Pennsylvania’s second lady says she was racially abused while grocery shopping

The wife of Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor has alleged that she was racially abused while grocery shopping.

Gisele Barreto Fetterman told CNN that the incident began while she was in line at Forest Hills Aldi, two miles from her home in Braddock, on Sunday evening.

"A woman walks past me and stops and looks at me, and then says, 'ugh, there's that n-word that Fetterman married,'” Ms Fetterman, who is married to Pennsylvania Lt Gov John Fetterman, told the broadcaster.

“And, she said you don't belong here, and she called me a thief, and uttered some other ramblings. And, (she) kept walking, went to the other aisle, came back, said a few more things."



Ms Fetterman, who was born in Brazil, said she is no stranger to threats and insults but that she had never experienced it in person.