House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was out in San Francisco's Chinatown in late February encouraging people to go out in public and spend money at local businesses despite concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus.

“It’s exciting to be here, especially at this time, to be able to be unified with our community,” Pelosi said on Feb. 24. “We want to be vigilant about what is out there in other places. We want to be careful about how we deal with it, but we do want to say to people ‘Come to Chinatown, here we are — we're, again, careful, safe — and come join us.'”

Two days later, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a story titled "Get ready now for probable coronavirus pandemic in U.S., federal officials warn."

President Trump banned travel to the United States from China by foreign nationals in late January, citing public health concerns.

On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a lockdown of the entire state, shuttering bars, restaurants, and other nonessential businesses.

Pelosi attacked Trump over the weekend for not doing more to combat the spread of the virus.

"The president, his denial at the beginning, was deadly. His delaying of getting equipment to where it — continues his delaying in getting equipment to where it's needed is deadly," Pelosi said Sunday. "This is such a tragedy. We don’t even know the magnitude of it because we don’t have adequate testing."

Trump responded to the remarks Monday, calling the House speaker a " sick puppy."

