A dozen democrats met in secret to discuss ousting Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader in the House. Led by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), the democrats have finally come to the conclusion that they have no chance of winning back the House as long as they are being led by Nancy Pelosi.
The desperation among democrats has grown significantly since republicans went 5-0 in special elections. The latest with Karen Handel defeating Ossoff after Handel made Pelosi a central theme of her campaign. The last three elections, the republicans played up the Pelosi factor and it led to huge wins for the republicans.
“There are many more people today, even from November, who are much more vocal, who have approached us and said, ‘I’m done. We need to move forward and we need to get a new leadership team in place,” Rice said.
Pelosi had abjured critics by touting her accomplishments Thursday, saying, “Well, I’m a master legislator. I am a strategic, politically astute leader. … My leadership is recognized by many around the country, and that is why I’m able to attract the support that I do, which is essential to our elections.”
“We don’t agonize, we organize,” she concluded.
Rep. Rice disagreed, saying, “There is a consensus, I think, that we can reach in the caucus that allows for a new leadership team to be put in place in a time that’s well before, hopefully, November of next year.”
The talk of ousting Pelosi has come on the heels of their latest defeat in the Georgia special election. Democrats have been hoping that Trump’s low favorability polling might manifest itself in some special election victories, but those hopes have been obliterated by a clean sweep in four elections.
The fingers of blame have pointing to Pelosi especially since Karen Handel, who prevailed in the Georgia special election, made it a focus of her campaign to tie Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff to the San Francisco politician. That election was especially painful for liberals as it was the most expensive House race in U.S. history with most of the spending on the Democrat side.
Trump himself mocked the division in the Democrat party with a tweet.
I certainly hope the Democrats do not force Nancy P out. That would be very bad for the Republican Party – and please let Cryin’ Chuck stay!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2017
Actually, Trump could be wrong on this one. The democrats are moving to the left and if they choose a new leader who is left of Pelosi, it could be a yuge disaster for the democrats. Trump is 5-0 in the special elections and the republicans are raising record amounts of cash while the democrats see the worst fundraising since 2003.
H/T: The Blaze
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