Posted on 11/06/2020 7:54:03 AM PST by Kaslin
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives warned colleagues Thursday that promoting and campaigning on a far-left social agenda hurt them badly in 2020.
“[If] we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we’re not going to win,” House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina said on a leaked Democrat House caucus phone call.
A Washington Post congressional reporter receiving leaked information from a source with access tweeted part of the more than two-hour phone call on Thursday afternoon.
If we run this race again we will get fucking torn apart again in 2022, Spanberger says
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Democrats underperformed in both Senate and House races on Nov. 3, losing ground in critical areas such as Iowa and Florida to GOP candidates, including a significant number of conservative women, some of whom ran campaign ads targeting their opponents for peddling socialism and wanting to defund the police.
It was this round of losses that began to worry Democrats and propel them redirect their efforts into pushing Georgia Senate races into runoffs between Republican Sen. David Perdue and his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff as well as GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock in January.
During the call, Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia reaffirmed Clyburn’s concerns, saying that if leftists couldn’t reevaluate the platforms they relied on for the Nov. 3 election, they would lose in a landslide in the 2022 midterms.
“No one should say ‘defund the police’ ever again,” Spanberger said. “Nobody should be talking about socialism.”
Pelosi tried to push back on Spanberger by telling members Democrats gained victory with both the House and the presidency, noting that the party should focus on an “agenda of lowering health care, better paychecks, building infrastructure.”
“This has been a life or death fight for the very fate of our democracy. We did not win every battle but we did win the war,” Pelosi said. “We held the House. Joe Biden is on a clear path to be the next president of the United States.”
We have a mandate! Pelosi says before getting off the call
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Rep. Bill Pascrell jumped in to defend Pelosi, reportedly claiming she had “done an amazing job,” and shifted the blame to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who he claimed is absent from Democrats’ larger conversation.
It just keeps going as Pascrell now calling out Schumer.
Pelosi’s done an amazing job … but where’s Schumer in all of this? Says Pelosi has one hand tied behind her back— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Squad member Rashida Tlaib tried to defend the democrat-socialist agenda against other Democrat member’s attacks, saying that attempting to cater to one group’s preferences is wrong. She also claimed that if it wasn’t the emphasis on Black Lives Matter that lost Democrats some of the toss-up races, another issue would have taken its place and caused the same results.
Tlaib: They called Obama worse, they called him a Muslim, a socialist, you can blame these words but if it wasn’t on BLM would’ve been something else
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
The end is in sight for this Dem caucus call that started more than two hours ago. Jeffries said 7-8 mbrs in queue and then will wrap up.
Anyways I have to go help with kids zoom piano lessons so leaving it here— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Members on the call were warned against leaking the information to the press multiple times, with Rep, Hakeem Jeffries explicitly stating that “reporters aren’t your friends.”
Jeffries comes back on to tell people to stop leaking and that reporters aren’t your friends! 😢
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
It will cost them even more over the next 2 years.
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Cost them all but one, the Presidency.......’the most extensive and inclusive VOTER FRAUD organization in the history of American politics...!’
Spanberger (D-CIA) cheated her way back in.
Down by 40,000 votes when I went to bed, when I get up Freitas lead is down to 1,000 with one precinct not in.
She wins by 5,000.
I would have advised the President to greet at his rallies, then list these key points right away
Hammer it home (see my Tagline btw)
Pause after each one . . .
HIT HOME IMMEDIATELY
OK not the PedoJoe part . . .but you get my drift
His ads too... Esp rioting looting marching in the suburbs
No “they” don’t.
Pelosi called it a sweep and a mandate.
She knows they stole the election and she will proceed to destroy thebUS if they get power.
A BS diversion story. The rats kept the house. Whether it’s a 1 vote majority or 200 vote majority it is the same with the rats. Total lockstep every time. This is nothing but a propaganda story sent to MSM by the DNC.
No worries, they are still counting.
The rats stole 6 states what Trump said or didn’t say at a rally would not have changed that.
This really seems stupid.
Who thinks elections matter any more? Having policies that appeal to “voters”? Why bother?
so Tliab admits calling someone a Muslim could be construed as an insult? Inshallah!
The message is go back to stealth fabian socialism.
That’s why this story was leaked in the media. These people aren’t concerned about what might happen in 2022. They have two years to deal with that. They’re melting down over what might happen in JANUARY.
GMAFB
He didn’t run the best campaign The rallies were fine but they were too long
You hit your oppenent in the mouth from the get-do If you dont think some on the fencers wouldn’t have gotten the message, well
The vote fraud would have had to have been greater. At least put your best foot forward Slogans and hit-home issues matter with millions of the LIVs
What state is she from? There is no state apriviated CIA, only a organization
It’s a 51-49 country. You cannot overcome this level of cheating with brilliant speeches.
She is running in VA-7 but is CIA.
BTW she said she would make a decision.
Thanks, You should have said VA. Is she still in the CIA, or is she a former member?
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