Posted on 11/15/2018 9:34:19 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) said Wednesday that a congresswoman besides Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should be the House Speaker.
“There’s plenty of really competent females that we can replace her with,” Ryan told reporters, before listing people such as Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) as potential candidates, The New York Times reported Thursday.
His comments come as the battle for Democratic leadership in the House intensifies. Pelosi, who held the Speaker position from 2007 to 2011, expressed confidence on Thursday that she had enough support to be voted into the role.
But many lawmakers are insistent about the idea of having a new face in House leadership. As of Wednesday night, 17 House Democrats had signed onto a letter pledging not to support Pelosi's Speaker bid, according to Huffington Post.
Ryan has urged Fudge, a former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), to consider running against the California congresswoman.
"I'm still thinking about it," Fudge told CNN on Thursday night, adding that she has been overwhelmed by the amount of people encouraging her to run.
Ryan and other male lawmakers have faced criticism for their outspoken efforts to oppose Pelosi.
“These male members were elected and got back here because of what women did,” Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) said, The Times reported.
Pelosi on Thursday released statements touting support from multiple CBC members. She also earned the support from a pair of newly elected California lawmakers.
We want Pelosi!
I know dems hate white guys, but, really aren’t there AnY white guys that would like to be speaker of the house?
The new group sounds like a bunch of wussies.
I don't know about that.
We might benefit from an angry black woman spouting Congressional Black Caucus talking points on the floor of Congress.
The more racial and radical the better.
Thanks for the laugh.
I am now going to bed.
Have a nice weekend.
There are no competent females in the Democrat party. None!!
The best reason to elect one.
Pajama boy’s broth..er, sister, um, nevermind.....
Yes indeed, there are plenty of competent women who would make very good speakers. The only problem for the Democrats is that all those competent women are Republicans.
“They’re willing to give the Speaker back to Pelosi, who lost it in 2010, and who is 78 years old.”
Who will return it to a Republican when she turns 80! I truly hope she’s Speaker, because she’s a train wreck.
“We might benefit from an angry black woman spouting Congressional Black Caucus talking points on the floor of Congress.”
We’re going to get that anyway with Waters chairing the Banking Committee. She will, with her moron cohorts, spend 24 months pi$$ing into the wind sending dead letter legislation to the Senate to die. Stock up on popcorn!
Sure can. VERY appropriate, in that the Democrats "fudge" their way into every aspect of our lives, whether wanted or not. And since it is the Democrat agenda, mostly unwanted by this curmudgeon.
Besides, typing the name "Fudge" does not show up with a spell-correction suggestion like typing the name "Pelosi".
“...VERY appropriate, in that the Democrats “fudge” their way into every aspect of our lives...”
DJT is gonna have a field day with that one!
Well...
If it’s a competition for females only I think CSPAN should stage a Miss America-style competition among the contestants. There should be competition in the following areas (just like the good old days):
Talent
Evening Gown
String Bikini*
Unrehearsed Question and Answer
A tie-breaker could be ‘Best Grovel for Donations
*Miss Lube-Rack 1950’s will have a dilemma: how to adjust the concoction to cover her surgically re-located “assets”. But it will be interesting to find out just how high her belly button has been moved.
Seems like Steny Hoyer is laying back in the weeds for now. Bet he has something up his sleeve.
No, we want the stupidest, crookedest, most racist one they can possibly come up with.
We want one that will be a constant embarrassment to the Rat party. We want one that will spew idiotic statements on a daily basis. We want one that will insult vast segments of the American people. We want one that will talk about islands tipping over, one that confuses the moon with Mars, talks about sharks still following slave ships that haven't sailed for over 150 years, or promotes magic wand economics.
We want one that will make a box of rocks look like a gathering of university professors.
Meaning Younger, more lucid?
Huh? He saying they don’t have any competent males?...Might be a rare bit of truth from one of them....
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