'Erasing history dishonors the victims': Nancy Pelosi deplores deletion of Armenian Genocide post

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has criticized the deletion of a post on Vice President JD Vance's social media account referring to the Armenian Genocide.

Vance, who was on a two-day trip to Armenia, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in the capital Yerevan on Tuesday. His official account on X described the visit as intended "to honor the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide" and then deleted the post.

“When I visited Armenia as Speaker in 2022, our Congressional delegation stood at Tsitsernakaberd and spoke clearly and unapologetically about the Armenian Genocide — because truth matters,” Pelosi posted on X.

“That truth was affirmed when the House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in 2019, and when President Biden showed moral leadership by formally acknowledging it in 2021 — a position shamefully reversed by the Trump Administration.

“It’s deeply disappointing, though not surprising, to see the Vice President delete a post acknowledging that truth. Erasing history dishonors the victims and weakens our commitment to human rights everywhere,” she added.