"My people love me,they better"
Posted on 11/28/2018 12:40:20 PM PST by Simon Green
House Democrats voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to nominate Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the Speakership in a 203-32 vote.
The outcome was no surprise despite an entrenched rebellion from insurgent lawmakers who want changes to Democratic leadership. Pelosi was running uncontested and enjoys widespread support within the liberal-heavy caucus she’s led since 2003.
The 32 votes against her were fewer than the 63 votes won in a 2016 contest for minority leader by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who ran against Pelosi at the time.
Still, Pelosi faces a tougher test the first week of January, when the full House meets to choose the Speaker in a public vote requiring a majority of the entire voting chamber.
Pelosi can not afford 32 Democratic votes against her in that contest, though she has weeks to convince some of her opponents to either vote for her on the floor, or vote present — reducing the total number of votes needed on the floor for victory.
Wednesday’s vote was conducted by private ballot in the Visitors Center of the Capitol. It was reflective of the unusual nature of this year’s leadership elections that there were written ballots at all.
Pelosi was running unchallenged for the Speaker nomination in the next Congress, and typically such races are decided by unanimous consent. This year, though, the clamor for casting a protest vote — particularly from incoming freshman who had promised voters to oppose Pelosi — was loud enough that party leaders offered paper ballots with a simple “yes/no” option on the question of whether Pelosi should be Speaker.
Indeed, Pelosi herself had given lawmakers the green-light to vote against her in the closed ballot, with the idea that it may liberate them to vote “present” in the Jan. 3 floor vote, according to a Democratic lawmaker familiar with the discussions.
“Pelosi has released some members to vote no in caucus and then vote present on the House floor,” the lawmaker said Wednesday morning, before the voting began.
Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y) said that rebel members met with Pelosi before the vote in an effort "to engage her in a reasonable conversation about leadership transition," but were rejected.
"Unfortunately, our concerns were dismissed outright," she said in a statement.
As I stated right here after the election. This was all Kabuki theatre. Pelosi was going to be the Speaker. There was no doubt about that.
How funny, how delicious; couldn't have happened to a more deserving cast of communist, socialist clowns.
So let’s see the names of the 32 who opposed Pelosi versus all those who made a campaign promise that they wouldn’t support Pelosi for Speaker.
It was NEVER an issue.
Don’t let her craziness fool her ruthlessness and willingness to take lives.
Pop’s ties to the Sicilian mafia aren’t just the thing of legends.
The “I am woman/black/both hear me roar” went out with a whimper when they got those calls or visits in the dead of night.
"My people love me,they better"
AHAHAHA!!
the next election will be an easy sell for mr. t using luNancy’s and dem congress guaranteed misbehavior in the next 2 years
Gimme back my Gulfstream G5 so I can fly home to California every weekend without stopping to refuel like I did on that G3 and oh, don’t forget my $100,000 a year liquor bill to boot.
Hell has broken open and the witch has escaped!!!!
How did that fraud lamb vote ?
“So let’s see the names of the 32 who opposed Pelosi versus all those who made a campaign promise that they wouldn’t support Pelosi for Speaker.”
Of course, we’ll never see that. But the key is gonna be the vote on the House Floor for Speaker. That vote is recorded.
I wonder how many of the Dems who promised they’d never vote for Nancy will do then? If they vote for Nancy, they broke a campaign promise. They’ll never vote for McCarthy as Speaker.
Will they vote “Present” or not vote at all?
The race to recapture the House in 2020 starts with this very first vote.
She will get all the votes she needs. And as for those who vowed to never vote for her for Speaker? Sinema said she would not vote for Schumer for Senate Minority and she went ahead and did on the first vote. See, it’s easy! Lie to get elected and then just go ahead and do whatever you want. You don’t have to worry for about getting elected again for 6 years.
Have to keep the slaves in line.
I suppose she’ll be Speaker until she retires now. The Dems have figured out how to rig House elections now, so she’ll be in charge for quite a while.
They retire as millionaires and can get a pension on top of that with just 5 years of service.
Destined to be a pyrrhic victory.
IOW: “You’ll be sorry!”
Who did the Republicans vote for?
5.56mm
Dems -> Radical
GOP-e-> Moderate or Lefty
Newt was the only exception
lock step lemmings
As if the Pig-Louse is any less, stupid, ignorant, or radical than Occasional Cortex
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