A comedian was escorted away from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after he posed as a Democrat and heckled her over her stock trading, calling her “the greatest options trader of all time” and asking for tips on which shares he should buy.
Alex Strenger, a conservative comedian, approached Pelosi as she was signing copies of her new book “The Art of Power” at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Saturday — a clip of which was posted on the X social media platform on Sunday.
Strenger, who is seen wearing a COVID mask and a Bernie Sanders baseball cap, approached the table where Pelosi was sitting and identified himself as “Noah,” according to the news site Mediaite.
“I’m a UTA 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,” Strenger told Pelosi, adding that it “really means so, so much, you know?”
Strenger then told Pelosi about how he was “really scared about…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,” Strenger said.
He added that imprisoning Trump was “the only hope for democracy,” adding: “We just have to win the election.”
Pelosi agreed, replying: “We do.”
Strenger then asked Pelosi: “What stocks should I buy?”
“Nancy, you’re the greatest options trader of all time,” the comedian added.
“I just want to know what stocks I should buy. What I just want to know, like, what’s your biggest concern?”
As security guards stepped in to prepare to escort Strenger away from the former House speaker, he said: “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.”
Strenger then said that Pelosi “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,” he said as security began escorting him away.
“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.”
Pelosi, the Democratic congresswoman who represents San Francisco, is married to Paul Pelosi, the founder of a real estate and venture capitalist firm.
Paul Pelosi’s stock trading activity has raised eyebrows given the fact that his wife’s position as one of the most powerful legislators in the country gives her access to information that may influence market decision.
In June 2021, Paul Pelosi exercised call options in Microsoft just before the company was awarded a lucrative defense contract from the US government.
The next year, Paul Pelosi purchased shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia just as Congress was set to vote on the CHIPS Act, which provided significant government subsidies to the semiconductor industry.
The Pelosis’ stock portfolio includes shares in blue-chip tech firms such as Apple, Amazon, Meta, Tesla and Alphabet.
Last year alone, Pelosi’s stock options gained more than 65%, according to an analysis.
Nancy Pelosi initially opposed proposals that lawmakers and their spouses be banned from trading stocks — insisting that her husband makes stock trades independently and that she has no involvement.
The Post has sought comment from Nancy and Paul Pelosi.
