House speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected Donald Trump’s State of the Union address by ripping up her copy after he concluded the annual speech – about 90 minutes after the president appeared to refuse to shake her hand.
The California Democrat sat just over his left shoulder during the speech, looking disgusted and disinterested as he mostly read it off a teleprompter. At times, she shook her head or waved a finger dismissively. Before the commander in chief had even left the dais, she tore pages of her copy into pieces and tossed it down in front of her.
