[Nancy Pelosi](https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/politics/nancy-pelosi-fast-facts), the first and only female speaker of the US House of Representatives and one of the most powerful figures in Democratic politics for decades, has announced she will not seek reelection.
“I say to my colleagues in the House all of the time, no matter what title they had bestowed upon me – speaker, leader, whip – there has been no greater honor for me than to stand on the House floor and say, ‘I speak for the people of San Francisco.’
“I have truly loved serving as your voice in Congress, and I have always honored the song of St. Francis, ‘Lord make an instrument of thy peace,’ the anthem of our city. That is why I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know. I will not be seeking reelection to Congress,” Pelosi, 85, said Thursday in a sweeping video that stood as a love letter to the city she has represented for nearly 40 years in Washington.
The announcement ends heightened speculation in recent days that the longtime Democrat would soon announce her intention to draw her congressional career to a close after 38 years. She was widely expected to leave Congress after this term, her first in decades as a rank-and-file member.
blues111 on
Her district is most likely safe dem, and she is 85 years old
We need more people to pass the torch…hell on both sides of the fence the fact that Chuck Grassley is still a senator at 92 is insanity especially with how far right Iowa has darted he should have stepped down 20 years ago lmao
TintedApostle on
Happy retirement and about time. You had the chance years ago to move on and spend time doing other things while getting younger people ready to govern. You did not.
TheSouthernCommunist on
Good now do every Dem over 65 too
Terrible_Sign_8813 on
Thank goodness. Finally.
Not that we’re gonna get them anytime soon, but we desperately need an age limit for the president & congresspeople.
Professional-Pin5125 on
Pelosi, like Biden and Ginsberg before her, did more harm than good by refusing to step down earlier.
Zenitallin on
Finally! Thank you! Wish you well.
elgin-baylor27 on
Thank fucking god.
The old people being in charge while continually voting themselves money has to end.
The old people being in charge while not being able to save as PDF has to end.
The old people being in charge while not being able to explain what “two factor authentication” is has to end.
Edit: thanks for the spellcheck.
dragonmuse on
I genuinely thought she said this I think during kamalas campaign? IDK, time is soup to me these days. But I thought her and Schumer had announced previously that they were done??
AquaAtia on
She goes down as one of the most effective and influential speaker of houses in history, up there with Henry Clay.
From Obamacare, to leading two impeachment inquiries into Trump, to bring an actually good opposition leader (looking at you, Chuck), two reconciliation packages, and almost scavenging the 2024 election by pushing Biden out. Pelosi always somehow managed to get it done.
DaKingaDaNorth on
It’s time for her to retire. Her district is safe and at this point she’s more of an old guard persona that has become an effective attack target for Republicans.
I’ll give her what she is due though, despite me disagreeing with her on what ideology in the Democratic Party she leans towards, she was extremely effective at getting votes locked up and making sure her party in the House was united when the Republicans were all over the place. I think a lot of more left leaning Democrats (which I would be part of) are going to realize what losing that sort of ability can mean.
LoudWhenSilent239 on
C’mon Chuck take the hint
Clamsadness on
Crazy to retire so young
CWoww on
Cool. Now do Schumer.
Omegaus492 on
I’m solidly in the blue camp, but I am so relieved she’s finally stepping down. We really need more young progressives to take the torch and run with the party. We cannot continue to tow the line of the donors and billionaires that run everything.
Boring_Machine on
One of the issues that I see with the modern political environment is that everyone feels the need to form a polarized opinion on every politician and event. Nancy Pelosi did some good things and she did some bad things. People are rushing to get in the comments and declare their joy or distain or whatever it is. Not everything needs to be distilled to a single feeling. Things can be complicated and they can be ‘meh.’
Current-Fabulous on
Frickin finally. She needed to acknowledge she’d aged out long ago, especially with the financial conflicts and insider trading allegations. And fwiw, I am a California liberal saying this.
