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Pelosi Violates Protocol By Refusing To Announce Trump Properly At SOTU; Rips Up Speech

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Pelosi Violates Protocol By Refusing To Announce Trump Properly At SOTU; Rips Up Speech
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On Tuesday, House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) broke tradition when she refused to announce President Donald Trump properly before the State of the Union address.

Protocol, as decades of past SOTU addresses show, is for the House Speaker to announce the president by noting that it is their “high privilege and distinct honor” to do so:

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