Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announced today that she will no longer run for the Democratic Party’s post as chairman of the legislature – marking the end of her term before the Democrats since 2019. still the leader of the opposition against Donald Trump.
“I will not run for reelection to the Democratic leadership of Congress,” Pelosi told the House. “The time has come for me to see a new generation take over the Democratic leadership that I so highly respect, and I am so grateful that so many look forward to running into this enormous responsibility,” he continued.
Pelosi’s decision, aged 82, came after the Republican Party’s definitive majority in the House of Representatives this midterm election. In the Senate, the Democrats managed to retain the majority of the seats.
The congressman will continue to represent the California region in the House.
Pelosi leaves a legacy to the Democrats. Although Cradle has a political tradition—her father, Thomas D’Alessandro Jr, was mayor of Baltimore for 12 years and a five-term congressman—no one in the family stood out in public life as much as her youngest daughter. , Nancy.
After graduating in Political Science from Trinity College in Washington DC in 1962, he continued his career in the Democratic Party.
Pelosi was and is responsible for voicing approval of the president’s plans, as well as leading the opposition to Trump, who this week announced his nomination for the US presidency in his third term as leader of the Democrats in the Joe Biden administration. In the legislature, post-pandemic economic recovery packages such as “Build Back Better Better” in particular.
More recently, Pelosi was at the center of the diplomatic crisis between the United States and China after visiting the island of Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of its territory. Pelosi’s pro-Taiwanese independence positions have been heavily criticized by Xi Jinping’s government.
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source: Noticias
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