This older generation needs to pass the torch and become advisors to the new generation of leaders. Let the Democrat Party show they’re willing to not just play old political games with the same old players, but bring in non-millionaires with relevant and current real life experiences to be our new representative leadership.
SuddenImagination177 on
About time. I loved her during trumps first term , (like her ripping up his SOTU speech was iconic) but more it’s time for her to go
smokeyleo13 on
Honestly, shes setting good example for other people her age in safe blue seats (will others follow, well see). Be effective in congress, then gracefully bow out to let the next generation step up
Spiritual_Smile9882 on
Now do Schumer.
Forgot_me_toothbrush on
We need term limits for ALL elected officials.
dysrptv on
Oh no, who is everyone going to misdirect their hate to now?
FortyYearOldVirgin on
It’s sad to see how leftists take so much glee in degrading Pelosi. They call her old while revering Bernie. Misogyny is alive and well.
She did good things like promote the ACA that would have been a great thing to build NHS on if the left hadn’t stopped voting and let republicans crap all over it. But, nothing matters to leftist because they hate her for being a woman.
Oh well. Some of us do respect the work, Rep. Pelosi.
Lizakaya on
I like and appreciate much of what she has done, but i am tired of the old guard here to ensure the lining of their own pockets. Can we get a Mamdani in California please
BabyDog88336 on
Greatest SOTH ever. Got Obamacare passed even though centrist dems (fuck you Rahm Emmanuel) tried to kill it.
A progressive/centrist in a right-wing/centrist Democratic party. She had her work cut out for her and kept party discipline, killing off the most right wing of Democrats.
Unfairly slandered because her husband, who started doing VC and real estate speculation at the epicenter of the greatest wealth creation event in human history…became rich. The insider trading accusations are pure right wing agitprop.
tturedditor on
She was an extremely effective Speaker but it’s time for some younger candidates.
HugsForUpvotes on
Good for you, Nancy! You achieved a lot in your life. Enjoy retirement and thank you for your decades of public services.
ibanezerscrooge on
Thanks for your service, but also good riddance. Please endorse a young, progressive replacement for yourself.
sageleader on
Term limits are almost universally wanted in a bipartisan fashion by the public. However, obviously people are not going to vote in Congress to limit themselves. So we really need people to bring this up a lot.
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[Nancy Pelosi](https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/politics/nancy-pelosi-fast-facts), the first and only female speaker of the US House of Representatives and one of the most powerful figures in Democratic politics for decades, has announced she will not seek reelection.
“I say to my colleagues in the House all of the time, no matter what title they had bestowed upon me – speaker, leader, whip – there has been no greater honor for me than to stand on the House floor and say, ‘I speak for the people of San Francisco.’
“I have truly loved serving as your voice in Congress, and I have always honored the song of St. Francis, ‘Lord make an instrument of thy peace,’ the anthem of our city. That is why I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know. I will not be seeking reelection to Congress,” Pelosi, 85, said Thursday in a sweeping video that stood as a love letter to the city she has represented for nearly 40 years in Washington.
The announcement ends heightened speculation in recent days that the longtime Democrat would soon announce her intention to draw her congressional career to a close after 38 years. She was widely expected to leave Congress after this term, her first in decades as a rank-and-file member.
Her district is most likely safe dem, and she is 85 years old
We need more people to pass the torch…hell on both sides of the fence the fact that Chuck Grassley is still a senator at 92 is insanity especially with how far right Iowa has darted he should have stepped down 20 years ago lmao
Happy retirement and about time. You had the chance years ago to move on and spend time doing other things while getting younger people ready to govern. You did not.
Good now do every Dem over 65 too
Thank goodness. Finally.
Not that we’re gonna get them anytime soon, but we desperately need an age limit for the president & congresspeople.
Pelosi, like Biden and Ginsberg before her, did more harm than good by refusing to step down earlier.
