Coronavirus: House Speaker Pelosi criticizes Republicans’ response to pandemic as U.S. deals with second wave

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, criticized Republicans on Friday and their desire to “focus elsewhere” from the coronavirus pandemic, in her view, as the country continues to deal with ongoing COVID-19 spikes during a second wave. Pelosi underscored the problem by stating the reported numbers of COVID-19 in the United States are now “two times higher than in the summer peak.”