Supporters of Speaker Nancy Pelosi were outraged after news of her re-election was met on cable news and social media with calls for the 81-year-old Speaker of the House to retire or step back from leadership of the Democratic Party by some commentators.
Ms Pelosi, currently one of the most powerful women in the country, assumed the Speakership once again in 2018 when her party won resounding victories over then-President Donald Trump’s party in the midterm elections that year. Now, she faces the prospect of the Republicans enacting that same scenario and potentially ousting House Democrats from power in November.
