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6 February 2019, 12:59
Speaker Nancy Pelosi just gave a new meaning to the phrase "clap back"...
You know that moment when a meme manifests live on TV right in front of your very eyes? It doesn't happen often but when it does, it's truly a moment to behold. That exact thing happened yesterday when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stood up to applaud Donald Trump with what looked like the pettiest and most condescending clap of all time. And the internet is losing it.
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The State of Union address happened yesterday (Feb 6) and all attention was *supposed* to be on Trump as he delivered his speech. Except throughout his entire speech, Pelosi was stealing the attention behind him. (Seriously, what was she looking at? What was she holding? Was she reading his speech as he was saying it?!)
And in the dying seconds, as he fielded applause from some members of the house, he turned to Pelosi who gave him a clap for the ages. Maybe she was being petty, maybe she was being genuine, WHO KNOWS? But what we do know is that that clap has now gone viral and the memes are coming in hot.
Imagine the amount of memes we're gonna get with Nancy Pelosi clapping like this pic.twitter.com/Yr65w0ZXM7
— Tš„ ā¢ (@stan_elites) February 6, 2019
And in that moment, in the words of Patton Oswalt, the "fuck you" clap was invented. Many people took to social media before Pelosi had even sat back down to turn that clap into what will undoubtably be one of 2019's most iconic memes.
Congrats to @SpeakerPelosi for inventing the āfuck youā clap. #sotu pic.twitter.com/eueoUf9IBT
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 6, 2019
Hereās that applause you so desperately need, boo. pic.twitter.com/cdt6tTQ4nf
— R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) February 6, 2019
Same energy pic.twitter.com/6WLOGtzF6v
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) February 6, 2019
— Steadmanā¢ (@AsteadWesley) February 6, 2019
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) February 6, 2019
Nancy Pelosi and Lucille Bluth have the same energy. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/4nv35HOsx2
— Patti LaBelleās Background Singer (@spicykezzinnugg) February 6, 2019
Nancy Pelosi is the BDE version of that picture of Natalie Portman clapping pic.twitter.com/CSSLctHs2d
— Courtney Anne Bree (@courtneyabree) February 6, 2019
Nancy Pelosi is the perfect amount of petty we all should aspire to have. pic.twitter.com/byyGXK9Roa
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 6, 2019
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 6, 2019
Thank u, next pic.twitter.com/opvIcdLnW6
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) February 6, 2019
Mommy shark doodoodoodoodoodoo š¦ pic.twitter.com/m5R93GKR2E
— Zara Rahim (@zara915) February 6, 2019
āa WHOLE album of covers, you say?ā pic.twitter.com/2qWzIrbKlv
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 6, 2019
— Caroline Moss (@CarolineMoss) February 6, 2019
Through a single clap, Speaker Pelosi tells Trump sheās going to dog walk him. Iconic picture for the ages. pic.twitter.com/ooP8DYGU2m
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) February 6, 2019
When I tell my wife I changed a diaper. pic.twitter.com/N2ncXAuUb2
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) February 6, 2019