Nancy Pelosi didn’t say accepting a check from Trump means you should vote for him

By now many Americans have received a relief payment as part of a federal stimulus package prompted by the pandemic. But after news broke in April that the payments could be delayed to accommodate adding President Donald Trump’s name to the checks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed disgust at the decision. 

"Delaying direct payments to vulnerable families just to print his name on the check is another shameful example of President Trump’s catastrophic failure to treat this crisis with the urgency it demands," she said in a statement on April 15.    

An image of Pelosi posted on Facebook that same day makes it appear that she had more to say about the matter. 

"If you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him," reads the quote printed on her picture. 

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stated on January 22, 2020 in a Facebook post

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But searching for the quote online, we found no reports of Pelosi saying that. We also reviewed the Nexis news archive and didn’t find any instances of anyone making that statement. The Facebook post gives a different impression. 

We rate it False.