Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare House lawmakers reach deal to avert shutdown Centrist Democrats 'strongly considering' discharge petition on GOP PPP bill MORE (D-Calif.) suggested Sunday that the travel ban from China President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE has repeatedly touted as a major step in stemming the spread of the coronavirus outbreak was not as effective as the White House claims.

“Actually tens of thousands of people were allowed in from China, it wasn't as it was described as this great moment,” Pelosi said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“So if you're going to shut the door because you have an evaluation because of an epidemic, then shut the door,” Pelosi said.

Speaker Pelosi on Trump's China travel restriction: "Tens of thousands of people were still allowed in from China. It wasn't as it is described as this great moment. ... If you're going to shut the door because you have an evaluation of an epidemic, then shut the door" #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/jpKFxYVCu6 — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 26, 2020

The travel ban exempted Americans and some other authorized travelers. Nearly 40,000 people arrived in the U.S. on direct flights from China in the two months after Trump imposed the restrictions, The New York Times reported earlier this month.

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Asked if she supported the ban, Pelosi responded “let’s go into the future.”

“What the American people want is a plan to go forward,” she said.

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Pelosi said the plan people want focuses on protecting frontline workers, getting stimulus and unemployment checks into the hands of Americans and ensuring taxpayer dollars aren't being used by big entities for anything other than keeping people at work.

“And we have oversight to do all of that,” Pelosi said.