House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made a fool of herself yet again after showing strange behavior during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.
“Looks like the Joker on meth,” joked one user on Twitter, while Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics called the moment “bizarre.”
What the hell is this reaction from Nancy Pelosi to Biden talking about soldiers breathing in toxic smoke from burn pits. pic.twitter.com/MKdgMCPnVf
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 2, 2022
Pelosi awkwardly stood up and rubbed her hands together while Biden was discussing the infamous, toxic “burn pits” from the Iraq War that gave many soldiers health-related issues.
“I’ve always believed that we have a sacred obligation to equip all those we send to war and care for them and their families when they come home,” Biden said, adding that the White House is “providing assistance with job training and housing, and now helping lower-income veterans get VA care debt-free.”
As expected, people were quick to make fun of Pelosi’s awkward moment on social media, calling it “must see TV.”
“What the hell is this reaction from Nancy Pelosi to Biden talking about soldiers breathing in toxic smoke from burn pits?” one user tweeted.
Representative Jim Banks of Indiana also commented on the widely circulated video, saying, “So weird.”
Biden continued discussing the horrific burn pits, saying: “Our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan faced many dangers. One was stationed at bases and breathing in toxic smoke from ‘burn pits’ that incinerated wastes of war—medical and hazard material, jet fuel, and more.”
It’s weird to see Pelosi being gleeful about the discussion of burn pits. Either she was not listening to the president’s speech or hearing soldiers getting cancer from burn pits actually excites her.
According to Rice University, The burn pits in Iraq caused “cancer, leukemia, respiratory illnesses, and other chronic conditions” to soldiers. It is identical to the deadly chemicals used in the Vietnam War.
“Burn pits are massive holes backhoed in the ground to dispose of waste/garbage on U.S. military bases. One of the largest burn pits – at Joint-Base Balad in Iraq – spanned 10 acres. Smaller metal barrels are used at smaller platoons. The danger, Poisson said, is what is being burnt in them,” wrote Gita Brown on the university website.
