Posted on 12/29/2020 5:07:47 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested she is not worried about losing her speakership position in the midst of claims by other Democrats that the party needs different leadership.
Pelosi was asked on Tuesday about the Jan. 3 election for her speakership.
“You have a big vote Sunday night for speaker. You think have got that wrapped up?” a reporter asked Pelosi. Her reply: “Yeah, I do.”
Pelosi said she isn’t concerned about the CCP virus pandemic impacting her chances at reelection as House speaker.
The Democratic majority is slimmer than it was two years ago, and some Democrats in the House have said they might not back her. Some Democrats have expressed fears that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ky.) could take the speakership due to the pandemic.
“Let’s say, just theoretically, we had six or eight people out with COVID and the Republicans have none. They probably could elect [Kevin] McCarthy,” Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), told The Hill.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) noted to The Hill on Dec. 26 that some Democrats may oppose Pelosi.
“There’s the usual suspects who make it part of their brand to vote against her,” Himes said. “But I think there’s an awareness—and there’s certainly a message coming from within the caucus—that this may not be a year for the usual branding.”
Reps.-elect Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) declined on Sunday to say whether they will vote to support Pelosi.
“I am going to make sure that voices of the people of St. Louis are heard and we have what we need. And so you will find out then,” said Bush on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “You will find out when my vote is tallied and, again, organizing with our community to figure out what’s best,” added Bowman.
During the Nov. 3 election, Democrats lost at least 10 seats to Republicans. Meanwhile, Reps. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.), Jared Golden (D-Maine), and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) have said they will not vote for Pelosi, according to The Hill report.
More’s the pity
It would be so sweet if she did not have the votes to remain speaker.
She is the chief corruptocrat in the corrupt democrat House.
Pelosi is what.....80 years old?
Pelosi, Biden, Schumer, Hillary, Feinstein........
The fresh young faces of today’s hip and with it Democrat Party!
It will be too bad to replace her. She is such a loon that she is predictable, replace her and the RNC will have to start over.
“...She is the chief corruptocrat in the corrupt democrat House....”
Without a doubt.
It’s the one that foisted obama onto the country without any kind of proper vetting, and ALL of the rest of em are guilty standing back and letting it do it. It’s a demon from hell...the vile, demonic Botoxian. I pray for the day it returns to its homeland for good.
She’s a politician. She isn’t going to tell the truth. She’s worried about keeping her power.
Kevin MCCarty needs 5 votes to flip or just not show up to vote.
Unfortunately, while Pelosi is wrong about almost everything else, she is always confident about this. Her grip on the throne of this particular dark kingdom is tightly held.
The only way Pelosi won’t be speaker is if she’s carried out of the House of Representatives on a gurney under a sheet.
After her elections are decertified she may lose a few more seats.
That actually works for me.
How soon can we git 'er done?
Someone on this forum has a gif of a cuckoo bird popping out of Pelosi’s forehead just like a Cuckoo Clock. I think it very apropos.
Well, the Grim Reaper came for Ginsburg eventually. I’m sure Pelosi is on his list.
I don’t see why she wouldn’t.
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