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Greg Evans
Feb 05, 2020
Donald Trump gave his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday but for the second year in a row, it was Nancy Pelosi who stole the show.
In 2019, her iconic clap quickly became a brilliant meme but this year she took it one step further by literally tearing up Trump's speech after he snubbed her handshake.
While there is clearly a lot of bad blood between the two of the impeachment trial, Pelosi's explanation for ripping up the speech was that:
It was the courteous thing to do. It was the courteous thing to do considering the alternative.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on why she ripped up President Trump’s speech: “Because it was the courteous thing to do cons… https://t.co/OBEtn6mJee— Jason Donner (@Jason Donner) 1580874266
If you are a Trump supporter you probably think that this moment is another arrogant display of bias from the Democrats.
However, if you can't stand the president and believe that Nancy Pelosi is the queen of shade then you'll have loved it.
Thankfully the internet went with the latter. Here are some of our favourite reactions to this incredible moment.
Most stories I’ve seen about the State of the Union across the world are about Speaker Pelosi ripping the speech in half. F*cking brilliant.— Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin) 1580888396
Pelosi ripping up Trump’s #sotu speech as soon as it ended is exactly the kind of futile, petty gesture that I adore https://t.co/uIoKohvtv4— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻) 1580889921
His words have never been worth the paper they’re printed on, so this makes sense. https://t.co/fkizb1YVEW— George Conway (@George Conway) 1580873854
... the state of our union is wild. https://t.co/jaZX3SVssL— fake nick ramsey (@fake nick ramsey) 1580873708
I mean that speech was trash so Pelosi was not wrong #SOTU https://t.co/Av7NRv0R8M— O (@O) 1580876219
The only #SOTU highlight you need to see tonight. Nancy Pelosi is a fucking badass. https://t.co/TpD1H1f5MD— Natalie (@Natalie) 1580876719
Pelosi is Stone Cold and I’m loving it. https://t.co/rUKSkz200M— Brian @ Sprinter (@Brian @ Sprinter) 1580873577
An American. https://t.co/1b7ZdT5xJ3— Tom Watson (@Tom Watson) 1580874388
Nancy Pelosi is the boss of bosses. #SOTU2020 https://t.co/VHexZYI4nT— Democratic Coalition (@Democratic Coalition) 1580874494
Nancy Pelosi just tore apart the lies. #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU https://t.co/TmyHms63lo— Grant Stern is boosted! (@Grant Stern is boosted!) 1580873469
Nancy Pelosi is the Queen 👑 https://t.co/vvZp9CWcWf— Katie S. Phang (@Katie S. Phang) 1580873376
Even Trump's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo managed to make a joke about it but probably at the expense of Pelosi.
https://t.co/AaopLt8f9f— Mike Pompeo (@Mike Pompeo) 1580876495
If that wasn't enough, on the evening, Pelosi gave us two memes for the price of one.
Leaving a trick’s apt like https://t.co/vNZETcJ9Wt— Slade (@Slade) 1580876923
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