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Nancy Pelosi’s quest for House speakership may be derailed by fellow Democrats

Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:47 am
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
147561 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:47 am
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi may face complications in her bid to become speaker of the chamber.

Ten Democratic incumbents or members-elect have told Politico they will vote against Pelosi for speaker.

Democratic Reps. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado, Kathleen Rice of New York, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Bill Foster of Illinois, Tim Ryan of Ohio, Filemon Vela of Texas, Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania all said they were in the anti-Pelosi camp, the news outlet reported.

The campaigns of Reps.-elect Abigail Spanberger and Jason Crow have also said they will not vote for the California Democrat as House speaker.

nypost.com
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:51 am to
Wow 10 out of 230!

ooooooooooohhhhh what will they do?

Stick with the kook they have or go with a bigger one? If replaced it will be because she is not liberal enough.
Posted by Northwestern tiger
Long Island NY
Member since Oct 2005
23485 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:54 am to
That sucks, Trump should go all in for her.
Posted by arcalades
USA
Member since Feb 2014
19276 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:55 am to
heard all this same stuff last time she was up. She has all the power.
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:55 am to
quote:

Tim Ryan of Ohio


No surprise there. He's been trying to become leader himself.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261913 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:56 am to
She's probably too moderate for todays Democrats.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18822 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 11:06 am to
Wapo wrote an oped last week saying Stacey Abrams should be Speaker of the House.

Wapo link
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
21992 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 11:09 am to
Wasnt there something like 30+ dems that made campaign promises to not vote for Pelosi as speaker? GOP needs to force their hand by moving forward with nominating Jim Jordan or Scalise for Speaker and uniting behind one of them. Force the Dems to pick between either allowing a Republican to be Speaker or having to break their campaign promise on the very first vote by voting for Pelosi to ensure Dem votes aren’t split between multiple candidates and allowing GOP to win Speakership
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19580 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 3:34 pm to
If those Democrats are mental health professionals, Pelosi won’t survive a competency challenge.
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 11/11/18 at 3:43 pm to
This could be interesting. Maybe the more-moderate Dems unite with more-moderate GOP Reps to elect a non-ideologue as Speaker.

For non-Texans, see Joe Straus.
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