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(15,772 posts)Nice
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(94,672 posts)AP- November 15, 2018, Rep. Moulton ramps up opposition to Nancy Pelosi as speaker
BOSTON (AP) U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is ramping up his opposition to Nancy Pelosi as the next House speaker as Democrats prepare to formally retake the chamber in January.
The Massachusetts Democrat is instead pushing Rep. Marcia Fudge for the post.
Seth Moulton '100%' Confident Nancy Pelosi Can Be Defeated In House Speaker Election
The Pelosi detractors are circulating a letter and trying to accumulate enough signatures to showcase the breadth of the Democratic opposition to Pelosi. The strategy is this: Show that the California Democrat lacks support after new and current members commit to voting for another candidate on the floor. At that point, they hope, Pelosi will see the writing on the wall, step aside and allow new candidates for the speakership to emerge.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/nancy-pelosi-speaker-votes-seth-moulton-house/
...here he is trying to convince the party that he had a clear path top replacing the Speaker, as it.
Moulton Insists There Are Enough Democrats To Block Pelosi From Becoming Speaker
But Moulton told WBUR Monday that there are enough renegade Democrats to block her. Thats the simple fact of the math," he said in an interview. "We gained seven votes in the pro-change group just over the Thanksgiving break."
https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/11/27/moulton-pelosi-leadership-fight
hlthe2b
(114,701 posts)Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)Walleye
(45,484 posts)shrike3
(5,370 posts)Media so desperate they've got to have him on more than once?
delisen
(7,423 posts)shrike3
(5,370 posts)mcar
(46,366 posts)His fellows are backtracking like mad and he's suddenly decided to jump on the failing bandwagon?
Mad_Machine76
(25,007 posts)on the failboat
mcar
(46,366 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,691 posts)His DC office- MAKE THAT PHONE RING OFF THE HOOK
XanaDUer2
(15,772 posts)Lady just went mmm-hmmm, And she'd pass it along.
obamanut2012
(29,512 posts)Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Renew Deal
(85,362 posts)Doc Sportello
(7,964 posts)Wow, it's an avalanche. Didn't Moulton try to get rid of Pelosi as leader? Yeah, big, big pickup for the anti-Biden folks.
DemocratInPa
(743 posts)Deek1935
(1,055 posts)Emile
(43,284 posts)about our Democratic President?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,470 posts)I promptly clicked the unsubscribe button.
Bettie
(19,880 posts)because he didn't want her to be speaker? He seems to think he should just get whatever he personally wants.
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