{"id":14871,"date":"2025-03-23T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/will-she-or-wont-she-retirement-hovers-over-pelosi-and-her-city\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T11:53:23","slug":"will-she-or-wont-she-retirement-hovers-over-pelosi-and-her-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/will-she-or-wont-she-retirement-hovers-over-pelosi-and-her-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Will She or Won\u2019t She? Retirement Hovers Over Pelosi, and Her City."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nancy Pelosi flicked her hand like she was shooing away a gnat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She had just been asked whether she was concerned about her new challenger in next year\u2019s election to represent San Francisco in Congress. His name, Saikat Chakrabarti, is unfamiliar to many of the city\u2019s voters. But it\u2019s one that gets under Ms. Pelosi\u2019s skin, given the tense history between the two Democrats going back to his brief and contentious time on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI have them every time,\u201d she said of challengers as she made the hand flick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then came an even peskier question. Will this term in Congress \u2014 her 20th \u2014 be her last?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI didn\u2019t come here to talk politics,\u201d she snapped. \u201cWhen I\u2019m in a political arena, I\u2019ll have an answer for you. But that doesn\u2019t worry me one bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then, turning to members of her staff as they escorted her out of a San Francisco media event, she asked, \u201cWhy do they always give women the dumb questions?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The subject is not as dumb as she might think.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For voters and political insiders in California and beyond, the question of whether she will or she won\u2019t when it comes to her retirement is having a moment. No one knows the answer for certain, but everyone seems to have an opinion on the pros and cons, and the implications, either way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Pelosi has been representing San Francisco in Congress for more than 37 years, having first been elected in 1987. Locally, she is not so much a political figure but an era unto herself. She\u2019ll be 86 when her current term expires and has lately been recovering from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/13\/us\/politics\/nancy-pelosi-hospitalized-luxembourg-falling.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">a December fall<\/a>, on the marble staircase of a palace in Luxembourg, that required <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/14\/us\/pelosi-hip-replacement-surgery.html?searchResultPosition=2\" title=\"\">emergency hip replacement surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her age, her health, the loss of her role as speaker of the House and the generational clashes between her party\u2019s young and elder leaders had led many to anticipate a retirement announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then along came Mr. Chakrabarti, the metaphorical gnat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Chakrabarti is a progressive firebrand who helped pluck Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez out of a job as a New York City bartender and get her elected to Congress. And he has aired sharp criticisms of Ms. Pelosi on social media, alienating much of the elected Democratic Party in the process. He aims to bring the nationwide fight among Democrats over how to combat President Trump home to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI just realized the Democrats weren\u2019t actually changing at all,\u201d Mr. Chakrabarti said in an interview. \u201cThey\u2019re still obsessed with this seniority culture, relying on a backlash to Trump and hoping the pendulum swings back their way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2018, after Mr. Chakrabarti helped Ms. Ocasio-Cortez win a seat in Congress as her campaign manager, he served as her chief of staff. He soon outraged moderate Democrats in Congress with a storm of social media posts condemning their support of an emergency border funding bill that he said did not fully address conditions in detention centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He tweeted that Democrats were \u201chell bent to do to black and brown people today what the old Southern Democrats did in the 40s.\u201d He also singled out Ms. Pelosi, arguing that she was not willing to talk about the impeachment of Mr. Trump but was also not doing much to help working-class Americans either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat is this legislative mastermind doing?\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The comments were considered a huge breach of decorum, and rank-and-file Democrats demanded his ouster as Ms. Ocasio-Cortez moved to make peace with the Democratic caucus. Shortly after a closed-door meeting between Ms. Pelosi and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/02\/us\/politics\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">Mr. Chakrabarti left his job<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Chakrabarti, 39, has plenty of cash to spend. He was the third employee at Stripe, a payment processing company, and has said he\u2019s worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is willing to spend a chunk of his fortune on his campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Pelosi has filed a statement of candidacy for 2026, a formality that allows her to raise money, but has not explicitly said she will run \u2014 or that she will not. Even her closest allies do not know her plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her spokesman declined to comment about her decision on retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Eric Jaye, a longtime San Francisco political consultant who worked on Ms. Pelosi\u2019s first campaign, said that he had no doubt she would beat Mr. Chakrabarti, but