https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/1349420507565858817?s=21

  • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I need a fact check. After she ripped up Trump's speech is it true that the next day she voted for his defense bill?

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Doesn't look like it. For reference, speech ripping happened Feb 6, 2020. She did abstain from voting on an act prohibiting military action against Iran on Jan 30 tho. Didn't vote on a bill for emergency appropriations for Puerto Rico either (both passed, but still).

    • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      The timing isn't that exact, the NDAA passed on December 11. 2019, and while Pelosi didn't vote on it herself, with her position and house majority leader, no bill makes it to the floor of the house without her approval. Pelosi's power also comes from the money she distributes to democratic house members, giving her control over their vote, it would be fair to say that Pelosi "allowed the bill to pass".

      https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/26706/70440/26732/national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2020#70440

      What she did do that day was stand and applaud when Trump talked about Juan Guaido, showing her commitment to the US's imperialist foreign policy.