I've never seen guff heaped on AOC directed against moderates who tried to replace Speaker Pelosi [View all]

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...and I've never seen AOC advocate or vote against Speaker Pelosi.

...but these House moderates in 2011:

Nineteen Democrats, including two members of the California delegation, registered public protest votes against her leadership Wednesday by supporting another Member for Speaker. Overall, 173 Democrats supported Pelosi as House leader, while all 241 Republicans in the new majority backed Rep. John Boehner (Ohio).

The Pelosi defections highlight the work the California Democrat still must do to bring her diverse Caucus together in the wake of the Nov. 2 elections that cost her party House control. Many moderates remain unhappy with her decision to run for Minority Leader in the 112th Congress, thinking it was time for a shake-up at the top. In November, Pelosi beat back what was largely a symbolic challenge from Rep. Heath Shuler for the top Democratic job. Shuler, a leading Blue Dog Democrat from North Carolina, challenged Pelosi again Wednesday, securing 11 votes including his own. He got the backing of Reps. Jason Altmire (Pa.), Dan Boren (Okla.), Jim Cooper (Tenn.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Tim Holden (Pa.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Mike Michaud (Maine) and Mike Ross (Ark.).

https://www.rollcall.com/2011/01/05/pelosis-splintered-support-goes-on-display/

...and here comes Democratic moderate Elizabeth Slotkin, refusing to vote for Speaker Pelosi THIS YEAR without a peep from these heroes saving our party from AOC:

Democratic congresswoman takes aim at Nancy Pelosi: 'We need new leadership'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to take fire from members of her own caucus, as Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin is now stating she will not vote for the San Francisco Democrat in Pelosi's bid for another team as Speaker of the House.

“I will not be voting for Nancy Pelosi,” Slotkin told Politico. “I have no idea if people are gonna run against her, or who might run against her. And I will of course have this conversation directly with her. But I believe we need new leadership. I would love to see more Midwesterners, because if you look across the leadership. … I respect these people, but it’s New York and California.”

Slotkin, who flipped the red district that encompasses Lansing in 2018 and won re-election in 2020, sharply criticized her party's messaging ahead of the 2020 election. She stated that the party's lack of a central message left House incumbents vulnerable to Republican attacks on "defund the police" and "socialism."

“The brand of the national Democratic Party is mushy," she said. "People don’t know what we stand for, what we’re about. So, every two years when the new flavor of attack comes out, it’s easy to convince a portion of the population that those attacks are true, because they still don’t know our brand."

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Elissa-Slotkin-Nancy-Pelosi-House-Speaker-vote-Dem-15730978.php

...these are people who insist they know what our party should represent, but they struggle to win their own races, blaming Democrats who regulary win theirs.

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