While condemning the Republican tax cuts as being antithetical to God, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was heckled Tuesday at a townhall event in Phoenix, Ariz.
Pelosi quoted Martin Luther King during her anti-tax cuts broadside, saying, "God really didn’t intend — never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty."
An unknown woman soon shouted, "How much are you worth, Nancy?!"
Pelosi quickly attempted to quiet the heckler.
"No, we’re not talking about that," she said. "So in any event — I can now — you know I’m a mother of five I can now speak louder than anybody."
Pelosi, for the record, has an estimated net worth of $29.35 million, according to Roll Call.
Here's an excerpt from the event:
PELOSI: “These issues about the tax cut and then the cuts to initiatives that help people that’s part of the budget. The national budget should be a statement of our national values, of what is important to us as a nation, which makes us strong and builds for the future, should be reflected in our budget. But what we have seen here is the complete opposite. So, this isn’t about Democrats or Republicans this is about the United States of America, about our children’s future. And again, it can’t possibly be a statement of values for us to talk about, as Martin Luther King said, God really didn’t intend, maybe it is, God really didn’t intend — never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty. (Applause) So these are kitchen table issues for America’s families, because most, you know, most people are not in deadening poverty but some are. But most people have to struggle —“
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “How much are you worth Nancy?” [crosstalk]
PELOSI: “— to make — make — No, we’re not talking about that. So in any event — I can now — you know I’m a mother of five I can now speak louder than anybody. The — here’s the thing, when —“