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Nancy Pelosi 'Booed & Heckled' at NYC's Global Citizen Music Festival

© AP Photo / Nathan HowardHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with reporters before signing the PACT Act of 2022 during a bill enrollment ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Washington.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with reporters before signing the PACT Act of 2022 during a bill enrollment ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Washington.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 25.09.2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appearance at the NYC’s Global Citizen music festival was one of her first major outings since her husband Paul Pelosi’s drunk driving conviction.
A guest appearance from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a music event in New York City appeared to rub the audience the wrong way, eliciting audible boos, as captured in footage on social media.
Clad in a white pantsuit with a matching scarf, the Democrat was introduced onto the stage of NYC’s Global Citizen music festival by Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, married to Nick Jonas.
As Pelosi, 82, briefly spoke about Congress' commitment to reduce carbon pollution and tackle climate change, attendees of the event on September 24 appeared to intercept her speech with jeering and booing.
As the California representative extolled plans for "better water and air for our children" and "better-paying jobs and lower energy bills for their parents," the crowd continued to react loudly, despite some other people heard cheering Pelosi and applauding.
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This was one of Pelosi’s first major public outings after her husband's drunk driving conviction. Paul Pelosi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a crash on May 28.
At the time, he ran a stop sign and crashed his Porsche into a Jeep while inebriated. Paul Pelosi failed a sobriety test, and his blood alcohol count was 0.08 percent. He was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation. Besides, he was required to attend a three-month drinking driver class, and install a special ignition interlock device. The latter requires the driver to provide a breath sample before the engine will start.
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (L) and her husband Paul Pelosi, pose for the media outsise of 10 Downing Street in central London, on September 16, 2021, as she arrives for a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.08.2022
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