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"I tore up a manifesto of mistruths" says Pelosi after ripping up Trump's SOTU speech

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"I tore up a manifesto of mistruths" says Nancy Pelosi, after being asked about ripping up the pages of President Trump's State of Union address earlier this week. The Speaker of the US House of Representatives tells reporters "I don't need any lessons from anybody, 'specially President of the United States about dignity." Pelosi was speaking during her weekly news conference, and one day after President Trump was acquitted of impeachment charges. SOUNDBITE

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