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Pelosi Hasn’t Promised to Resign if Trump is Reelected

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Numerous websites are spreading a false story claiming that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “promises to resign” if President Donald Trump is reelected. The story originated on a website that calls its content satire, but has since been shared as if it were true.


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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has, the network of websites that calls its work “satire” but whose content often deceives social media users — or is republished elsewhere and presented as fact.

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