Posted on 11/19/2018 7:10:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Sixteen Democrats vowed Monday to oppose Nancy Pelosi for speaker on the House floor, throwing the California Democrat’s bid to reclaim the gavel in serious jeopardy.
In a highly anticipated letter that went public Monday, the Democrats praised Pelosi as “a historic figure" but argued that it is time for change at the top.
“Our majority came on the backs of candidates who said that they would support new leadership because voters in hard-won districts, and across the country, want to see real change in Washington," the group of Democrats said in the letter. "We promised to change the status quo, and we intend to deliver on that promise."
The show of force underscores the depth of the challenge facing Pelosi, who has led the caucus for 16 years. Pelosi needs 218 votes among lawmakers present and voting to be elected speaker on Jan. 3. House Democrats have won 233 seats, meaning Pelosi can currently afford to lose only 15 votes.
The letter includes 11 incumbents, four incoming freshman and one candidate, Ben McAdams of Utah, whose race has not been called.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Amazing that they fall for it every single time. However, contrary to what anyone believes, God will put whom He desires in that important position, for His own purposes.
Hopefully there will be bloody infighting before Pelosi slaps them down like the inferior dogs they are. And her progressive dementia proceeds apace, taking out any Democrat she imagines her enemy in the paranoid moments between drooling lucidity and lapsing back to the Teletubby fantasy in her brain.
She’ll win. She’ll tell rebel Democrats to fall in line and if they don’t, she’ll cut off funding to them when they seek re-election and they can take their chances without party support against well-funded GOP challengers.
That will shut them up.
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