By Katelyn Caralle, U.s. Political Reporter and Emily Goodin, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:21 BST, 23 May 2019 | Updated: 02:37 BST, 24 May 2019
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Facebook and Twitter are under fire for letting more than a million users see a faked video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, altered to make her words slurred and sounding as if she is drunk.
The original video was from Pelosi's remarks on Wednesday at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference, where she spoke about President Donald Trump walking out of an infrastructure meeting with Democrats earlier that day.
A version posted by the conservative Politics WatchDog - a conservative group on Facebook, has been viewed more than 1.8 million times, shared more than 39,000 times, and has more than 20,000 comments.
'Omg is she drunk or having a stroke???,' one user wrote.
Several other commenters described her as 'drunk.'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the target of a misinformation campaign when a video of her speaking on-stage Wednesday was altered to make it appear she was slurring her words
Facebook and Twitter came under fire when the video was able to reach almost 2 million views
A Washington Post analysis found the video had been slowed to about 75 percent of its original speed.
It also appears that the sound of her voice was changed so the slow in speech would not make her pitch appear to deep.
During the edited remarks, Pelosi said Trump was engaging in a 'coverup' by refusing to cooperate with congressional
