Nancy Pelosi: Speaker of the US House of Representatives

For about 40 years, Democrat Nancy Pelosi has participated in politics. Her early days in politics began as chair of the California Democratic Party. She later successfully sought a position as a California congresswoman. From there, Pelosi has held leadership positions as Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and House Minority Whip.

In her capacity as Speaker of the House, she pursued impeachment of President Trump, steering the trial against him. Following Trump’s acquittal, Pelosi ripped up Trump’s State of Union Address speech in response to an earlier perceived snub of a failed handshake.