“Nancy Pelosi is no longer the Speaker of the House.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This is wrong. The clip showed the opening of a brief session when the presiding officer, in this case Nancy Pelosi, was absent and appointed a “Speaker pro tempore.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 January 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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