Democratic Caucus Chair Kicks Around the Big Nancy Pelosi Elephant in the Room
By The Daily Caller. House Democratic Caucus chairman Joe Crowley showed support for Nancy Pelosi on “Fox News Sunday” and said he will not be challenging her for a leadership position.
Host Chris Wallace asked if Pelosi has become a liability for Democrats, but Crowley dodged the question by bashing the GOP.
“I think it was more reflective of the fact that Republicans are bankrupt on ideas. They don’t have anything else to offer except to go after Nancy Pelosi to win elections,” Crowley said. “If they think that’s a winning strategy, they are completely mistaken and wrong.” . . .
“Conor Lamb won because he ran a local election,” Crowley replied. “He talked about that the cuts that the Republicans were attempting to make into privatized Social Security. He talked about what affect the federal government has on local politics, on people’s lives. And that’s why he won that election, not because of Nancy Pelosi.”
Crowley’s not planning on running against Pelosi and claims he’s only focused on winning back the House for Democrats this November, he said.
“I would wait and see just what would happen in terms of that if Nancy Pelosi decided not to run,” Crowley added. “But if Nancy Pelosi stays, I don’t see a scenario by which I would challenge her for that position.” (Read more from “Democratic Caucus Chair Kicks Around the Big Nancy Pelosi Elephant in the Room” HERE)
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Pelosi Urges Dems to Stick to Economic Script
By The Hill. House Democratic leaders are sticking to their script as the midterm elections inch closer, largely disregarding the turmoil surrounding President Trump to focus instead on the economic consequences of the Republicans’ legislative agenda.
In a Dear Colleague letter sent to Democrats on Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urged her troops to highlight new funding hikes in areas like health care, veterans services and education — adopted as part of the recently passed 2018 spending package — while hitting Republicans over tax reform and a proposed balanced budget amendment, which Democrats consider a threat to domestic programs like Medicare and Social Security.
“With a strong first quarter behind us, we must now step up our efforts to protect Americans from the ongoing assault by the Trump Administration and Republican Congress on hard-working families,” Pelosi wrote.
The strategy builds on the Democrats’ “Better Deal” agenda, launched over the summer, which is designed to speak to the economic insecurities of middle class voters in lieu of spotlighting the turbulence within Trump’s White House, including the ongoing investigation into Moscow’s 2016 election meddling and potential collusion with the Trump campaign. (Read more from “Pelosi Urges Dems to Stick to Economic Script” HERE)
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