Nancy Pelosi calls Trump 'morbidly obese' and says it's not a good idea for him to take hydroxychloroquine

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• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi advised Donald Trump not to take hydroxychloroquine.
• Pelosi described Trump, who is 73 years old, as "morbidly obese."
• Standing at 6-feet three-inches tall, Trump weighed in at 243 pounds in 2019.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that Donald Trump not to take a controversial drug because of his physical attributes, hours after the president claimed he was taking it daily for about 10 days.

"He's our president and I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and his, shall we say, weight group," Pelosi said during an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper on Monday.

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