Nancy Pelosi sustains injury during trip to Luxembourg

The former US House speaker tripped and fell while on trip to mark the 80th anniversary of Battle of the Bulge.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at an event last month in Washington. Picture: May Yeung/Zuma Press/WSJ

Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) was admitted to a hospital for evaluation after being injured during an overseas trip marking the 80th anniversary of a WWII battle.

Pelosi, 84, was travelling with a bipartisan congressional delegation in Luxembourg when she sustained an injury, said her spokesman Ian Krager.

Krager said Pelosi wouldn’t be able to attend the remainder of the events planned to honour American veterans who fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

Pelosi “was personally and officially honoured to travel with the distinguished delegation, many of whom had family members who fought in World War II – including her uncle, Johnny,” Krager said. “She looks forward to returning home to the US soon.”

A person familiar with the incident said she tripped and fell after a group photo with other lawmakers and officials.

Pelosi exited party leadership after Democrats lost the House majority in the 2022 elections. Earlier, she made history as the first woman to be named speaker, played a central role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the opposition to then-president Donald Trump in his first term and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

She was succeeded as party leader by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.), who will continue at the top of the party in the new Congress.

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