also that it would be contentious enough that she might decide to skip it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think she\u2019s going to retire, and it\u2019s a moot point,\u201d Mr. Jaye said. \u201cI seriously doubt she would want her legacy, as stellar as it is, tarnished by having her last race needing to be a knockout, drag-out, negative fight with a representative of the next generation of leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI doubt she has any appetite for that,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd she has nothing left to prove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Drew Hammill, a political strategist who worked for Ms. Pelosi from 2006 to 2023, said he did not know what the former speaker\u2019s plans were but that she would certainly not base her decision on Mr. Chakrabarti\u2019s candidacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe furthest thing from her mind after the weather in the South Pole is this kid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But it is possible Ms. Pelosi would be in a tighter race than some political insiders expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Interviews with a dozen people on the streets of San Francisco on Thursday showed a range of attitudes toward Ms. Pelosi, from indifference to a desire to see her retire. While several residents said they appreciated her decades of service, they also said they were ready for change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nickolas Saldivar, a 44-year-old commercial real estate broker, said he did not feel represented by Ms. Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues in Congress as Mr. Trump dismantles the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think that there\u2019s young blood that needs to come out and that\u2019s going to reinvigorate the party in general,\u201d he said as he stood on Mission Street. \u201cMost of the elected officials, including Pelosi, have been pretty silent on what\u2019s been taking place in D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Liz Boder, an artist and vendor near the downtown cable car turnaround, said she was \u201ca little bit 50\/50 on it\u201d when asked if Ms. Pelosi should retire. She said that the former speaker\u2019s career had been phenomenal but that it might be time for someone new.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe\u2019s had health issues, and she\u2019s getting a little older, and we might want some fresh perspectives in there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Pelosi visited a San Francisco hospital on Tuesday to discuss the importance of preserving Medicaid amid Mr. Trump\u2019s slashing of the federal budget. She walked slowly, but without the ski poles she had been leaning on until recently. She has ditched her trademark heels for flat, fuzzy clogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to her fall, she has dealt with family issues. Her husband, Paul Pelosi, who was viciously attacked in 2022 in the couple\u2019s home by a right-wing conspiracy theorist, recently required a kidney transplant. The organ was donated by their daughter, Jacqueline Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to Mr. Chakrabarti\u2019s challenge from the left, Ms. Pelosi would most likely have a deep-pocketed opponent on her right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">David Brailer, the chief health officer of the Cigna Group, a global health insurance company, said he was \u201cstrongly considering\u201d entering the race. He declined to discuss details, but a person familiar with his thinking said Mr. Brailer was already conducting polling and was prepared to spend at least $10 million of his own health-care-related fortune on his campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Brailer is not registered with either party and said he believed voters were tired of both Democrats and Republicans and wanted \u201cpragmatic problem solvers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the strongest potential challengers for the former speaker would be State Senator Scott Wiener, who has collected nearly $1 million in an exploratory committee to fund a race for the seat he has openly coveted for years. He has won support from a wide variety of voters, including many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Wiener has pledged to not run until Ms. Pelosi retires and said he would not run in 2026 if her name was on the ballot. He declined to comment other than to say it would \u201cbe an honor\u201d to succeed her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another daughter of Ms. Pelosi\u2019s, Christine Pelosi, a lawyer who is active in the Democratic Party, has long been considered a likely heir apparent, although she is staying as tight-lipped as her mother about her own plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy plans are to celebrate Women\u2019s History Month and make sure the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act is not the last!\u201d she texted on Tuesday in response to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jaye said he expected Ms. Pelosi to announce her retirement with enough time left in her term to work toward a win for her daughter \u2014 or for Mr. Wiener, if her daughter opted not to run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Whoever is his main challenger, Mr. Chakrabarti said he believed voters were ready to dump traditional, moderate Democrats in favor of progressives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think we\u2019re in an existential moment for the country,\u201d said Mr. Chakrabarti, who worked on Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019s 2016 campaign for president. \u201cHow are we going to rebuild from this mess?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Coral Murphy Marcos<!-- --> and <!-- -->Theodore Schleifer<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/23\/us\/politics\/pelosi-retirement-san-francisco.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Pelosi flicked her hand like she was shooing away a gnat. 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