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    How House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Steered A Split Democratic Caucus To Unity

    Pelosi faced questions over whether her time as the top Democratic leader in the House was done. She's since silenced those critics.
    by Claudia Grisales Dec 24, 2019 6 minutes
    Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks to Rep. Debbie Dingell in the Capitol on Dec. 19.

    It wasn't that long ago that House Democrats didn't know who would lead them.

    They were warring over the speaker's post just days after the 2018 mid-term elections handed them back the majority.

    But Nancy Pelosi was certain of her fate.

    "I intend to win the speakership with Democratic votes," Pelosi told reporters soon after the November elections. "I happen to think at this point, I'm the best person for that."

    Pelosi became the first female House Speaker in 2007 when Democrats last had control of the lower chamber. But many in her own party weren't so sure she could do it again: Pelosi was facing a Democratic rebellion in her ranks.

    Among the newly-elected liberal wing of the freshman class, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the so-called "squad" withheld their support for Pelosi weeks ahead of the election.

    This, as a wave of new, moderate members who flipped districts that President Trump won in 2016 campaigned on ousting Pelosi from leadership.

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