Nancy Pelosi was heckled while speaking about her new book at an event in New York in October.
Pelosi told Katie Couric, the moderator, that her inspiration for writing “The Art of Power” was “setting the record straight on four things, two domestic and two foreign.” One of these was her “grave disagreement” with President George W. Bush on the Iraq war.
As Pelosi was talking, one heckler interrupted her by shouting: “Nancy I’m glad you disagreed with the Iraqi war, but you do not disagree…”
The heckler’s remarks were then drowned out by boos from the crowd. Later, the heckler shouted: “There’s children dying in Gaza.”
Responding to the heckler, Pelosi said “thank you” and gestured to the crowd to settle down. “Don’t worry about that, I’m from San Francisco, I’m used to this,” she said.
She added: “They’ll get what they want, because all the press will say that I got interrupted.”
Referring to Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel, Pelosi said: “Let us bow our heads for the hostages, and be prayerful about the hostages, which they never mention.”
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