Nancy Pelosi Heckled by Disabled During Speech
By Anita Cameron
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expected to give a keynote speech at the America's Future Now! 2010 Conference, but wasn't prepared for what actually happened.
Among the registered guests at the conference, which took place on June 8, 2010, were 25 members of ADAPT, a national grassroots disability rights organization. I was one of the frustrated activists who interrupted Nancy Pelosi as she was addressing the group. In addition to raucous chanting, we unfurled banners, and passed out fliers.
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