Pelosi, Democratic Leader for Decades, Exits With Party at Crossroads

The San Francisco progressive rose within the Democratic Party to champion major legislation under Obama and Biden—and fierce opposition to Trump.
Pelosi, Democratic Leader for Decades, Exits With Party at Crossroads
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrives to speak about the House coronavirus bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on March, 13, 2020. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—Paul Simon, the Silent Generation songwriter, once sang that a character was “born at the right time.”

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), one of the last Silent Generation leaders in Washington, might know the feeling.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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