Given those choppers
she must thing the job is a lot harder that it looks.
Give her a go, Ocasio! If Pelosi can do it, how hard can it be?
Posted on 11/15/2018 10:43:59 AM PST by yesthatjallen
The anti-Pelosi insurgents are coalescing around a new strategy in their quest to deny Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) the Speaker's gavel: recruit a woman to run against her.
The shift in approach comes as the rebellious group has been faced with a barrage of criticism for trying to take down Pelosi, who became the first female Speaker of the House in 2007, on the heels of an election cycle being dubbed the "Year of the Woman."
Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), one Pelosi detractor, hammered the argument that the California Democrat's promotion is the only way to secure female leadership at the very top of the party.
“To those who say that this is an issue of gender, that’s just not true. I’m a woman, and a lot of our new members are women, and they should not be made to feel that they are anti-woman if they don’t want to vote for Nancy Pelosi,” Rice said Wednesday, leaving a closed-door Democratic meeting in the Capitol.
“We have an enormous number of talented women in the caucus — an enormous number.”
Pelosi and her allies have made her gender — and the fact that Democrats won the House largely on the backs of women voters and candidates — a central part of their pitch, arguing they need a strong female voice at the leadership table, especially with President Trump in the White House.
A record-breaking 129 women were elected to serve in Congress next year — up from 112 this current session, according to Quorum, a legislative tracking company. That includes 35 new women in the House.
“You cannot have the four leaders of Congress, the president of the United States — these five people — and not have the voice of women, especially since women were the majority of the voters, the workers and campaigns and now part of this glorious victory,” Pelosi said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Critics, however, are now trying to combat that narrative and turn the tables on the Pelosi camp by adopting a similar argument centering on the need for a female leader.
"Just look at the amazing number of women who ran and won on a platform of change. People of color ... historic number of women veterans," Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) told CNN's Chris Cuomo Wednesday night. "We need to answer that call for change, and change in leadership."
Hoping to overcome one of their biggest hurdles in thwarting Pelosi, the insurgent group has been ramping up its efforts to recruit a female challenger, with Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) notably telling reporters for the first time Wednesday night that he thinks a woman should replace Pelosi atop the Democratic caucus.
Among female candidates Ryan has floated are Democratic Reps. Cheri Bustos (Ill.), Marcia Fudge (Ohio) and Karen Bass (Calif.). Ryan said he has urged the latter two to run.
Fudge appeared receptive to the idea on Tuesday, telling reporters she was considering a bid for Speaker.
“I have ruled out nothing,” she said. “I am getting encouraged. That’s what made me start thinking about it.”
Ryan, who ran against Pelosi in 2016 but who has so far declined to mount a challenge this year, hailed Fudge’s leadership expertise, noting that she was a former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
He also argued that elevating Bustos, a fellow Midwesterner, to the top spot would provide some much needed representation for the heartland.
“We need to be prepared for what's going to happen when she can't get to 218. And we need to start thinking about who are these women who are capable,” Ryan told reporters.
Bustos, who is backing Pelosi, told The Hill that she has been approached by colleagues encouraging her to run, but said she is only interested in leading the House Democratic campaign arm.
A number of incoming freshman had opposed Pelosi on the campaign trail, and a handful of them are now vowing to oppose her on the House floor. The list includes at least a pair of women: Rep.-elects Abigail Spanberger (Va.) and Mikie Sherrill (N.J.).
While the group of Pelosi critics now claims to have around 20 members who are willing to vote against the longtime Democratic leader on the House floor, it has so far struggled to put up a viable candidate. The rebels say that’s because members are too scared to openly challenge Pelosi, a party heavyweight.
“People are very sensitive to getting into this race right now, under current circumstances,” Ryan said. “But if circumstances change, then there will be a lot of people who are very interested in getting in.”
Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Texas), among the most vocal Pelosi critics, said there’s “wide consensus” within the group of insurgents to support a woman for either the No. 1 or No. 2 spot.
“I agree with the premise that — not just because this is the year of the woman — but given the role of women in our nation’s history at this particular point in history, that it’s important to have a woman at the top,” Vela said. “We’re going to make every effort on our end to ensure there’s a woman [seated].”
Vela mentioned three female lawmakers in the insurgent camp — Reps. Rice, Fudge and Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) — whom he characterized as “well prepared” to tackle a top leadership role.
“But beyond that,” Vela continued, “there are tens of other women in the caucus that I think would do a tremendous job leading us going forward.”
That’s MeAgain Kelly.................
“...this glorious victory,” Pelosi said
A turn of phrase she must have picked upon from her communist Chinese spy driver...
Just waiting for her to continue to put her foot in her mouth with outrages statements. She’s going to be a MEME queen.
Given those choppers
she must thing the job is a lot harder that it looks.
Give her a go, Ocasio! If Pelosi can do it, how hard can it be?
Well, since they are looking for a disposable female- since opposing pelosi will effectively end her career in the dnc- I suggest Sinema the pole-dancer, or Ocasio the escaped mental patient.
Who is this dupe of whom you speak? Is it Pelosi?
LOL!
Pelosi helped obama and clinton cheat and all the voter fraud going on now in America. She has this ‘race’ fixed and in the bag.
It’s not a legit congress. Who can say for sure where every stolen election took place?
Marcia Fudge would be the perfect candidate to oppose Nancy Pelosi for the House Speakership.
Marcia Fudge has a completely safe district, so she wouldn’t have to worry about reprisals from Establishment Nancy.
In addition, she could attract both the women’s vote and the Black vote, as well as the votes of white male Democrats who claim to consider women and Blacks to be their equals and are not lying.
Pelosi is also the one who lied when she falsely certified that Barack Obama was legally qualified to serve as president.
We know she never viewed any identification documents to validate her certification of his eligibility under the requirements of the U.S. Constitution
because those kinds of documents do not exist.
Or at least Obama has never provided such documentation to anyone.
After Pelosi signed the first certification she made a feeble attempt to cover her lying by removing the words "under the requirements of the U.S. Constitution"
on subsequent certifications that she signed.
Check out the differences in wording on these two certifications signed by Pelosi.
https://www.wnd.com/2009/09/109363/
Yes - Occasional Cotex would be ideal. Imagine all the great sound bites for the next two years.. ;-)
Need to find woman of color, non-native english speaker, muslim, bi- or tri-sexual, transvestite, with prothesis and at least one other additive like hearing challenged or sight challenged no older that 36. That last could be waved for AO-C.
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