Democratic lawmakers fume at Nancy Pelosi’s finger-pointing after Harris loss: ‘She needs to take a seat’

Skip to comments.

Posted on 11/16/2024 12:15:05 AM PST by Libloather

Some House Democrats have had enough of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) analysis of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Election Day loss to President-elect Donald Trump – and one lawmaker believes it’s time for her to “take a seat.”

Pelosi, 84, ruffled feathers within the Democratic caucus after she told the New York Times last week that “Had [President Biden] gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” suggesting that an “open primary” to replace Biden, 81, on the Democratic ticket would’ve been her preference.

“She needs to take a seat,” a senior Democratic lawmaker told Axios, in response to the former House speaker’s commentary.

“Making scattershot comments is not just unhelpful, it’s damaging,” the lawmaker added.

Another House Democrat took issue with Pelosi seemingly trying to speak for the party – rather than House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

“Hakeem has been tremendously graceful and respectful of her, but I don’t think she is being respectful of him,” a member of the Congressional Black Caucus told the outlet.

“I understand that this is a difficult transition for her, not being the leader, but she is not,” the lawmaker added. “She needs to understand what her new role is.”

The report noted that Pelosi – a central figure in pushing Biden out of the 2024 race – “still instills fear” in House Democrats and suggested that is the reason the two lawmakers spoke to the outlet anonymously.

A spokesperson for Pelosi insisted that the former House speaker holds Jeffries in high regard.

“Speaker Pelosi is immensely proud of Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his masterful stewardship of the House Democratic Caucus,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “We all should praise the excellent progress made by House Democrats under his leadership.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...

The crazy cat commie is still running the show.

1 posted on 11/16/2024 12:15:05 AM PST by Libloather

To: Libloather

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson