Nancy Pelosis legacy: Power above all

Nancy Pelosi is starting a new career at age 86, teaching at the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy at the University of California, Berkeley.We applaud her for planning an active life in retirement after Congress.But the name of her new institute — well, that’s a bit rich.A more accurate name would be: The Pelosi Institute for Partisanship in the Pursuit of Power.Because that is a more accurate description of her career.Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House — an achievement that, by itself, would have secured her place in history, and deservedly so.But while she campaigned on a promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington, DC — long before Donald Trump would take up that slogan — she did the opposite.Pelosi centralized power in the speaker’s office to an unprecedented degree.

And instead of rooting out corruption, she overlooked it whenever necessary to achieve her political aims.There were also questions about how she and her husband became fabulously wealthy while she was in office.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story Pelosi pushed Obamacare through the House on a party-line vote in 2010.That doomed her party to historic defeat, as the Tea Party rose to lead the GOP.But instead of resigning her leadership, as was the honorable thing to do, Pelosi ruled her depleted caucus with an iron fist.

She destroyed anyone who tried to challenge her leadership.Eight years later, she took back the gavel when Democrats won the midterm elections.Pelosi had foolishly predicted that Trump would never win the presidency.

She set about rectifying that error by trying to remove him from office.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, Tik...