Nancy Pelosi is pushing back after Donald Trump said he had been taking an untested coronavirus drug shown to cause patient deaths in early trials, saying it is dangerous for the president because he is “morbidly obese,”
The House speaker made the statement during an appearance on CNN on Monday evening, hours after Trump made the controversial admission that he had been taking hydroxychloroquine, a potential coronavirus treatment that he had touted as a “game changer” but has shown mixed and sometimes dangerous results in trials. The statement was met with alarm from many critics who believed it was unsafe given the untested nature of the drug, and Pelosi expressed concern for the risks.
“I would rather he not be taking that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group, and in his, shall we say, weight group: ‘morbidly obese.’ So, I think it’s not a good idea,” Pelosi said.
As CNN reported, Trump earlier in the day made what to many was a startling admission that he was taking the antimalarial drug, which had been studied as a potential treatment for coronavirus but has not been known to have preventative properties.Trump has been tested for coronavirus a number of times, with all known tests coming back negative
