--- ---  # Watch Nancy Pelosi Address the Democratic Convention by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 29, 2016 12:43 AM UTC  Nancy Pelosi waves to the crowd as she arrives on stage to deliver remarks on the fourth day of the DNC at the Wells Fargo Center, on July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA. Nancy Pelosi waves to the crowd as she arrives on stage to deliver remarks on the fourth day of the DNC at the Wells Fargo Center, on July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 29, 2016 12:43 AM UTC House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi addressed the delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. In a short speech, she expressed confidence in Democrats’ potential to do well in this fall’s election and spoke about the magnitude of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton possibly being elected as the first female president. “We come to public service and to this convention not to trumpet darkness but to fight a way forward for our country, a bright light forward. We come here comforted that we are approaching a milestone in our nation’s history: The election of the first woman president of the United States,” Pelosi said. Pelosi was the first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Watch Pelosi’s speech above. DNC: Watch Nancy Pelosi Address the Democratic Convention ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4429859/dnc-democratic-convention-nancy-pelosi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4429859/dnc-democratic-convention-nancy-pelosi/"},"headline":"Watch Nancy Pelosi Address the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-29T00:43:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:38:47.166Z","description":"House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi addressed the delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.","url":"https://time.com/4429859/dnc-democratic-convention-nancy-pelosi/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","nancy pelosi"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20c59302dcf23e70/6988a0388e06013e08466f74/pelosi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20c59302dcf23e70/6988a0388e06013e08466f74/pelosi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic National Convention: Day Four","caption":"Democratic National Convention: Day Four","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4429859/dnc-democratic-convention-nancy-pelosi/","name":"Watch Nancy Pelosi Address the Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```