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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Pelosi ridiculed for reading a Bono poem about Ukraine at lawmakers’ lunch

REUTERS

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was promptly ridiculed by social media users after she said she would be “be reading a poem written by Bono about Ukraine” at a St Patrick’s Day lunch with lawmakers.

Responding to Ms Pelosi’s announcement, Dan Stewart of the Financial Times quipped “hasn’t the poor country suffered enough”.

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