China News Agency, Washington, November 17 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Pelosi announced on the 17th local time that she will no longer run for the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives.
Pelosi announced the decision during a speech in the House of Representatives that day.
Pelosi said, "I will not run for the leadership of the Democratic Party in the next Congress. It is time for young people to lead the Democratic Party. We must bravely move into the future."
Pelosi said that although she will not run for leadership, she will remain in the new Congress as a representative from California.
U.S. President Biden issued a statement on the same day saying that under the leadership of Pelosi, the House of Representatives has passed many bills that "will define the future of the country", and Pelosi is an "important driving force" for these results.
One day ago, US media calculations showed that the Republican Party won the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections and will become the majority party in the House of Representatives in the new Congress, while the Democrats will become the minority party.
In an interview with the media that day, Pelosi said that she had considered quitting being the leader of the Democratic Party "for some time".
Pelosi also said she would not publicly endorse any lawmaker as her successor.
Regarding Pelosi's decision to "step down" as the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, the US media called it "the end of an era."
Pelosi, 82, has served in the House of Representatives since 1987 and has been the House Democratic leader since 2003.
Among them, he has served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to the present.
Pelosi is the first and only female Speaker of the House of Representatives in American history.
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