Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to rule out a future impeachment effort against President Donald Trump if Democrats regain control of Congress, leaving the decision to a potential new majority while emphasizing that the party’s immediate focus remains on policy priorities.
In an interview Tuesday with MSNBC’s Ali Vitali, Pelosi was pressed on whether Democrats would consider impeaching Trump during his second term, particularly amid ongoing voter concerns about “corruption.” While she did not directly endorse such a move, Pelosi made clear that the possibility would ultimately depend on the actions of a future Congress.
“Well, I think that, I’m not, that’s just not where we’re starting with this, but when we get power, we will have power to go there to do what we said we’re going to do, lower the cost of living. Some people say you should use other language, but lower the costs of living, A. B, fix what they have done to the healthcare system with their trillion dollars from Medicaid, half a trillion dollars for Medicare, and the money from SNAP. I do believe that food is medicine as well, especially for children, and again fight their corruption. So that’s what we’re setting out to do,” Pelosi said.
Recent polling has fueled speculation about a potential shift in power. Several surveys show Republicans facing a difficult midterm environment, with Democrats gaining ground in key battleground districts and generic ballot polling tightening or tilting left. That has raised the stakes of questions about what Democrats might do if they reclaim the House.
Vitali followed up, asking Pelosi directly whether she believes Trump has committed impeachable offenses in his second term.
“We have a convicted felon who’s president of the United States. That was then, this is now. I think, that that’s subject to review. But I don’t think that’s something, that’s not where you start. That’s what you have to do because of what he has done. That’s subject a great review. We had great review as to what were the grounds for impeachment. And that’s up to a new Congress to come to that decision. But the fact is that, people want to know what we’re doing for them,” Pelosi responded.
Pelosi repeatedly emphasized that impeachment is not a political starting point but a process that requires evidence and deliberation.
“You’re asking about what comes next. That’s up to the new Congress. And that’s up to them to decide where we go of reviewing what he’s done. And that requires power, all the kinds of things that build a case. It’s not just about, ‘I feel like doing this,'” she added.
Trump, for his part, has already predicted that Democrats would pursue impeachment if they regain control, framing it as a likely political outcome of a Democratic victory in November. His allies have echoed that warning, arguing that impeachment would be a central focus of a Democratic-led House.
Pelosi, however, sought to contrast that narrative by stressing economic and policy concerns as the party’s primary message heading into the midterms. She pointed to lowering costs, restoring healthcare funding, and addressing nutrition programs as top priorities.
The former speaker also reiterated that she has no regrets about leading the House in impeaching Trump twice during his first term, decisions she has long defended as necessary and grounded in evidence.
Her comments mark a notable shift from late 2025, when she told USA Today’s Susan Page that there was not sufficient cause at that time to pursue impeachment again.
“If he crosses the border again,” Pelosi said in that earlier interview. “But that’s not an incidental thing. You say, ‘We’re going to do that.’ No, there has to be cause. There has to be reason. We had review. This was a very serious, historic thing.”
Pelosi, who announced she will not seek re-election when her term ends in January 2027, appears to be leaving the question of impeachment deliberately open-ended—framing it as a decision for future lawmakers rather than a defined campaign promise, even as political pressure builds on both sides ahead of a potentially pivotal midterm election.
Of course should the Democrats win enough House seats to take back the majority they will impeach President Donald J. Trump again. This is because they have Trump derangement syndrome. Democrats will lie to win back the majority. I have seen TV ads for two of the Democrats running for Congress in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District whose ads are Negative about President Trump. One basically says all Republicans running to office are billionaires and he amend the U S Constitution to prevent them from buying elections. Democrats are saying Republicans are attempting to help this man win the Primary Election believing him to be the weakest candidate in the Democratic Party running for Congress in this district. I think this is a huge lie and they hope voters will punish Republicans for doing this. If Republican voters in the Saunders and Sarpy County areas in this district support the Republican candidate in the number they supported Congressman Bacon they will stop this district from becoming then BLUE Dot Democrats are looking for. The Democrats running for Congress vs Bacon received more votes in Omaha than Don Bacon every time, but Don Bacon won by winning in larger majorities in Saunders and Sarpy Counties than the Democrat won in Omaha (the principal city in Douglas County). About 1/2 of Sarpy County is in the 2nd Congressional District with the other 1/2 in the 1st Congressional District. During the last 4 Congressional Elections the Democrat running in the Nebraska 2nd District was a far left extremist. Twice it was Kara Eastman and twice it was Tony Vargas and because of their extreme left wing views Bacon should have been elected by a landslide. The vote being close tells me Democratic voters in Omaha will vote for the Democrat for Congress regardless of how bad he or she is simply because of the Democratic Party designation on the ballot. I am thankful the Republicans outnumber Democrats in the Sarpy County and Saunders County areas in this district. This was enough to overcome the Trump derangement syndrome here in 2020 & 2024 since Bidon won here in 2020 and Harris in 2024.