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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Allie Bice on politico.com on August 2, 2020.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday doubled down on her claims that President Donald Trump and coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx are spreading misinformation about the pandemic.
Pelosi said on ABC’s This Week that she does not have confidence in Dr Birx because Trump appointed her, and because the president himself has spread false information about Covid-19.
“I think the president is spreading disinformation about the virus and she's his appointee,” Pelosi said. “I don't have confidence, no.”
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POLITICO reported on Friday that the speaker expressed the same sentiment in a closed meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
“Deborah Birx is the worst. Wow, what horrible hands you’re in,” she said, accusing the coordinator of spreading disinformation.
But Birx said she has “tremendous respect for the speaker” when asked about Pelosi’s comments on Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.
“I have tremendous respect for her long dedication to the American people,” Birx told host Dana Bash.
Birx also urged Americans to take the appropriate precautions as the virus is becoming “extraordinarily widespread”.

“What we are seeing today is different from March and April … It's into the rural as equal urban areas, and to everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus and that is why we keep saying no matter where you live in America, you need to wear a mask and socially distance, do the personal hygiene pieces.”
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The US House Speaker said she does not have confidence in coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx, as she was appointed by Donald Trump
But Birx said she has ‘tremendous respect’ for Pelosi, while urging precautions against Covid-19 as it became ‘extraordinarily widespread’



The White House coronavirus task force coordinator said she had respect for Pelosi, while urging precautions as Covid-19 became ‘extraordinarily widespread’.


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