WATCH: Karoline Leavitt urges Nancy Pelosi to thank Trump for tariffing China

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on the House floor in 1996

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Tuesday highlighted the fact former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke persuasively about the need to place greater tariffs on China, in 1996, and that she ought to thank President Trump for his action against Beijing last week, on “Liberation Day.”

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WATCH: @PressSec highlights Nancy Pelosi’s own words on our unsustainable trade deficits:

“Well, @POTUS is finally answering her call… years later.