Pelosi Defends Speech-Ripping as Protesting ‘Falsehoods’

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is defending her speech-ripping performance behind President Donald Trump’s back at his State of the Union address. She tells reporters that the prime-time speech on Tuesday contained “falsehoods” and she says she wanted to broadcast that “this is not the truth,” so she shredded her copy of the address. Pelosi’s remarks come during a difficult week for Democrats, who are in the middle of a presidential nomination fight. Trump was acquitted of two impeachment charges during a Senate trial that ended Wednesday.


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