Pelosi says GOP seems to have 'disdain' for working people as stimulus negotiations stall

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said the Republican Party seems to have "a disdain" for working people in a searing assessment of the stalled negotiations for a sweeping stimulus deal.

Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360," Pelosi asserted that the GOP holds "a disdain, or sort of a condescension, toward working people, it seems, because they don't trust how they might use the $600 -- that kind of thing. 'Oh, they have money to pay the rent, they're just not paying the rent.' Well, we cannot operate if we're not even stipulating to a basic set of facts."
"The people are hurting," she continued. "The unemployment (rate) is high, and that we have a way to address this in terms of honoring our heroes, testing, tracing, treatment, as well as money in the pockets of the American people -- being respectful of them, and understanding their needs."