The divide between centrist Democrats and the far-left progressives is increasingly boiling over into public view. Even the liberal media is finally taking notice of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s struggles to unify the party.
Things came to a head this past week when the speaker appeared incapable of pulling her party together on a simple vote to condemn anti-Semitism in the wake of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments. Pelosi lost it and became “visibly angry” after her purported allies joined in with the progressive upstarts in a push to dilute the resolution.
Pelosi allegedly explodes
At the heart of the divide, and reportedly the spark that set off Pelosi’s explosive anger, is the unspoken challenge to her leadership posed by the outspoken, radical freshmen members of Congress like Omar, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who defended Omar and led the charge for modifying the resolution.
The Washington Post reported Monday that on the Tuesday evening before the scheduled vote on the anti-Semitism resolution, Pelosi “grew angry and raised her voice” when Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell — typically a close ally — began reading tweets from New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and seemed to agree that the resolution should be broadened.
“What about…”
While it is unclear exactly which tweet was the spark that lit Pelosi’s fuse, it was most likely the following tweet in which Ocasio-Cortez questioned why there weren’t resolutions condemning racism, homophobia or xenophobia.
It’s not my position to tell people how to feel, or that their hurt is invalid.
But incidents like these do beg the question: where are the resolutions against homophobic statements? For anti-blackness? For xenophobia? For a member saying he’ll “send Obama home to Kenya?”
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
“According to the people in the room, Pelosi was offended at the suggestion that Democrats didn’t already stand up against all forms of hate and grew visibly angry,” the Post reported.
In the end, Pelosi caved to the demands from the likes of Ocasio-Cortez and put forward a broad resolution generally condemning hate, which was passed 407-23 on Thursday.
Of course, this only served to anger Jewish Democrats and provide ammunition to claims from Republicans and President Donald Trump that Democrats weren’t taking the anti-Semitism within their ranks seriously enough.
“It was really clearly an effort to protect Ilhan Omar, to cover up her bigotry and anti-Semitism by refusing to name her,” said Rep. Liz Cheney, one of the 23 Republicans who refused to vote for the modified resolution.
“If [Omar] was a Republican, this resolution would’ve been naming names, she’d be removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and we would be talking about anti-Semitism solely, singularly and forcefully,” said Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who is Jewish and also voted against the resolution.
“Herding cats”
Speaker Pelosi has certainly had her hands full trying to corral the disparate wings of her party — Democratic Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen told The Post the effort was like “herding cats” — and that problem will most likely only get worse as the new members grow bolder in pushing their radical agenda.
The next challenge to Pelosi’s leadership is coming from the impeachment crowd. Pelosi said this week she does not support impeaching the president, but Democrats are divided on the issue.
744 Responses
Have you ever considered creating an e-book or guest authoring on other websites? I have a blog based upon on the same information you discuss and would really like to have you share some stories/information. I know my audience would value your work. If you’re even remotely interested, feel free to send me an e-mail.
Great post! We will be linking to this great post on our site. Keep up the good writing.
I do agree with all of the ideas you’ve presented in your post. They are really convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are very short for beginners. Could you please extend them a little from next time? Thanks for the post.
Wonderful blog! I found it while browsing on Yahoo News. Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Cheers
Pretty! This has been an incredibly wonderful post. Thanks for supplying this information.
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you penning this post and the rest of the site is really good.
Thanks for your publication. I also think that laptop computers have grown to be more and more popular currently, and now will often be the only type of computer found in a household. It is because at the same time they are becoming more and more very affordable, their working power keeps growing to the point where these are as robust as desktop through just a few years ago.
Hello, i think that i saw you visited my weblog thus i came to “return the favor”.I am attempting to find things to enhance my website!I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!!
Its such as you learn my thoughts! You appear to grasp so much about this, such as you wrote the e-book in it or something. I believe that you just could do with some to pressure the message home a little bit, however other than that, this is magnificent blog. A fantastic read. I’ll definitely be back.