Finally! Thank you! Wish you well.
Thank fucking god.
The old people being in charge while continually voting themselves money has to end.
The old people being in charge while not being able to save as PDF has to end.
The old people being in charge while not being able to explain what “two factor authentication” is has to end.
Edit: thanks for the spellcheck.
I genuinely thought she said this I think during kamalas campaign? IDK, time is soup to me these days. But I thought her and Schumer had announced previously that they were done??
She goes down as one of the most effective and influential speaker of houses in history, up there with Henry Clay.
From Obamacare, to leading two impeachment inquiries into Trump, to bring an actually good opposition leader (looking at you, Chuck), two reconciliation packages, and almost scavenging the 2024 election by pushing Biden out. Pelosi always somehow managed to get it done.
It’s time for her to retire. Her district is safe and at this point she’s more of an old guard persona that has become an effective attack target for Republicans.
I’ll give her what she is due though, despite me disagreeing with her on what ideology in the Democratic Party she leans towards, she was extremely effective at getting votes locked up and making sure her party in the House was united when the Republicans were all over the place. I think a lot of more left leaning Democrats (which I would be part of) are going to realize what losing that sort of ability can mean.
C’mon Chuck take the hint
Crazy to retire so young
Cool. Now do Schumer.
I’m solidly in the blue camp, but I am so relieved she’s finally stepping down. We really need more young progressives to take the torch and run with the party. We cannot continue to tow the line of the donors and billionaires that run everything.
One of the issues that I see with the modern political environment is that everyone feels the need to form a polarized opinion on every politician and event. Nancy Pelosi did some good things and she did some bad things. People are rushing to get in the comments and declare their joy or distain or whatever it is. Not everything needs to be distilled to a single feeling. Things can be complicated and they can be ‘meh.’
Frickin finally. She needed to acknowledge she’d aged out long ago, especially with the financial conflicts and insider trading allegations. And fwiw, I am a California liberal saying this.
This older generation needs to pass the torch and become advisors to the new generation of leaders. Let the Democrat Party show they’re willing to not just play old political games with the same old players, but bring in non-millionaires with relevant and current real life experiences to be our new representative leadership.
About time. I loved her during trumps first term , (like her ripping up his SOTU speech was iconic) but more it’s time for her to go
Honestly, shes setting good example for other people her age in safe blue seats (will others follow, well see). Be effective in congress, then gracefully bow out to let the next generation step up
Now do Schumer.
We need term limits for ALL elected officials.
Oh no, who is everyone going to misdirect their hate to now?
It’s sad to see how leftists take so much glee in degrading Pelosi. They call her old while revering Bernie. Misogyny is alive and well.
She did good things like promote the ACA that would have been a great thing to build NHS on if the left hadn’t stopped voting and let republicans crap all over it. But, nothing matters to leftist because they hate her for being a woman.
Oh well. Some of us do respect the work, Rep. Pelosi.
I like and appreciate much of what she has done, but i am tired of the old guard here to ensure the lining of their own pockets. Can we get a Mamdani in California please
Greatest SOTH ever. Got Obamacare passed even though centrist dems (fuck you Rahm Emmanuel) tried to kill it.
A progressive/centrist in a right-wing/centrist Democratic party. She had her work cut out for her and kept party discipline, killing off the most right wing of Democrats.
Unfairly slandered because her husband, who started doing VC and real estate speculation at the epicenter of the greatest wealth creation event in human history…became rich. The insider trading accusations are pure right wing agitprop.
She was an extremely effective Speaker but it’s time for some younger candidates.
Good for you, Nancy! You achieved a lot in your life. Enjoy retirement and thank you for your decades of public services.
Thanks for your service, but also good riddance. Please endorse a young, progressive replacement for yourself.
Term limits are almost universally wanted in a bipartisan fashion by the public. However, obviously people are not going to vote in Congress to limit themselves. So we really need people to bring this up a lot.