Georgetown students cheer as Nancy Pelosi demonstrates viral State of the Union clap | TheHill - The Hill

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiOn The Money: Mnuchin signals officials won't release Trump tax returns | Trump to hold off on auto tariffs | WH nears deal with Mexico, Canada on metal tariffs | GOP fears trade war fallout for farmers | Warren, regulator spar over Wells Fargo Budget chairs pick former Bush official to head CBO Barr jokes with Pelosi: 'Did you bring your handcuffs?' MORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday reenacted one of the most memorable moments of President TrumpDonald John TrumpNapolitano claims Trump violated separation of powers 3 times in last week Work on surprise medical bills goes into overdrive Trump pardons media tycoon, former GOP leader of California State Assembly MORE's 2019 State of the Union address, prompting cheers from a group of Georgetown University students.

While speaking to a graduating class of students at Georgetown University Law Center about female leadership in Congress, Pelosi decided to redemonstrate her viral clap that was seen as a dig at Trump.

“I don’t [know] if you saw the State of the Union — don’t worry if you didn’t,” she said, referencing the moment when she sarcastically clapped at the president at his call to "embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise and the common good."

But before she could finish her next sentence, she put down her microphone and began to clap, drawing laugher and cheers from the audience.

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After a few seconds, she continued, “The president was almost taking credit for the fact that there were so many more women in Congress.”

“And in some ways, he does deserve some credit,” she laughed, “but he said, ‘Look, look at all these women.’ We were all in white that day, and there they were — 91 Democratic women in white. What a sight to behold.”

“But here’s the thing,” she continued. “Women made a decision to march the day after the inauguration … They marched and then they ran. And women voted, and women won, and now women lead in the Congress of the United States."

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