16 Dems Just Said NO To Pelosi As Speaker, She Can Only Lose 15 Votes (Details)
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) needs 218 votes from members of Congress to become Speaker of the House.
Meaning, she can only afford to have 15 Democrats vote “no.”
As of right now, 16 Dems are opposed to Pelosi.
Interestingly enough, President Donald Trump supports Pelosi as Speaker.
From Politico:
Sixteen Democrats vowed Monday to oppose Nancy Pelosi for speaker on the House floor, placing the California Democrat’s bid to reclaim the gavel in serious jeopardy.
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The show-of-force underscores the depth of the challenge facing Pelosi, who has led the caucus for 16 years. Pelosi needs 218 votes among lawmakers present and voting to be elected speaker on Jan. 3. House Democrats have won 233 seats, meaning Pelosi can currently only afford to lose 15 votes.
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In addition to [Rep. Kathleen] Rice, letter signers include: Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Filemon Vela Jr. (D-Texas), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), as well as candidates-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.), Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.), Max Rose (D-N.Y.) and Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.) and candidate McAdams.
Pelosi doesn’t speak so goodly.
Maybe English isn’t her first language?
Pelosi: “And they’re here now, in what is one of the most tranformative, new members of— body of members of Congress.”
Pelosi: “We will— we will win 40, uh, we will win 4— we will have, take, win 40 seats.”
Pelosi: “The Special Counsel cannot be fired without cause. He, he or she would be granted a three-judge appeal panel if fired, uh, could only be removed by a Senate-confirmed AG— replaced by a Se— uh, Senate-confirmed Attorney General.”
WATCH:
Pelosi must’ve misspoken when talking about race-baiting Rev. Al Sharpton.
How else is it fathomable she would thank him for “saving America?”
WATCH:
“Thank you, thank you for helping take back America.”
“Uh, people are call— all over the place are calling me, writing, airports here and there— thank you for saving America.”
“I give those thanks to you.”
“Thank you for saving America. Reverend Sharpton, thank you for saving America!”
This is like saying Hillary Clinton made America great again.
Facepalm.
According to Pelosi, all Republicans are “despicable.”
WATCH:
DCCC fundraising email on Kavanaugh is wildly misleading. It says McConnell is resuming Kavanaugh hearings without hearing the allegations And that Kavanaugh could be confirmed in “a matter of hours”
Not true. pic.twitter.com/LSEnDSSUyD— Natalie Andrews (@nataliewsj) September 21, 2018
Pelosi on Kavanaugh: “I think he disqualified himself with those statements and the manner in which he went after the Clintons and the Democrats … There was a way for him to go forward with dignity and without jeopardizing his own objectivity in the public mind.” pic.twitter.com/IZNu8NnR0O
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 29, 2018