House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was greeted by a booing audience as she was introduced on Saturday night at a New York City music festival.
The Global Citizen Festival included Pelosi being welcomed by actress Priyanka Chopra Jones between musical acts.
The welcome was anything but warm for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday night as she was booed on stage at the Global Citizen Festival. https://t.co/aKFB5YQUJu
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 25, 2022
"It's thanks to your help that the United States recently enacted historic climate legislation, which will be a game changer," Pelosi said while being booed, the New York Post reported.
"It will slash carbon pollution by 40 percent by 2030, it will give a historic, an historic $370 billion to fight the climate crisis," she added.
@JackPosobiec I was at the global citizen festival in Central Park Manhattan, and they brought Nancy Pelosi out and she got heavily booed. 😂 pic.twitter.com/MFT77wbWaT
— Kyle Tomczak (@ThomasCzakary) September 25, 2022
The response was not a good look for Democrats who are counting on climate change voters to show up to support the party at the ballot box during the midterms.
The attitude toward Pelosi may also signal larger concerns for the left as Democrats seek to hold on to power in Congress in November.