Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pulled no punches in her scathing critique of Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.
The former House speaker — who famously tore up her printed copy of Trump’s 2020 speech while standing behind him — summed up his latest address to Congress in a single word: “lazy.”
“I thought the speech was lazy,” Pelosi said during post-speech analysis on CNN, continuing: “You know, it’s one thing to acknowledge patriotism and people getting well and everything when you have absolutely nothing to do with their courage or the rest, but you spend an hour and a half doing it. What is the state of the nation?”
Pelosi, who is not seeking reelection this November, also criticized Trump’s limited remarks on Ukraine, delivered on the four-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “Did he spend a sentence and a half on Ukraine, where democracy is at stake, where American people want us to be there on the side of democracy?” she asked.
Watch Pelosi’s full response to Trump’s speech here: