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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP FACT CHECK: Ripping up copy of Trump's speech not illegal
WASHINGTON (AP) There's no disputing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi caused quite a stir when she tore up her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech at the end of his address. Pelosi said she decided to shred what she saw as a compilation of falsehoods to make a statement that clearly indicates to the American people that this is not the truth." Trump and his Republican allies, for their part, saw Pelosi's action as an act of disrespect and an illegal one at that. Legal experts disagreed, saying the speech was Pelosi's to do with what she wanted.
TRUMP: I thought it was a terrible thing when she ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law.
THE FACTS:
Legal experts say no laws were broken. They said it was not an original government document, but Pelosi's copy of the speech.
Steven Aftergood, a records expert at the private Federation of American Scientists, said: Legally, this is a non-issue. Pelosi was expressing contempt for the presidents speech, and her views are constitutionally protected. He said her torn-up pieces of the speech might themselves be considered a new record of historical value.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/fact-check-pelosi-s-speech-rip-not-illegal/ar-BBZLVVU?ocid=msedgntp
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)malaise
(269,187 posts)Fuck them all!
Keep those boots on his neck Speaker Pelosi!!
Get thee to the greatest page
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or would that cause another round of media tut-tutting about civility?
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)I deleted it from my DVR. So I guess Im safe.
doc03
(35,382 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)for my entire adult life
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)Nancy's ripped up copy is a national treasure!
Zolorp
(1,115 posts)Thus, in Trumpworld, there can be no greater sin that the destruction of The Holy Writ of God.
Fasten your seatbelts, things can only get worse