Posted on 02/03/2018 11:13:37 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
FILE- In this May 25, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi’s daughter is sharply criticizing the California Legislature’s handling of sexual misconduct while Pelosi faces criticism for not being more strident in responding to sexual harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
California is a really odd state to live in when it comes to politics in the first place.
Enter Nancy Pelosi. She is one of those people that is directly cut from the mold of the Democrat Party prototype, Hillary Clinton. She is as crooked as a stick and strangely develops amnesia the moment someone challenges her on anything. I'm honestly surprised she hasn't started passing out like one of those fainting goats.
Resignations due to sexual harassment scandals and the #metoo movement have once again cost Democrats their super-majority in California's legislature, which, in turn, have temporarily saved the people of California from even more tax hikes. If you couple that with the fact that it's now a widely known fact that Nancy Pelosi effectively stalled the resignation of John Conyer's in Congress, there might actually be an opportunity to save this state in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections and retire Nancy Pelosi once and for all.
If there's any state in the union that is most assuredly "blue," it’s California. Outside of a single Republican governor — Arnold Schwarzenegger — and a handful of state and federal legislators in northern and far southern counties, Democrats hold nearly every elected office in the state.
But according to Politico, a burgeoning sexual harassment scandal is roiling the state’s Democratic ranks and a series of "scandal-induced resignations" thought to be coming in 2018 are threatening the Democrats' stranglehold on power.
"We're in unchartered territory here," Garry South, a veteran Democratic strategist told the political news outlet. "This whole issue has hit a critical mass in a very short time. I've never seen anything like it before — and I don't know where it ends."
South and others claim that Democrats have suffered from a severe decline in public trust. The Hollywood leftists who have bankrolled Democratic candidates at both the state and federal level are now under scrutiny, as Harvey Weinstein, perhaps chief among the entertainment industry’s political powerhouses, is facing dozens of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape allegations — and, quite possibly, an indictment.
The major Democratic players who represent some of California’s biggest urban areas can't escape the tarnish. Even Rep. Nancy Pelosi isn't immune, the article claims, because she stalled Rep. John Conyers's resignation, calling Conyers an "American icon" and pleading with him to remain in office, even as more women came forward to accuse Conyers of bizarre — and often sexual — behavior.
The California Assembly is itself embroiled in its own sex scandal. Dozens of women signed a petition to demand accountability from Democratic legislators they claim have sexually harassed aides and staff. They even have their own movement: #WeSaidEnough.
The Assembly plans to hold hours of hearings dedicated to sexual harassment within its ranks when it reconvenes in January, and the State Senate has hired two separate law firms, Politico reports, to handle what leadership believes will be a wave of claims. Nancy Pelosi's daughter, Alexandra, is leading a group of progressive feminists attacking California state Democrats from the left, accusing them of covering up for abusers in their ranks while labeling themselves great protectors of women’s rights.
Democrats have yet to see electoral fallout from D.C. and Hollywood scandals, but Politico seems convinced that, at least in California, certain seats are likely to remain vacant or even flip to Republican if state-based scandals make national headlines. Californians prefer Democrats, that's not in doubt, but they may want a change of pace from their regular representation.
Venezuela.
I’ve been waiting for the actual end of The Democratic Party AND the end of all of Leftist Politics, for a very long time, and I’m, still, waiting!
Folks don’t hold your breath..... Republicans rarely even appear on the General Election ballot after the Dems changed our elections to have the General Election as a runoff between the 2 highest vote getters from the Primary....in effect the General is almost always a beauty contest between 2 Democrats....... Someone needs to sue to overturn this unconstitutional law....I’ve been waiting for years and have ceased tapping my toe!
I’ll pray for it...
“...Nancy Pelosi, knowing Obama was not eligible, signed a document certifying Barack Hussein Obama was eligible to be President of the USA.”
Actually Nancy changed the pro forma certification given to each Sec. of States to read “...is the Democratic Party’s nominee for President.” from the usual “is eligible to hold the Office of President.”
George Soros’ campaign to help elect as many radical leftists to the position of S of S in each state paid off!
The current outrage among the left over Trump is his complete disruption of their plan to “transform” the US into a Socialist and eventually Communist State. As we have all observed, they’re bat-schiff crazy about their lost opportunity. One not easily regained after Trump MAGA....
Yes. Duh...
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