Nancy Pelosi has been the highest ranking member of the House for nearly 20 years, since 2003. Harry Reid became the Dem leader in the Senate two years later. Since then, the only top leadership change was Harry Reid stepping down after nearly killing himself on a treadmill for young up and comer Chuck fucking Schumer to take over.
There are voters who literally can't remember any Democratic leadership beyond these old white fossils. I'm in my mid-30s and the only top Dem leaders my entire voting life have been Pelosi, Reid and Schumer. I don't know why the MSNBC liberals think that they each are entitled to reign as long as Queen Elizabeth.