Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has claimed that President Donald Trump will chicken out of Tuesday night’s presidential debate with Kamala Harris due to “cowardice.”
Pelosi made the remarks during an appearance at the Texas Tribune Festival over the weekend.
At the event, sat down for a live interview with journalist Kara Swisher about a variety of topics.
Pelosi spoke out a number of topics before signing copies of her latest book.
Throughout the interview, Pelosi spent much of the time ripping Trump to get laughs out of the liberal audience.
However, when Tuesday’s highly anticipated ABC News Presidential Debate came up, Pelosi turned up the vitriol.
Swisher asked Pelosi what advice she would give Trump ahead of his matchup with Democrat presidential nominee Harris.
The 84-year-old congresswoman quipped, “You think he’s gonna show up?”
The delighted left-wing audience burst into laughter and applauded as Pelosi slightly smiled.
“Do you know something I don’t know?” Swisher asked.
“I know cowardice when I see it,” Pelosi responded.
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Swisher then said that she assumes Pelosi agrees with former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).
Cheney called Trump a “misogynist pig” on the very same stage during a previous Trib Fest event.
“Isn’t she wonderful?” Pelosi said of Cheney.
Earlier in the conversation, Pelosi told Swisher that “Speaker Emerita” is her current position.
However, she then claimed that “Speaker” remains her title.
The Trump campaign dismissed Pelosi’s suggestion of the former president skipping the debate as “fake news.”
In a statement, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said:
“Nancy Pelosi has no idea what she is talking about and has been proven to be a liar and fraud.
“If she isn’t busy giving herself fake titles to make herself feel better, she’s peddling fake news because it’s the only thing she’s ever done.”
Pelosi and Trump have a long history of animosity toward each other.
They have regularly traded barbs over the years.
In 2020, Pelosi famously tore her printed copy of Trump’s State of the Union address immediately after he finished addressing a Joint Session of Congress.
Trump and Harris are scheduled to debate on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
