House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 80, appeared to sneak in a diss about Donald Trump’s weight while reacting to concerning news: the POTUS is now taking hydroxychloroquine.
In case the length of the drug’s name wasn’t frightening enough, hydroxychloroquine is used to treat and prevent the mosquito-borne disease malaria (and sometimes lupus and arthritis).
It’s now being used in some hospitals worldwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but Nancy has joined the scientists who are wary of endorsing the drug without conclusive results. “He’s our president and I rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists,” Nancy told CNN host Anderson Cooper during a live news segment on May 18.