Nancy Pelosi must think she’s on a roll right now. Sunday, Pelosi compared Trump’s response to the coronavirus to Watergate saying, “What did he know and when did he know it?” As the Wall Street Journal editorial board pointed out, the attack on Trump was calculated to score political points from the country’s rising death toll.

The Speaker is a political professional who doesn’t pop off by accident. She clearly went into the interview with a plan to attack Mr. Trump at the start of a week when she knows that the infection and death tolls will mount. Why go there? The cynical interpretation is that Mrs. Pelosi and her allies have seen the polls that show a majority of the public approves of Mr. Trump’s handling of the pandemic. Perhaps she wants to undermine that perception. She may also be sending a message to her left-wing that even if Mr. Trump wins re-election, she will be happy to investigate and impeach him again for his virus response. Whatever the reason, this was an ugly note when the public wants signs of cooperation across the government—and when Mr. Trump had been praising Democrats in Congress for helping to pass the $2.2 trillion relief bill.

Speaking of the relief bill, Pelosi is already eager to get started on a “phase 4” bill and, just like the monstrosity she turned in last time, this one is going to be loaded down with items intended to please her progressive base. The NY Times reports one of her priorities for the next bill is rolling back the SALT caps which limit the amount of money homeowners can deduct from their taxes.