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  • 2019-01-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Nancy Pelosi Order Trump to 'Use the Back Door' for the State of the Union? (en)
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  • A junk news website contributed a new, if fictional, wrinkle to the saga of the on-again, off-again 2019 State of the Union address by reporting on 31 January that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had ordered President Trump to enter the Capitol Building for the event through the back door. Pelosi had already postponed the annual address, blaming it on the protracted government shutdown that began after budget negotiations broke down over funding for Trump's border wall in December 2018. Trump retaliated by postponing an overseas junket Pelosi had planned, citing the same excuse, and vowed to find another venue in which to deliver the speech. The government reopened with temporary funding in late January, at which point the State of the Union was rescheduled for 5 February in the House chamber, where it traditionally takes place. According to America's Last Line of Defense (LLOD), which is part of a network of junk news sites that publishes satirical content aimed at raising the hackles of conservatives, Pelosi then sought to embarrass Trump by instructing him to make his entrance through the back door: There is, of course, no Master Chief of the Constitutional Watch (per protocol, the House Sergeant at Arms announces the President's entrance before the address), nor does anyone hold the title of White House Propaganda Minister. If Pelosi sent such a letter, it somehow entirely escaped the attention of the mainstream media. LLOD's sites carry a clear disclaimer identifying their content as fictional: However, no such disclaimer appears in social media posts in which the content is shared, increasing the likelihood some viewers will mistake it for actual news. (en)
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