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Pence Torches Pelosi for Tearing up Trump’s State of the Union Address

Vice President Mike Pence is tearing into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her actions at the end of Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. Pelosi sparked a lot of conversation after she held President…

Madison SummersFeb 5, 20202 min read

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Pence — who was next to Pelosi at the address — told Fox News on Wednesday that he did not see the House speaker rip up the president’s address during the moment but called it “a new low” for her.

“I was not sure she was ripping up the speech or ripping up the Constitution,” Pence added.

“The contrast here was a president who spent an hour and a half making a speech about America and Nancy Pelosi, in the final moments, tried to make it about her and I think the American people see through it and see through the pettiness and see through the politics.”

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Pelosi’s actions had people split on their reactions with some Democratic lawmakers applauding the House speaker’s move, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib who tweeted, “I would have shredded it.”

The following day of the State of the Union address, the hashtag “Nancy the ripper” trended on Twitter.

The top Democratic House leader, however, didn’t back down from her clear disapproval of Trump and his address.

She reportedly told Democratic lawmakers in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, “He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech. … You are supposed to talk about the State of the Union, not the state of your alleged mind,” as The Hill reports.