Nancy Pelosi steals the show and rips up Trump's State of the Union speech
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made her feelings clear at the conclusion of President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.
She ripped up a copy of the speech and tossed it aside just as the president concluded his remarks.
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Asked by the press why she ripped up the speech, Pelosi responded with a dig at the president.
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"It was the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives,” she said.
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It was just another moment of tension between Pelosi and Trump in a night full of them. The evening started out by the president snubbing a handshake offer from the speaker when he arrived to deliver the address.
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The White House quickly responded to Pelosi's decision to tear the speech, claiming that "her legacy" was now tied to ripping up the things Trump mentioned in the address, such as "one of our last surviving Tuskegee Airmen."
Trump's speech on Tuesday was rife with reality-TV-ready moments, including a surprise reunion of a soldier and his family and the first lady awarding conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Topics Donald Trump Politics
Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).
