Pence Blasts Pelosi Over Ripgate: ‘A New Low’

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rips a copy of President Donald Trump’s speech after he delivered the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL... Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rips a copy of President Donald Trump’s speech after he delivered the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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On Wednesday morning, Vice President Mike Pence slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for tearing up her copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech the night before.

Pence described the gesture as “a new low” during an interview on “Fox and Friends.”

“It’s clear the contrast here was a president who spent an hour and a half making the speech about America, and Nancy Pelosi, in the final moments, tried to make it about her,” the vice president said. “And I think the American people see through it. I think they see through the pettiness, they see through the politics of all of it.”

Pence predicted that Pelosi is “going be the last speaker of the House to sit in that chair for a long time.”

“To have her stand up and tear up that speech really dishonored the moment,” he said. “And I really thought it was beneath the dignity of a joint session of Congress and I think it’ll be remembered as such.”

Shortly after Trump’s State of the Union address concluded, Pelosi told NBC News she had ripped up the speech “because it was the courteous thing to do considering the alternative.”

Watch Pence below:

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  1. Avatar for noonm noonm says:

    It’s clear the contrast here was a president who spent an hour and a half making the speech about America

    At least we know Pence has picked up Trump’s skill at lying without shame.

  2. Mother ripped up his homework once. He’s triggered.

  3. Pence predicted that Pelosi is “going be the last speaker of the House to sit in that chair for a long time.”

    Wait…WTF??

    Is he announcing they are disbanding the House of Representatives?

  4. Pence was already dead when Trump tapped him.

    So ETTD does not apply to him. It’s more ETTSD

  5. Nancy was speaking for all of us. They shred the Constitution. They shred all political norms that govern how the president is supposed to behave, and that keep our government in balance. And now we’re supposed to be polite? She shred a speech full of lies. Truth to power, snowflake. We’re aren’t in Missouri anymore!

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