After two decades at the head of the Democrats, the time has come: the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (82), is no longer seeking re-election as party leader in the House of Representatives. The 82-year-old announced this on Thursday during a parliamentary session in Washington. “For me, it’s time for a new generation to lead the Democratic Group, which I respect so much,” she said.
The US Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. You must now appoint a new faction leader. Pelosi remains an MP. As Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pelosi previously ranked number three in the state rankings, after the US president and his vice president. The Democrat from California is considered a key figure in American politics. In 2007, she became the first woman in the country to hold the position of chamber president for the first time.
A brutal attack on her husband Paul Pelosis recently overshadowed the US election campaign. A few days before the so-called midterms, an attacker broke into the couple’s home in San Francisco. The attack was aimed at Pelosi himself, who was not home at the time. (SDA)