Image of the Week: Nancy Pelosi’s much-discussed gesture achieved what she seemed to intend, eclipsing the speech itself:
Following a typically Trumpian State of the Union address by the American president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rose from her seat, grabbed a paper copy of the speech and casually tore the pages in half, and tossed them aside. Pelosi is no stranger to grand, meme-worthy gestures—her exaggerated patronizing clap at the president; her funereal black dress during the impeachment trial in Congress—but this one seemed different. This moment felt more important.
Or maybe Pelosi’s theatrical act was a political move to show the spine of a Democratic party that is otherwise, frantically, trying to count votes in Iowa. Or maybe it was none of that—maybe it was simply an impromptu retaliation, like she told reporters afterward. “He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech,” she said. Regardless, the move worked.
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