Fact checking Nancy Pelosi statements over the years

Almost since PolitiFact’s 2007 founding, it has been covering Representative Nancy Pelosi, who announced her retirement , effective in January 2027.

We first fact-checked the former House speaker on August 25, 2008, when she characterised then-presidential candidate Barack Obama as a state legislator with a history of bipartisanship, a claim we rated Half True. In all, we have rated Pelosi’s statements 56 times on Truth-O-Meter, with a median rating of Half True.

Political analysts consider Pelosi, 85, one of the most effective legislative leaders in recent US history. With small margins, Pelosi was mostly able to keep her caucus united behind legislative goals on healthcare, the environment and other issues.

Her ability to raise money for Democrats was one reason she remained as mino