The veteran New York Democrat has been the top committee Democrat since 2017.
After more than three decades in Congress, New York Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler has announced he will not seek re-election, marking the end of an era for one of the longest-serving progressive lawmakers in the House of Representatives.
Nadler, who has represented Manhattan’s wealthy 12th District since 1992, has been one of the loudest and most consistent opponents of President Donald Trump.
His decision to step down after 34 years highlights the growing leadership vacuum inside a Democratic Party that is fractured, directionless, and increasingly beholden to its radical far-left wing.
At 78 years old, Nadler admitted he was hesitant to walk away from a congressional career that had given him national prominence and influence. Yet, according to The New York Times, he was ultimately “persuaded it was time for a changing of the guard.”
This is the same language Democrats used when former President Joe Biden was pressured into abandoning his 2024 re-election bid. Biden was convinced to “pass the torch” to Vice President Kamala Harris — only for Harris to squander the opportunity, extinguishing what little energy