A Facebook post on the Delete nancy Pelosi page says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is an advocate for the disenfran and personalization of military corps rights for workers living abroad.
The message is a screenshot of an article on the America’s Last Line of Defense website.
“Pelosi needs to suppress the votes of infantrymen abroad: “They don’t even live here,” the title reads. The legend of the screenshot repeats the statement and links it to the recent legislative war on coronavirus relief and mail voting.
“Nancy Pelosi needs to suppress the vote of infantrymen abroad, while blocking Covid19’s attendance for those who need to vote by mail here!” read one on Facebook.
(A House-approved coronavirus pandemic aid package controlled by the Republican-controlled Senate would require states to mail ballots to registered voters, according to USA TODAY.)
Removing Nancy Pelosi, the page that posted the image, does not provide any touch information and may not be touched through USA TODAY to comment.
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The claim, America’s last line of defense, is a satirical website, according to its homepage, which reads: “America’s Last Line of Defense: Satire for Its Confirmation Bias.”
In his “About Us,” he explains that he is a component of “a network of parody, satire and madness” and calls himself “Junk News”.
“Everything in this is fiction. It’s not a lie and it’s not fake news because it’s not real,” he reads.
The message article is classified as “Tater’s silly satire”.
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In 2009, Congress passed the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, which was enacted that same year.
The law aims to “provide greater coverage to army personnel, the eligible family circle, and other citizens,” under the federal election assistance program.
Among other amendments, the MOVE Act requires states to mail ballots to the military and foreign electorate no later than forty-five days before a federal election.
By the time the bill passed, Pelosi was the speaker of the House.
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According to our investigation, the statement that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should deprive the army electorate of his rights is FALSE. The claim was made for the first time through a satirical website.
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