Nearly every memorable part of Nancy Pelosi’s return to power has been inextricably bound to the rise of her chief antagonist, Trump
The finger-wagging in the Cabinet room. The sunglasses Pelosi cooly donned as she strode out of the White House. The sarcastic clapback at the State of the Union. Pelosi’s most viral moments — establishing her as an icon of the new left, more than three decades into her congressional career — nearly all come in the context of fighting back against Trump.
From the first weeks of his presidency, Pelosi has been one of Trump’s most forceful opponents. In their very first meeting, the then-House minority leader was the only person in a roomful of congressional leaders toPelosi has also fought against Trump on his own turf,on Twitter, trolling him in made-for-TV moments, deriding him as “an insecure imposter” and even threatening to cancel his State of the Union address in the middle of an ugly government shutdown.
Pelosi has been the public face of the Democrats’ impeachment probe, a position that she had been long reluctant to embrace until the Ukraine scandal broke open after a whistleblower accused Trump of pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden, a potential 2020 competitor. For some in the caucus’ left flank, Pelosi’s reluctance to embrace impeachment following former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian electoral interference was a mistake. But they acknowledge that it was Pelosi’s eventual change of heart that led the House to this moment.
For Pelosi, Trump’s impeachment isn’t what she thought her legacy would be. Obamacare, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Wall Street reform, expanded health care for children, action on climate change, repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” increasing the minimum wage, billions of dollars in more money for veterans and medical research — Pelosi’s legislative record is long and impressive.
In an alternate universe, Pelosi’s ability to wrangle her caucus could have paired with Trump’s claims to be the “ultimate dealmaker” and a Republican willing to buck his party to secure his own personal wins.
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