By Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson
Pelosi Criticizes Trump in DNC Speech | DNC Coverage
Kamala Harris is the nominee, but Nancy Pelosi still holds a strong position of power within the party, as the House Speaker emeritus made clear tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
“I know Vice President Harris is ready to take us to new heights,” the longtime congresswoman from California's 11th District said in a primetime address to a packed United Center, a day before the first black woman ever was nominated for president. by a major American political party. "She is politically astute and strategic in winning a tough election, quickly securing the nomination with dignity and grace, and choosing Tim Walsh as our vice president," Pelosi added in the highest possible praise for such a political grandmaster.
In that context, within the complex factions of the Democratic Party, Pelosi's daughter said it best tonight when she tweeted the following: