Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) got so agitated that her jewelry could be heard rattling as she angrily waved her hand in the face of a reporter on Capitol Hill Wednesday who dared to ask her about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) telling Republicans to come to her office to negotiate directly with her over the government shutdown.
Pelosi was asked about a statement Ocasio-Cortez made on MSNBC Tuesday night, which was posted by the Democratic Party’s messaging account Fact Post:
“AOC’s message to the GOP: My office is open and you are free to negotiate with me directly. What I’m not going to do is tolerate 4 million uninsured Americans because Trump decided one day to make sure kids are dying because they don’t have insurance.”
AOC’s message to the GOP: My office is open and you are free to negotiate with me directly. What I’m not going to do is tolerate 4 million uninsured Americans because Trump decided one day to make sure kids are dying because they don’t have insurance pic.twitter.com/e9dApIDytn
— FactPost (@factpostnews) October 1, 2025
When Pelosi was asked about Republicans saying Ocasio-Cortez appeared to be directing the shutdown, she got so agitated her jewelry could be heard rattling as she angrily waved her hand in the face of the reporter while she fired back, taking a shot at Ocasio-Cortez by implying she lacks the experience to lead the shutdown.
Video clip posted by Greg Price:
Lol Nancy Pelosi gets pissed off when a reporter asks her if AOC pushing Democrats to their left flank is why they shut down the government. pic.twitter.com/Cpd2C04O23
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 1, 2025
A longer clip posted by the Washington Examiner (with better audio of the rattling jewelry and visual of the large band-aid on her hand) shows Pelosi was defending Jeffries’ leadership before the reporter asked her about Ocasio-Cortez:
.@SpeakerPelosi suggests @AOC lacks ‘experience’ to be Democratic leader in government shutdown. https://t.co/NhbhkYQFqQ pic.twitter.com/cv9jJ4LrUY
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 1, 2025
The press dynamic is also of interest here. Pelosi was asked a t-ball question about Jeffries’ leadership which she happily answered, closing by telling the assembled reporters they should be putting out stories about Jeffries’ “greatness.”
That is usually how Democrats and the press interact on Capitol Hill. It is rare that a reporter will risk Pelosi’s wrath (and the scorn of fellow reporters) for going against the Democrat narrative.
A very brave reporter followed the t-ball question with a hardball question about Ocasio-Cortez, setting Pelosi off in a barely controlled rage. But the reporter held her ground, in a respectful way.
Perhaps Pelosi was having flashbacks to the last government shutdown in January, 2019 when President Trump abruptly canceled her use of a military jet for a Congressional trip to Belgium and Afghanistan, dumping her luggage at the door of her Congressional office:
PICTURE: Trump Returns CODEL Luggage to Pelosi’s Office https://t.co/bowaHQTjrQ via @BrentScher pic.twitter.com/Zh6nV5IPTr
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) January 17, 2019
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