Pelosi Tries to Commemorate Democracy Activists, Gets Interrupted by 2020 Election Denier

As Nancy Pelosi tried to remember the sacrifice of pro-democracy protesters in China, a protester who wanted to subvert democracy here by overturning the 2020 election results made his complaints known.

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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi talks with reporters after a news conference. Eric Risberg/AP

As lawmakers honored the hundreds — potentially thousands — of pro-democracy protesters killed by the Chinese government this week in 1989, America’s own anti-democracy movement hounded them.

“Hey, Nancy, who ran the fed-surrection parliamentary coup on Jan. 6?” a heckler shouted Tuesday at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has advocated for human rights in China for decades. The heckler, who wore a shirt referring to a “deep state,” claimed Pelosi conducted “a coup — a coup d’état — on the 2020 election.”

“You and Mike Pence certified an illegal 2020 election,” he shouted as bewildered Chinese dissidents and lawmakers looked on.

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