Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) refused to commit to not seeking another term as speaker if Democrats retain the House next year, despite past promises that this term would be her last as the number one House Democrat.
Asked by a reporter during a Sept. 14 press conference whether she would mount another bid to be speaker next year, Pelosi gave an ambiguous answer.
“That’s not a question,” she said curtly.
“My purpose right now is just to win that election,” Pelosi added. “Nothing less is at stake than our democracy.”
Pelosi has already violated past promises to step aside. In 2018, Pelosi vowed to her caucus that the 116th Congress would be her last term as speaker in order to make room at the helm for new faces in the party….