‘Why Bother?’: Pelosi Reiterates Biden Should Skip Debates With President Trump

(L) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Penn., on Aug. 31, 2020. (Alan Freed/File Photo, Reuters). (R) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at a news conference in Washington, on Aug. 13, 2020. Sarah Silbiger/Reuters

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) again called for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to skip his first debate with President Donald Trump, scheduled for next week.

“I just think that the president has no fidelity to fact or truth and actually in his comments the last few days,” Pelosi said on CBS News Friday. “No fidelity to the Constitution of the United States. He and his henchmen are a danger ... to our democracy.” She added: “Why bother?”