Below is a full list of the 15 Democratic defectors:
Anthony Brindisi (N.Y.): former Vice President Joe Biden
Jim Cooper (Tenn.): “present”
Jason Crow (Colo.): Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
Joe Cunningham (S.C.): Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)
Jared Golden (Maine): Bustos
Ron Kind (Wis.): Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Conor Lamb (Pa.): Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
Ben McAdams (Utah): Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.)
Kathleen Rice (N.Y.): Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams
Max Rose (N.Y.): Duckworth
Kurt Schrader (Ore.): Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio)
Mikie Sherrill (N.J.): Bustos
Abigail Spanberger (Va.): Bustos
Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) “present”
Jeff Van Drew (N.J.): “present”
So Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez punked out and voted for San Fran Nan?
Tim Ryan (D) OH-13 was not on the list. He has now proven to be a Blowhard.
I think the Dems who voted against or abstained are in b/l purple states and they’re just playing the game of looking mainstream rather than liberal. Gotta play to your district.
Cheri Bustos Wikipedia
For sure Conor Lamb was given permission to vote no as a vote for Pelosi would have made holding on to this seat problematic.
I suspect that’s true for most of ‘em on this list.
ALthough legal, I can’t see how a sitting senator could also be Speaker of the House. Maybe they expected her to step down from the Senate?