She observed her “religious” holiday at a luxury resort. Trump observed it in church at the National Cathedral with his wife, calling kids to wish them a Merry Christmas and visiting the troops in Iraq and Germany.

Via Free Beacon:

Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), in an interview that was released on Thursday, defended her vacation to Hawaii over the holidays in midst of a partial government shutdown.

Pelosi spoke with “Today” host Savanah Guthrie on Wednesday about taking over the speakership again and having to work with President Donald Trump to resolve the shutdown.

“The president took a swipe, I think, as recently as today, saying that you went on vacation to Hawaii during the shutdown. Now, you had said before the shutdown that he was being quite cavalier and maybe the shutdown will give him more time to golf, but in the end it was you that took a holiday,” Guthrie said.

“I observed the Christmas holiday for a few days, and I cut in half the time I would have had,” Pelosi responded.

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