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At the end of July 2020, a video supposedly showing U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blowed out of her mind was circulated on social media: This is not an authentic video of Pelosi. This footage was slowed down and miscaptioned in an apparent attempt to get viewers to believe that Pelosi was drunk and slurring her speech. This is at least the second time that a video of Pelosi was manipulated in this fashion. The above-displayed video uses footage from a news conference held on May 20, 2020. Pelosi was responding to a question from a reporter about whether it was appropriate for the president of the United States to falsely accuse a television host — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough — of murder. In addition to slowing down Pelosi's speech, the above-displayed video also contains several edits and omits much of Pelosi's response. Here's a transcript of the genuine exchange. The moment can be glimpsed at the 17:20 mark of the following video: Content falsely labeling Pelosi as drunk has become increasingly common on the internet. We've previously investigated false claims that accused Pelosi of being escorted out of the White House, being removed from a charity event, and of causing a drunken-driving accident. In May 2019, a deceptively edited video that had been slowed down to make it appear as if Pelosi was slurring her words was shared on social media by high-profile political players such as Rudy Giuliani.
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