{"id":573787,"date":"2021-06-25T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573787"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:22:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:22:01","slug":"rep-scalise-pelosi-covering-for-china-refusing-to-subpoena-people-in-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-scalise-pelosi-covering-for-china-refusing-to-subpoena-people-in-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Scalise: Pelosi covering for China, refusing to subpoena people in co"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-scalise-pelosi-covering-for-china-refusing-to-subpoena-people-in-co%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2436314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2436314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:17 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) asserted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is covering for China when it comes to the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Thursday, Louisiana lawmaker stressed it\u2019s difficult to answer basic questions about the origins of COVID-19 when the House Speaker refuses to hold a hearing. He said despite repeated requests, Pelosi will not subpoena people who communicated with Wuhan lab scientists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s been weeks since it became clear the media was wrong (again) and Republicans were right about COVID-19 likely coming from the Wuhan lab.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the Democrat-controlled Coronavirus Committee STILL refuses to even hold a hearing on it.<\/p>\n<p>Why are Dems covering for Communist China? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhgys5MUHd\">pic.twitter.com\/uhgys5MUHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveScalise\/status\/1408154219895480327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While speaking at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDOweELv9so\">hearing<\/a> this week, the Louisiana Republican said Pelosi\u2019s actions are suspicious, especially as China continues to try to hide evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaker Pelosi and the House of Representatives should not be covering up for China\u2019s lies and potential crimes,\u201d stated Scalise. \u201cWe should be coming together on a bipartisan basis to search for those answers and shine the light of transparency on the origins of this virus to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House Minority Whip said while the GOP does not have Pelosi\u2019s powers, they will hold their own meeting with witnesses and experts next week to shed light on the issue.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-paul-fauci-should-resign-for-dancing-around-gain-of-function-research\/\">Sen. Paul: Fauci \u2018Should Resign\u2019 For Dancing Around Gain Of Function Research<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 8:17 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2281331,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. Scalise: Pelosi covering for China, refusing to subpoena people in co","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_video_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDOweELv9so","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. 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