WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won the majority. Now they just need a speaker of the House.
The standoff over Nancy Pelosi’s bid to regain the gavel intensified Friday as Democrats left Washington for the Thanksgiving holiday, an unsettling finish to an otherwise triumphant week that saw them welcome a historic class of newcomers to Capitol Hill and prepare to take control.
Pelosi was certain that she will be speaker once more, reviving her role as the first woman to wield the gavel. But her foes were equally confident they have the votes to stop her.
As the election winds down and the recounts are shortly coming to an end or are complete, the next big struggle is coming up. Pelosi’s fight for the role of Speaker.
I know she views it as a sure thing, that this is something that just…is. If the Dems have the majority it’s just a given that is her role. However, there were many younger, newly elected congresscritters that ran stating she did not have their vote…and they won.
Do they honor their promise made to voters or do they renege and vote her in?
Incoming Rep.-elect Abigail Spanberger of Virginia said she had a “wonderful conversation” about her district’s priorities, but “will not be voting for leader Pelosi.”
From the OP link. Interesting. She’ll probably win, but it’s going to cost us.
One thing for certain, being Democrats the next speaker wont be a white male. Diversity means excluding them. (Now respond the mantra: Yeah, white men sure have a hard time in this country)
"A coalition of liberal groups sounded the alarm against an overthrow being orchestrated by mostly centrist Democrats who want to prevent the San Franciscan from being the face of the party.
MoveOn.org noted her work passing the health care law and said “Dems must reject attempts to defeat her and move caucus to the right.”
It’s not lost on supporters that a group made up of mostly men is leading the effort to oust her. On the list of 17 names who’ve signed onto a letter against her, just three are women.
“We shouldn’t let a small group of white, moderate men sabotage her."
Enough Dems will eventually come around to the realization that she’s the most effective candidate to putting a bug up Trump’s ass. This happens any time a legislative chamber changes hands.
“The United States must take strong, smart and strategic action against China’s brazenly unfair trade policies. Yet, today’s announcement is merely a start, and the Trump Administration must do much more to fight for American workers and products.
Sounds like she’s going to help him. She reiterated it 9 days ago in the press.
A bunch of the newly elected dem representatives made a big deal in their campaigns to never vote for Pelosi for speaker. That says to me that they are not in solidly blue districts. Just surmising, but I think it’s pretty logical.
The swamp? What do you think Pelosi is?