'Democracy in action,' Speaker Pelosi … or 'insurrection'? Tuesday, January 26, 2021 | Jody Brown (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish When a mob of protestors stormed the Wisconsin State Capitol a decade ago, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) described it as an "impressive show of democracy in action." But she wasn't so impressed three weeks ago when a similar uprising occurred on Capitol Hill. It was mid-February 2011 when a series of pro-union demonstrations began in the capital city of Madison, protesting Republican Governor Scott Walker's proposed budget-cutting moves that then-President Barack Obama described as akin to an "assault on unions." In a tweet at that time, Pelosi stated: