Overview
- The former House speaker announced the decision in a video to San Francisco voters, saying she will leave at the end of her current term.
- She reiterated she will not seek posts in the House minority, formalizing a step back from party leadership.
- President Donald Trump responded by calling her "a horrible woman who did a bad job," saying her retirement benefits the country.
- Pelosi is credited with shepherding the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and large Biden-era investment packages in 2021.
- Her departure intensifies calls for generational turnover in Democratic ranks, as younger figures press for new leaders and Hakeem Jeffries is cast as her political heir.