As Trump closes the speech, Pelosi tears up the speech
When President Donald Trump closed his State of the Nation address on Tuesday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drew up a copy of his speech as she stood in the hallway behind him. (February 4)
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The claim: Pelosi deputy chief of staff demanded that videos of her removal from Trump’s state of the nation address in 2020 be removed
A significant number of posts distributing false claims online are directed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California. Recently, USA TODAY denied false allegations that Pelosi was responsible for the January 6 uprising at the Capitol, that she spends $ 52,000 annually on taxpayers ‘money on in-flight drinks and that she said’ It will be a cold day in the be hell before Trump is acquitted again. ‘
In another post, however, the heat is also on her deputy chief of staff and spokesman, Drew Hammill. Hundreds of people have shared a meme claiming that Hammill is trying to erase evidence that Pelosi ripped President Donald Trump’s speech at the 2020 State of the Nation Address off social media platforms.
“Nancy Pelosi, Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill, is demanding Facebook and Twitter to remove videos of her ripping President Trump’s State of the Union address,” the mother said in the report. ‘I say let’s get this picture viral so the American people can see the TRUTH! Who’s with me? ‘
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USA TODAY directed the user for comment.
SOTU claim lacks context
Hammill denied in an email to the USA TODAY that he is trying to remove the videos of the moment and on the contrary says he enjoys it.
“Not true,” Hammill wrote. “I like the videos.”
Pelosi’s press team apparently owned the moment in public, and Pelosi conducted several interviews about her decision to sharpen the speech. The speaker’s public contempt for Trump’s speech, which he called later a “manifesto of mistrust” in itself went viral after the SOTU on 4 February 2020.
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Hammill did ask Facebook and Twitter to remove a specific video showing Pelosi creating the speech – and viral reports lack the context of the claim. His statements were in connection with a video posted by Trump, which Hammill and others viewed as “misleading change”.
“Speaker Pelosi’s latest fake video is deliberately designed to deceive and lie to the American people, and every day that these platforms refuse to take it down, it’s another reminder that they care more about the interests of their shareholders. as for the public interest, “Hammill said. tweeted on February 7, 2020.
At the beginning of the video, Trump honors one of the last living members of the Tuskegee pilots, who was a group of black military pilots and pilots who became known for their skill and achievements during World War II. Immediately after, the video shows Pelosi tearing up Trump’s speech. The sound is continuous throughout the two scenes, and it seems as if Pelosi tore the speech directly after this tribute. The video then pastes Pelosi’s clip over and over to other important moments of the speech.
However, Pelosi jerked Trump’s speech only once after completing it and receiving the audience’s applause. The official C-SPAN survey shows that Trump talked about the Tuskegee pilot at the point 30:35, and that Pelosi only had the speech shot up to 1:22:20.
Andy Stone, director of communications policy at Facebook, backed Hammill’s claims at the time. Stone reacted on the original tweet, “Sorry, are you suggesting that the president did not make the remarks and that the speaker did not tear up the speech?”
Hammill rejected him, writing “On what planet do you live? it is deceptively changed. take it off. “
According to USA TODAY, CNBC and other outlets, Twitter and Facebook both said the video did not violate their manipulated media policy and left the video behind; however, the video is currently not live on Twitter due to Trump’s suspension from the platform.
Our rating: Missing context
The allegation that Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff demanded that social media platforms demand videos of her removal from President Donald Trump’s speech on the State of the Nation Address in 2020 is DISSOLUTING CONTEXT, because without additional information it can be misleading. Drew Hammill did appeal on Twitter and Facebook to remove one specific video from Pelosi that undermines the speech he considers edited, but he did not want to and does not try to challenge all evidence of Pelosi’s challenge. not sure.
Our sources for fact checking:
- House Chairman Nancy Pelosi, February 5, 2020, tweet
- President Donald Trump, February 7, 2020, tweet (archived)
- Pelosi Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill, 7 February 2020, tweet
- Pelosi, Deputy Chief of Staff, Drew Hammill, on March 12 by email interview with the USA TODAY
- C-SPAN, 4 February 2020, 2020 Speech on the State of the Union
- Variety Magazine on YouTube, March 3, 2020, Nancy Pelosi Explains Why She Tore Up Trump’s Speech on the State of the Union
- USA TODAY February 7, 2020 Trump celebrates, Pelosi smokes as Facebook and Twitter refuse to take edited video
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