What do Democrats care about? She checks boxes. She's not only the 1st female speaker, she's done it twice. She'll also be a pioneer in losing it twice, I guess LOL.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pelosi-speaker-20190103-story.html
Already the first female House speaker in history, Pelosi now becomes the first woman to hold the job twice and the first person in nearly six decades to regain the post. Only five others have been picked as speaker more than once.