After statements about pro-Palestinian demonstrators: Pelosi under criticism. She was critical of pro- Palestinian demonstrators and claimed that they had a connection to Russia.

Pelosi's claims cannot be substantiated because there is no evidence of collaboration between American demonstrators and Russia. Russia is interfering in US elections to sow discord and influence election results, US intelligence agencies said in a report in 2021. The Council on American-Islamic Relations Chairman Nihad Awad: “We are deeply disturbed by the former speaker’s comments”