Pelosi Just GOOFED: House Dems Erupt During Internal House Meeting, ‘My Conviction Is To Do My G**D**N…’
Pelosi’s hardline stance against the President on the coronavirus relief spending is even putting her at odds with moderate members in the House; especially ones up for re-election.
Politico is reporting that this week Democrats got into a heated exchange during an internal meeting over putting together a coronavirus relief bill.
Politico reported:
A call between the centrist New Democrat Coalition and leadership grew heated Tuesday as Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) defended their posture, even as several lawmakers pleaded for them to change tacks in the coming weeks.
Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) pressed Pelosi on why members wouldn’t stay in town waiting for a deal, to which the speaker told her to “take a poll of your colleagues,” according to Democrats on the call. “I’m always here,” Pelosi added. And the exchanges only grew stormier after Pelosi dropped off and Hoyer took over.
“My conviction is to actually do my goddamn job and come up with a solution for the American people,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who sits in a GOP-leaning seat, said, according to two sources on the call. “We have to bring something to the floor.”
Hoyer, who has privately pushed the speaker to reconsider her strategy, was sympathetic to the moderates’ concerns but wouldn’t break with Pelosi on the call.
“I don’t want to undermine Nancy in any way,” Hoyer said multiple times on the call.
“We can‘t wait around forever for the proposal we think is the perfect proposal and that obviously won’t be helpful to anybody. Time is of the essence here,” said Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), who flipped a GOP seat in 2018.
“We can‘t wait around forever for the proposal we think is the perfect proposal and that obviously won’t be helpful to anybody. Time is of the essence here,” said Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), who flipped a GOP seat in 2018.
What’s funny is that the longer it takes for Pelosi to come around on a deal the closer to the November election. The longer it takes for the bill to pass the more the President can blame Pelosi for holding it up. This means when the bill is finally passed the President can take credit for it. It’s also creating a situation that could lead to Democrats losing seats in the House in districts that flipped in 2018.
The salon queen is at it again.