OFWMONEY -Growth Tactics
Hello there! This is my first visit to your blog! We are a collection of volunteers and starting a new initiative in a community in the same niche. Your blog provided us useful information to work on. You have done a wonderful job!
I enjoy what you guys tend to be up too. This type of clever work and exposure! Keep up the good works guys I’ve you guys to my blogroll.
can someone from another state buy weed where it is legal online
Well I really enjoyed reading it. This tip offered by you is very effective for accurate planning.
I would like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in writing this blog. I’m hoping the same high-grade website post from you in the upcoming as well. In fact your creative writing abilities has encouraged me to get my own website now. Actually the blogging is spreading its wings quickly. Your write up is a good example of it.
I have been examinating out many of your stories and i can claim pretty clever stuff. I will surely bookmark your website.
Once I originally commented I clicked the -Notify me when new feedback are added- checkbox and now each time a remark is added I get four emails with the same comment. Is there any way you can remove me from that service? Thanks!
I like what you guys are up too. Such intelligent work and reporting! Keep up the excellent works guys I¡¦ve incorporated you guys to my blogroll. I think it’ll improve the value of my website 🙂
we are a company located in humboldt county CA we have a large selection of top shelf marijuana strains, we also have vapes, edibles and more. Our customers are our top priority, please contact us if you have questions like where to buy cannabis online in restricted states/countries
Thank you, I have just been looking for information about this subject for a long time and yours is the greatest I have found out so far. However, what concerning the conclusion? Are you positive in regards to the supply?
I believe this web site contains some really superb info for everyone. “The expert at anything was once a beginner.” by Hayes.
Hello.This post was really motivating, particularly since I was looking for thoughts on this issue last Friday.
we are a company located in humboldt county CA we have a large selection of top shelf marijuana strains, we also have vapes, edibles and more. Our customers are our top priority, please contact us if you have questions like where to buy cannabis online in restricted states/countries.
Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write on my blog something like that. Can I include a part of your post to my site?
High DA PA SEO Backlinks – Boost Your Website Ranking
I’m not sure why but this weblog is loading incredibly slow for me. Is anyone else having this issue or is it a issue on my end? I’ll check back later and see if the problem still exists.
Does your website have a contact page? I’m having trouble locating it but, I’d like to send you an e-mail. I’ve got some ideas for your blog you might be interested in hearing. Either way, great site and I look forward to seeing it develop over time.
Howdy just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Firefox. I’m not sure if this is a formatting issue or something to do with internet browser compatibility but I thought I’d post to let you know. The style and design look great though! Hope you get the issue resolved soon. Cheers
WanSheng Gaming is also the first company in Asia to develop and implemented a complete AI(Artifical Intelligence) system for all programs including generating odds, scores and settlements. We are also a data resources provider to many companies; and provide a best solution according to your preference and needs.
if you are looking a SEO Professinal. who can Build High Quality Backlinks. you are at right place.i can put your business on google top ranking and link building service
webcam chat, seksikamera
Hi there, You’ve done an incredible job. I will definitely digg it and personally recommend to my friends. I am confident they will be benefited from this web site.
Actually the candidate with the most momentum is Biden. It’s just not forward
With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement? My site has a lot of completely unique content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it looks like a lot of it is popping it up all over the internet without my authorization. Do you know any solutions to help reduce content from being ripped off? I’d really appreciate it.
My partner and I stumbled over here different web address and thought I should check things out. I like what I see so i am just following you. Look forward to checking out your web page again.
I absolutely love your blog and find many of your post’s to be exactly what I’m looking for. Would you offer guest writers to write content for you personally? I wouldn’t mind composing a post or elaborating on a lot of the subjects you write in relation to here. Again, awesome blog!
227922 761857I certainly did not realize that. Learnt something new right now! Thanks for that. 34534
Hey, thanks for the blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Awesome.