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Pelosi Demands Twitter, Facebook Pull Viral ‘Speech Ripping’ Video; Group Behind It Responds

John Bickley
Pelosi Demands Twitter, Facebook Pull Viral ‘Speech Ripping’ Video; Group Behind It Responds
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A video intercutting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) infamous shredding of the State of the Union Address with the Americans President Trump honored in the speech has gone viral, racking up tens of millions of views. In response, Pelosi’s camp is attempting to pressure social media platforms to remove it. The group that posted the video, Turning Point USA, is refusing to budge, and, so far, so are the platforms.

The video was produced and posted by Freedom Fights, a Facebook and Instagram channel run by Turning Point USA. It was soon picked up by President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., who posted it on his popular Twitter account, and then President Trump himself, who tweeted it out on Thursday:

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