Nancy Pelosi is branded RACIST over clip of her telling pro-Palestinian protesters to ‘Go back to China’ after they heckled her as she left her home
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced a backlash after telling pro-Palestinian protesters to “go back to China” following media reports of the group’s financial support.
A clip from October shared widely by campaign group Code Pink on Tuesday shows Pelosi appearing visibly irritated by protesters outside her San Francisco home.
The women chant “Pelosi allowed the murder of thousands of people” and “ceasefire now” as the Democrat tries to get into her vehicle.
A frustrated Pelosi snaps “go back to China, where your headquarters are,” in an apparent reference to a report from the New York Times who connected Code Pink to a Chinese propaganda network.
Two of the activists are seen lying under the politician’s car, one of whom is also holding a dog on a leash.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced backlash after telling pro-Palestinian protesters to ‘go back to China’
Two of the activists are seen lying under the politician’s car, one of whom is also holding a dog on a leash
“We did this because we have been trying to get Pelosi to the peace table with us since 2007,” one protester said.
“I think she fell for that New York Times article, or maybe she planted it,” one of the activists tells the camera shortly afterwards.
“We did this because we have been trying to get Pelosi to the peace table with us since 2007,” said another.
The group had also chalked “truce, please Pelosi” on the sidewalk in front of her home.
The sidewalk also read ‘Pelosi stop supporting genocide’.
Social media users criticized Pelosi, including Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg, who posted on X that Pelosi has “lost it.”
“If we couldn’t even say that, the @#$?! The COVID virus came from China, I expect every news agency in America to question Pelosi for her racism,” Mark Hemingway wrote on X.
It comes after Pelosi earlier this week linked anti-ceasefire protesters to Russia.
“They are in front of my house all the time,” Pelosi told CNN. ‘I have a feeling for the feelings they have. But we have to think about what we do.
The group had also chalked “truce, please Pelosi” on the sidewalk in front of her home
“I think she fell for that New York Times article or maybe she planted it,” one of the activists tells the camera shortly afterwards
“They’re in front of my house all the time,” Pelosi told CNN, “I have a sense of what feelings they have. But we have to think about what we do’
He added: “But for them to call for a ceasefire is Mr Putin’s message, Mr Putin’s message.”
“Some of them, I think, are connected to Russia,” she told the outlet.
Security at the Pelosi residence was a concern after the former speaker’s husband was attacked by an intruder in October 2022.
Paul Pelosi was asleep in their San Francisco home just before 2 a.m. on October 28 when 42-year-old David DePape broke in and hit him with a hammer.
Police bodycam video shows two officers arriving at the Pelosi home, knocking on the door and waiting about 20 seconds before opening it.
Paul, in a pajama top and boxer shorts, answers the door as he and DePape both battle for control of a hammer.
They each have a hand on the gun while Paul has a drink in his left hand.
An officer asks, “What’s going on, man?” DePape responds, “All is well.”
San Francisco Police body camera image shows David DePape with Paul Pelosi at Pelosi’s San Francisco home in the early hours of October 28, 2022. DePape was found guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. He faces a prison sentence of up to 50 years
Prosecutors say DePape admitted to breaking into Pelosi’s San Francisco residence with the intention of getting the senior Democrat to acknowledge her party’s “lies” — on pain of breaking her kneecaps. She was not home at the time
When DePape found only her then 82-year-old husband at home, she participated in what he told officers was a “pretty amicable” exchange, during which Paul Pelosi, pictured, managed to summon police assistance .
The officer says, “Drop the hammer.” The suspect tells them, “Ummm… no.”
Paul then tries to twist the hammer out of DePape’s hand, but the suspect regains control of the weapon and begins punching several times.
The two police officers rush in, tackle DePape and shout, “Give me your damn hands.”
They restrain the attacker as Paul collapses and lies on the ground with liquid and ice on the ground around the two men.
The complaint in the case stated that blood was “swelling” from the victim’s head and that Paul required surgery for a skull fracture in two places and was treated for serious injuries to his right arm and hands.
The 911 call shows Paul telling an emergency responder that someone had entered his home.
Paul is heard trying to warn the dispatcher of who he is and the danger he is in, saying, “There’s a gentleman here waiting for my wife to come back, Nancy Pelosi.”
When the dispatcher asks who the man is, DePape says, “I’m a friend of theirs.” The more than two-minute 911 call ends when Paul tells the dispatcher that the suspect told him to answer the phone.
After the arrest, officers called a Code 3, meaning the situation was a medical emergency that required immediate response.
DePape was found guilty of attempted kidnapping last November and faces up to 50 years in prison.