Pelosi comes out against impeaching Trump: ‘He’s just not worth it.’ The statement is likely to roil fellow Democrats.
Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk. A gift from Rep. Cheri Bustos , the plaque has the familiar profile of a young Abraham Lincoln on one side. Pelosi returns to her chair holding the plaque on her palm and reads a quote from Lincoln etched on the reverse side: “Public sentiment is everything.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi greeting workers who were furloughed during the shutdown. After eight years as minority leader, what does it mean for you to be back in this office? Pelosi during President Trump's State of the Union address. How would you describe your relationship with the president?
A lot of Americans are really anxious about where the country is right now, and some of them feel the nation’s institutions are in a perilous state. Do you share that concern? “There are a range of views in our caucus, and we respect that. But we are unified. People compliment me and they say, ‘Oh, you know, you can keep them all together.’ I don’t. Our values unify us.” So what I see, and I say this to them: I was you. I used to carry the [protest] signs pushing strollers. … And as an advocate, relentless, persistent, dissatisfied always.
Because it was wrong. I mean, when the president was advocating for a wall, that was a tangible, visible sign of discrimination. He [was] in sharp contrast to every president before him in modern times. It might interest you to know that the president I quoted most on the campaign trail was Ronald Reagan. … He talks about the Statue of Liberty and what it means to the world to see this beacon of hope, what it means to people who came here, people who are coming here.
Pelosi with other women elected to Congress at the Capitol in January. A record number of women are serving in the 116th Congress. One of the proposals that has drawn a lot of attention and some support from Democrats is this idea of a Green New Deal. What do you tell members who want leadership to get behind that plan?
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