Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she does not support another impeachment of President Donald Trump.
But Pelosi, who previously served as speaker of the House, did not mince words about how she feels about Trump, stating he is “corrupt, incoherent, chaotic, and cruel.”
Pelosi, who is not running for reelection in 2026, said that while she is confident Democrats will retake the House in next year’s midterm elections, a third impeachment of Trump should not be on the agenda.
“You say, ‘Oh, we’re gonna do that.’ No, there has to be cause,” Pelosi said. “There has to be reason. … This is a very serious, historic thing.”
Pelosi, 85, said Democrats should focus on better positioning themselves for the 2028 presidential race.
Trump “won’t be able to get his signature on things, maybe, but we’ll be able to slow down the terror that he is inflicting on the country,” she said.
Pelosi, who oversaw both of Trump’s impeachments, said the president was to blame each time.
“He gave us no choice,” Pelosi said. “He crossed the line in his telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a move that has been widely condemned by critics as undermining U.S. democratic processes and constitutional integrity, as one manifestation of his disrespect for the Constitution, his jeopardizing the sanctity of our own elections in our country, and the rest.”
As for Trump’s second impeachment, Pelosi said he incited an insurrection that caused the unrest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
