Comedian Escorted Away from Nancy Pelosi After Asking Her What Stocks To Buy: ‘Greatest Options Trader Of All Time!’
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Conservative comedian Alex Strenger was escorted away from House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi after mocking the Democrat for her “fierce” defense of democracy while being the “greatest options trader of all time” and asking her what “stocks” he “should buy.”
The stunt happened at a book signing meet and greet event at Fort Worth in Texas for Pelosi’s new book The Art of Power when Strenger approached the lawmaker claiming he was a fan of hers called “Noah.”
In the clip posted to X on Sunday, Strenger told Pelosi he was an admirer before pivoting to her success in the stock market.
He began: “Hi, how are you? My name is Noah. I’m a U.T.A. candidate. I was listening. I wasn’t able to get a book, sold out, but I want to say how much I appreciate your, like, fierce, staunch defending of democracy. It really means so, so much, you know? And, you know, like, honestly, like, I’m really scared about, you know, Donald Trump winning the election. And honestly, with all the disinformation on X, like, you know, I honestly, the only chance, like, that we have is for Donald Trump to spend the rest of his life in prison. That’s the only hope for democracy. We just have to win the election.”
Pelosi agreed: “We do.”
He continued: “Well, Nancy, listen. Well, sure. Last question. What stocks should I buy? Nancy, you’re the greatest options trader of all time. I just want to know what stocks I should buy. What I just want to know, like, what’s your biggest concern?”
As security escorted Strenger out of the room, he addressed them: “The police are an instrumental institution of white supremacy and racism. I don’t understand why they are even here at all. They should be defunded.”
He added: “I just want to know, she makes six figures a year in Congress and has a hundred million dollar net worth. Don’t y’all want to know what stocks she should buy? Come on. I just want to know. I just want to know what stocks to buy. I want to close the wealth gap. What’s the problem? I just want to close the wealth gap.”
In recent years Pelosi has faced backlash over the large stock investments made by her husband, Paul Pelosi. Critics see the investments as conflicts of interest since she has access to confidential intelligence and the power to impact businesses.
In 2022, Pelosi scoffed at calls to ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks and invoking the “free market” as a defense. Meanwhile, watching Pelosi market plays have become popular on social media and are widely copied by investors online.
However, there has never been any evidence proving that Pelosi engaged in illegal insider trading when buying and selling stocks, and no laws currently prohibit government officials from participating in the stock market.
