Democrats are outraged after both Facebook and Twitter have refused to remove a video the president tweeted of last week’s State of the Union address that was misleadingly edited to make it appear as if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up a copy of Trump’s speech while he was introducing Charles McGee, one of the last living Tuskegee Airmen from World War II.
Pelosi’s decision to tear up the president’s speech, which she actually did at the conclusion of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, was controversial in and of itself. Democrats praised the House speaker for standing up to the president, who was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial less than 24 hours later. Republicans were outraged over Pelosi’s move, with some calling for her to be reprimanded, suggesting she may have violated laws that prohibit the destruction of government documents.
The discourse about the move by Pelosi, who upon exiting the address told reporters she “tore it up,” seemed to die down as the news cycle shifted, but on Thursday the president reignited the fire about her polarizing act when he tweeted the edited version of the video. Continue reading.