Fact check: Nancy Pelosi is not related to KKK grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest

As the country continues to reevaluate its racial legacy, debating statue removal and police reform, online misinformation linking the Ku Klux Klan to Democratic leaders is abundant. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is no stranger to these claims.Rudy Rudelis claimedWhile some Facebook users questioned the claim, others commented on their lack of surprise. One commenter went as far as to share a photo contributing new details to the narrative.

“The part that she doesn’t want out is that her mother, one Natalie Bedalia Forrest, can trace her roots to the Mayflower,” it continues. “Ms. Forrest was born in Georgia and was the pride of her grandfather Nathan Bedford Forrest, who is best known as a Confederate General and a Democrat who was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.”

The article appeared under America’s Last Line of Defense's “Silly Tater Satire” section. The website discloses its satirical nature in its tagline, “Satire for your confirmation bias” at the top of the page.on its satirical fact-checking subsidiary Freedom Fictions.

Well, she’s obviously related to some moron.

I can’t stand pelosi but who really cares if she was / is? Can’t blame people because of what their ancestors did. That’s just stupid

Right. She's the reincarnation NOT the grand daughter.

Is that a Trump statement.

That was a rumor circulated by democrats for the express purpose that would be deemed false. Pelosi is a full-blooded Italian. And a Catholic. Obviously none of her family could’ve been the first KKK members. AnnCoulter TuckerCarlson DemocratsLie

no but she's the leader of the party of the KKK. Instead of being in control of black people's bodies anymore she controls their emotions and collects billions of dollars from their grievances through BLM.

Gosh. These nut jobs will do anything to defend the antics of Trump. Trump is Grand Wizard after Charlottesville and Helsinki .

Not the first, just a common grand wizard. Just like the senator Joe Biden loved Robert Byrd Democrat WV.

Hahahahaha, The idiotic comments!!! If this said Trump instead of Pelosi, you fools would be calling for his head on a pike.

Even if true, who cares?

She just likes to hang out with them.

The Bible warns us about tRump

Come on USA Today - really? What next, do the same hit job on Biden days ahead of the election? Small wonder the other side hates the press.

Relatives really DO NOT affect or effect who a person IS DEEP INSIDE.

Are You SURE? she does such a great job.

Even if she was related, what's that have to do with anything today?

Why does say it instead of Pelosi should say it .KKK's founder was Pelosi's grandparents?

That little untc from politifact also did not adjust her piece on Hanks yet.

Noone cares what USA today thinks.

slapahoindian

Either way, so much prejudice stirred in america I'm sure the ancestors had plenty people that just were unaware or not not interested or disgusted in their families past

I haven't been able to find Nancy in these pictures ? ! ? YOU ? ! ?

Claim.. True

Boy oh boy could she really fill the Grand Wizards Chair or what man !!!!!!!

what that means she has her hands in the cookie jar too? White VS White so who is cleaning this mess i aint say much but what the heck

Ew

because you said it wasn't true, now we know it definitely is true....lol Thanks fake news. I didn't even know about this until you tweeted it. really, thanks lol

Sure. 😉

lolz, anyone remember this creative mess? Was Nancy Pelosi ‘Miss Lube Rack of 1959’? Does this title rank among the achievements of the long-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives? DAVID MIKKELSON PUBLISHED 1 MAY 2013

Would it really even matter anyways... lots of people got shity links to the past

Well... the policies she's supported over the decades make the story easy to believe.

Hilarious that this needed to be posted. Creating a talking point?!im confused

The claim: Donald Trump eats babies. Our rating: False American media is so CORRUPT it's not funny. You admit it's from a satire site but you still publish this shit.

How ‘bout member of the POLITICAL PARTY that CREATED the KKK to enforce their racist ways after the same slave owning party lost the civil war..the same party that filibustered the civil rights act..Fact check: TRUE.

So.

She's just a leader of the party that started the KKK. That's all. That's all she's saying.

The answer to a question no one asked.

Moreover this opinion doesn’t fit most of the rush country according to my inner feelings.

Phew 😅

You don’t choose who your parents are but you do choose what you do with your life.

I don’t know

Fact check = True

Maybe it's time we send her to be with her great grandfather RN 😂 I tried looking for a picture of them together but Twitter blocked me.

I didn't even know that was a thing claimed. How ridiculous.

Yeah but still 🤣

When you qualify it ss 'OUR' rating you are saying you have no facts and this is what we believe. As a 'News' provider and believe me, I use the term loosely with you guys, you should only post factual information. So unless you have her entire DNA lineage STFU!

That was a long fact check article on what you acknowledge came from a satire site...

Why would it matter except for computing her share of reparations? I imagine in the Communist Utopia liberals are trying to evolve America into, granddaughters of KKK wizards pay more in retroactive racism tax.

The claim that nothing has been accomplished with her being House speaker..........

So the truth comes to light, so she's the grand daughter of a kill, so her blood is evil, that hypocrite!!!

That's a good explanation for why she looks like death. SpeakerPelosi

😂😂😂

I don’t actually grasp ur interest in rush opinion. Is it really worth attention?

Even if she was, it wouldn’t matter, she’s her own person and how many people can trace their ancestors back to slave owners, or Nazi dependents or communists, no one has a perfect linage.

Good lord of course she’s not. If she had been Trump’s halfwits and bootlickers would have already been bowing at her feet...

I bet he was thrilled to hear that.

But they would gladly adopt her.

Is this the latest Qanon fantasy?

I'd still bust.....

Irrelevant. She's still a member of the party of the KKK. The DNC

So USAT is now fact checking satire....HOLY F*CK

lol!

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