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Pelosi caps historic run with Zelensky address and a focus on democracy
Tom LoBianco·Reporter
Wed, December 21, 2022 at 9:41 PM EST·5 min read
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put an exclamation point on her historic run as the first woman speaker Wednesday, inviting a revered symbol of democracy to address the last joint session of Congress she’ll preside over with a powerful message: The democracies of the globe stand united.
It also capped a three-day run of wins for Pelosi, most of them against former President Donald Trump, with whom she was at odds during his administration.
She started the week with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection, which she put together 18 months ago, voting for the first time in history to make criminal referrals against a former president who sought to undermine a fundamental principle of American democracy, the peaceful transfer of power. The committee members cast their vote from the recently named Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room.
The next day, Tuesday, a committee packed with her lieutenants and longtime allies voted to release Trump’s taxes after six years of battling with Trump in the courts.
And on Wednesday she held what will likely be her last joint session of Congress, welcoming Zelensky, who delivered his message denouncing tyranny. And almost everyone in the chamber, save for a few far-right stalwarts, stood and applauded vociferously throughout.
Pelosi caps historic run with Zelensky address and a focus on democracy
Tom LoBianco·Reporter
Wed, December 21, 2022 at 9:41 PM EST·5 min read
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put an exclamation point on her historic run as the first woman speaker Wednesday, inviting a revered symbol of democracy to address the last joint session of Congress she’ll preside over with a powerful message: The democracies of the globe stand united.
It also capped a three-day run of wins for Pelosi, most of them against former President Donald Trump, with whom she was at odds during his administration.
She started the week with the House select committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection, which she put together 18 months ago, voting for the first time in history to make criminal referrals against a former president who sought to undermine a fundamental principle of American democracy, the peaceful transfer of power. The committee members cast their vote from the recently named Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room.
The next day, Tuesday, a committee packed with her lieutenants and longtime allies voted to release Trump’s taxes after six years of battling with Trump in the courts.
And on Wednesday she held what will likely be her last joint session of Congress, welcoming Zelensky, who delivered his message denouncing tyranny. And almost everyone in the chamber, save for a few far-right stalwarts, stood and applauded vociferously throughout.