House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi revealed Friday that she was ready to retire from Congress if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had won the November election over President Trump.
Pelosi told reporters following a discussion at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor that if Clinton had won the White House, she “was ready to go home” after 14 years as House Democratic leader and four years as speaker of the House.
“If Hillary had won, I was ready to go home,” Pelosi told reporters. “It was really shocking that someone like Donald Trump would be president of the United States. We yearn for the day of a Mitt Romney or a George Bush or someone. But anyway, that motivated me to stay now.”
The California Democrat, who is in the midst of her 31st year in Congress, was instrumental in the passing of the Affordable Care Act and has been a high-profile advocate for the law as House Republicans look to repeal and replace the law. On Monday, House leadership released the American Heath Care Act, which has received criticism from conservative and some more moderate lawmakers.
Pelosi also would not say if she plans to lead the House Democrats in 2018, telling reporters she is taking everything “day to day.”
