House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has flipped another one of the 20-odd Democrats who’d pledged to vote against her on the floor.
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), who was one of the 16 Democrats on a letter guaranteeing they’d vote against Pelosi as House speaker, now says he’s changed course.
“Leader Pelosi has assured me that the priorities of average working families will be the priorities of the upcoming Congress,” Lynch said in a statement to the Washington Post.
Lynch had previously signaled he might flip.
Nearly three dozen Democrats voted against nominating Pelosi to return to the speakership in a closed-door meeting shortly after Thanksgiving. But many of them will vote for her on the floor, having registered their objections. The question is whether she can pick off more recalcitrant Democrats, or convince them to vote “present” as a way to lower the threshold she needs to get a bare majority of the House. She’s already flipped some others, including Reps. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and Brian Higgins (D-NY). It appears increasingly likely that the wily lawmaker will find a way to return to the speakership.
Another Pelosi Holdout Flips To Support
“Congressman Schrader, Oregon Congressman Schrader, to the white courtesy phone, please.”
Kind of a Democrat.
Having Lynch support Pelosi makes me wonder if I should now change to opposing her.
As they should
Did you see her ?
Your wall is immoral
Mexico was supposed to pay for it
We ain’t paying for your fucking wall and you are not going to use the dreamers as hostages .
The era of unbridled Trump is rapidly drawing to a close.
That is one tough lady