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Nancy Pelosi (2019)

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NPR

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.715K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking woman in American politics. She made her first run for public office at 47 years old and went on to become Speaker of the House twice. How has she had such an enduring career, and where does her power lie? As Pelosi steps down this week from her pivotal role, we look back on an episode that traces her rise.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Romteen.

0:03.9

And Rund.

0:06.1

So as many of you know, Nancy Pelosi stepped down from her pivotal role as Speaker of the

0:11.1

House this week.

0:12.6

She was the first woman ever in this role and spent eight years second in line to the

0:17.4

presidency of the United States.

0:20.3

We've been thinking about Pelosi's legacy ever since we started through line.

0:24.3

One of the first episodes we ever made was about her.

0:27.4

Then we came in here in good faith and we're entering into this kind of a discussion

0:35.0

in the public.

0:36.0

But it's not bad, Nancy.

0:37.5

No, no cold transparency.

0:39.0

I know.

0:40.0

It's not transparency when we're not stipulating to a set of facts and when we wanted it.

0:44.4

It was 2019.

0:45.8

Donald Trump was president and Nancy Pelosi had just regained her role as Speaker of the

0:50.4

House.

0:52.1

Something that's a rare political feat.

0:54.6

Like then, like now, she was one of the most polarizing figures in American politics.

1:01.5

In her time as Speaker, she became a foil to President Trump, an enemy of the right.

1:07.1

On the left, she's had to contend with rebellions and maintain control and unity over a party that's

1:13.0

increasingly divided.

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