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Nancy Pelosi has been mocked for appearing “drunk” at the public memorial for legendary guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir — after videos showed her singing out of time to John Mayer’s rendition of “Ripple.”
The 85-year-old former House Speaker — who is set to retire at the end of her current term after four decades in the lower chamber — attended the memorial at San Francisco’s Civic Center on Saturday, where she delivered a heartfelt tribute and appeared on stage as the “Your Body Is a Wonderland” artist belted out an emotional performance of the Grateful Dead hit, “Ripple.”
Weir died on Jan. 10 at age 78 from underlying lung issues after recently beating cancer, his family said.
Pelosi, a self-professed “Deadhead,” elbowed her way to the front of the stage for Mayer’s stirring acoustic rendition, accompanied by folk singer Joan Baez and Weir’s friends and family.
But her presence on-stage drew ridicule as video showed her singing along out of time — while sticking out like a sore thumb in a bright, magenta suit in the sea of black.
“Is Nancy Pelosi drunk at [the] Bob Weir Tribute?” one confused viewer asked on X.
“Pelosi is mouthing the wrong words,” wrote another.
Others hit out at the veteran Democrat for appearing to hijack the memorial with her flamboyant outfit choice.
“Nancy Pelosi wearing a very somber magenta on stage at Bob Weir’s funeral,” one social media user joked.
“The way I just found out Bob Weir died cause my best friend texted me her husband was watching the memorial and Nancy Pelosi is eulogizing him in a pink pant suit,” another X user wrote.
Pelosi also delivered a tribute to Weir in front of a crowd of 25,000 “Deadheads” who gathered to say goodbye — where she attempted to tie Weir’s life and works to her own, claiming that “music, like democracy, is not fixed.”
“It is something we make together,” she said, the San Francisco Standard reported. “The world is a better place because of Bobby Weir.”
Weir, a Bay Area native, joined the Grateful Dead — originally the Warlocks — in 1965 in San Francisco at just 17 years old.
He wrote or co-wrote and sang lead vocals on Dead classics including “Sugar Magnolia,” “One More Saturday Night” and “Mexicali Blues.”
With Post wires
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