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Democrats call for Twitter, Facebook to take down Pelosi video posted by Trump
The Hill ^ | 02 07 2020 | Emily Birnbaum

Posted on 02/07/2020 11:38:43 AM PST by yesthatjallen

A growing number of Democratic lawmakers are calling for Twitter and Facebook to pull down an edited video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that was posted by President Trump on Thursday, reigniting a battle over how much responsibility social media platforms should assume over viral footage that could mislead viewers.

The back-and-forth over the Pelosi video is opening up fresh wounds, as Democrats are still incensed by Twitter and Facebook's previous decision to leave up a different manipulatively edited video of Pelosi that went viral last year.

Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, on Friday said the "latest fake video of Speaker Pelosi is deliberately designed to mislead and lie to the American people."

"The American people know that the President has no qualms about lying to them — but it is a shame to see Twitter and Facebook, sources of news for millions, do the same," Hammill said on Friday. "Every day that these platforms refuse to take it down is another reminder that they care more about their shareholders’ interests than the public’s interests.”

Hammill said Pelosi's office has asked both Twitter and Facebook to take down the video.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; mafiawitch; nastynan; partisanpique; pelosi; pelosi2020sotu; stateoftheunion; trump; twitter
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To: yesthatjallen

The Hill is such a despicable pack of stooges. If the Dems say it, they vomit it out.


21 posted on 02/07/2020 12:04:12 PM PST by Luke21
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To: yesthatjallen
direct video link to tweet:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1225553117929988097

22 posted on 02/07/2020 12:08:29 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: yesthatjallen

anyone know the story of the black guy in a suit and jacket but wearing shorts. you can see them when he stands up. around the 4:30 mark. Who is that?


23 posted on 02/07/2020 12:09:32 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: yesthatjallen

Democrats demands we all look at the video to see what is so bad about it.


24 posted on 02/07/2020 12:10:23 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: VastRWCon
direct video link to tweet:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1225553117929988097

25 posted on 02/07/2020 12:10:24 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: yesthatjallen

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26 posted on 02/07/2020 12:10:48 PM PST by sauropod (If women are upset at TrumpÂ’s naughty words, who bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Grey?)
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To: Col Frank Slade

I think the Left has trademarked that.


27 posted on 02/07/2020 12:11:04 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: 1Old Pro
direct video link to tweet:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1225553117929988097

28 posted on 02/07/2020 12:11:16 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: RummyChick

I don’t know, but it looked like he may have had a prosthetic.


29 posted on 02/07/2020 12:12:18 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

if the edit is right it looks like he is in the well with the other members of Congress.


30 posted on 02/07/2020 12:13:04 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: yesthatjallen

Bttt.

5.56mm


31 posted on 02/07/2020 12:13:37 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: BenLurkin
It isn’t misleading at all

It's exactly on point, powerful and very effective. Which is precisely why the Dem crazies have their knickers in a twist.

32 posted on 02/07/2020 12:14:49 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: RummyChick
I just kind of noticed his shorts - but I was laughing so hard at Granny Wine Box and the Boxettes getting owned over and over again that I didn't really note where he was.

Think you're correct.

33 posted on 02/07/2020 12:16:20 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

the edit shows him standing up at the point Trump is talking about disabled people

not sure if he is a member of congress or a guest..but I thought guests had to sit somewhere else


34 posted on 02/07/2020 12:16:58 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: kiryandil

What a great video! Nancy couldn’t be any nastier.


35 posted on 02/07/2020 12:18:45 PM PST by miserare ( Trump, forever and ever. Amen.)
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To: yesthatjallen

What a great video of what Pelosi hates, the American people! Screw you hater Pelosi!!


36 posted on 02/07/2020 12:18:50 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: kiryandil
I think it is this guy. Brian Mast.
37 posted on 02/07/2020 12:19:38 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: yesthatjallen
What's misleading? It's edited for dramatic effect but it doesn't change what happened

We know why she ripped it up. She's said as much. His guests were part of the reason she cited.

38 posted on 02/07/2020 12:19:47 PM PST by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: kiryandil

Thanks, just retweeted.


39 posted on 02/07/2020 12:19:49 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: kiryandil

Thank you. Trump is the ultimate troll master in politics today. No one does it better or more effectively.


40 posted on 02/07/2020 12:19:51 PM PST by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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