate crisis as our country is burning and our coasts are hit by fierce storms. To be there to crush the Affordable Care Act instead of crushing the virus."
Pelosi went on to rip Trump not only for his positions, but for his general conduct during the event, which saw him repeatedly interrupt and talk over moderator Chris Wallace and Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden.
"What keeps me at night is what we saw that night was authenticity on both sides of the stage. The president authentically a bully. Joe Biden authentically a decent person who cares about America's working families," she said.
"[This] isn't just like a Democratic or Republican debate. That's the exchange of ideas. That's what we came here to do. This is something quite different, undermining our institutions, undermining our democracy. The president of the United States with no respect for the office that he holds," the congresswoman said.
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