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focus on duties vs tweet 24 hrs a day. hmmm nt msongs Jul 2019 #1
Well Said Horizens Jul 2019 #59
And Nancy is right. BigDemVoter Jul 2019 #2
LOL, Pelosi insulted them also. But that is OK with you I assume?? nt USALiberal Jul 2019 #6
No. BigDemVoter Jul 2019 #9
Reagan's 11th commandment... Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #8
Speaker Pelosi is the one in the wrong. Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #3
+ a zillion shanny Jul 2019 #10
No one gave the House permission to give their power away. Mach1miles Jul 2019 #14
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The problem is that the House is not an equal branch bottomofthehill Jul 2019 #72
Yes to common ground. Mach1miles Jul 2019 #79
neither the muller report nor the census have special duties spelled out for the House. bottomofthehill Jul 2019 #121
+++++ nt Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #76
Plus...well, everything Bettie Jul 2019 #75
When will people get it in their heads that without Repubs there will be no wasupaloopa Jul 2019 #80
Of course you will never see a conviction in the Senate as of now. Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #112
Respectfully strongly disagree. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #114
I am all for an impeachment inquiry but I want people wasupaloopa Jul 2019 #120
"The four women are trying to figure out how to respond" If they have something to say they UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #4
Kind of strange it's us and them to her. Mach1miles Jul 2019 #5
I wish the Speaker would play hardball with tRump instead of her fellow representatives. CentralMass Jul 2019 #7
yeah, good luck with that Skittles Jul 2019 #11
That would be nice melman Jul 2019 #12
Me too. BigDemVoter Jul 2019 #13
She doesn't have the votes dansolo Jul 2019 #18
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you don't "get everyone on record" in a losing effort Takket Jul 2019 #43
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they are all voting "no." Takket Jul 2019 #53
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dude stopdiggin Jul 2019 #88
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That would be political suicide for pretty much the entire Democratic party. TwilightZone Jul 2019 #61
"You people"?? BigDemVoter Jul 2019 #47
it's her job to GET THE VOTES Skittles Jul 2019 #123
When she did it before it was with a democratic senate and President bottomofthehill Jul 2019 #73
Pelosi needs to either shit it get off the pot. n/t MicaelS Jul 2019 #21
Spot on. cwydro Jul 2019 #26
+1 leftstreet Jul 2019 #33
I wish "The Squad" would play hardball with Republicans mcar Jul 2019 #48
Thread win. MrsCoffee Jul 2019 #92
+10000 Celerity Jul 2019 #107
Shame on AOC. She's implying Pelosi is racist. highplainsdem Jul 2019 #15
? Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #20
AOC: "...just outright disrespectful...the explicit singling out of newly elected women of color" highplainsdem Jul 2019 #23
That is a logical interpretation (nt) mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #82
I would counter with I think your comment is unfair. CentralMass Jul 2019 #22
Why is it unfair of me to point out AOC is suggesting Pelosi is a racist when AOC says she thinks highplainsdem Jul 2019 #28
+1 fleabiscuit Jul 2019 #31
+2 Horizens Jul 2019 #60
Agree! Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #36
First a comment on the dissenting votes of the 4. CentralMass Jul 2019 #64
She suggested that Pelosi is a racist. In essence, she cried racist wolf, which is disgraceful. It emmaverybo Jul 2019 #74
+1? +2?.... quickesst Jul 2019 #110
No I think Ayana Pressley is the one doing that. nt UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #89
I can't believe AOC went there madville Jul 2019 #97
Name one other House Democrat BlueIdaho Jul 2019 #16
None could do half as good a job as Pelosi has. highplainsdem Jul 2019 #24
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Nancy is the one missing the boat here world wide wally Jul 2019 #17
+1 nt JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #27
Everyone needs to stop. There is no time for this nonsense. Only trump wins. Tech Jul 2019 #19
THIS. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2019 #55
Disrespecting our base (and in many ways our best) D reps is the best way to be "demoralizing" to... JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #25
Pelosi isn't the one causing the damage to the party. highplainsdem Jul 2019 #35
She is wrong on this one. We need to be clear. We know we cannot trust Trump with children. JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #37
No, she wasn't wrong. She represents the entire Democratic Party, not just its left wing, and as highplainsdem Jul 2019 #45
The base Horizens Jul 2019 #66
These four women sound like spoiled brats. Is it that difficult to stay off Twitter? Princetonian Jul 2019 #30
Or is is better for Nancy to whine about our best Dem Reps in public instead? nt JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #38
Pelosi is not the ones who are whining. She spoke to them in a closed-door meeting not in public. Princetonian Jul 2019 #42
If it was "closed-door" why do you know about it? JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #50
Um, because the OP states that. Princetonian Jul 2019 #63
AOC is fighting for the light! nt JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #65
"Fighting for the light" lol Loki Liesmith Jul 2019 #102
They're far from our best. highplainsdem Jul 2019 #46
Neither is Nancy, Steny or our leadership. If they were so "smart" Trump never... JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #52
We have Nancy to thank for regaining control of the House in 2018. She is NOT to blame in any way highplainsdem Jul 2019 #57
I'm talking about the report from the op. JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #62
???? Joe, you'd just said that if Nancy and our other Congressional leaders were so smart, highplainsdem Jul 2019 #70
Correct Horizens Jul 2019 #68
So money always wins? Now I'm really demoralized. Jeeze, please don't rub it in. nt JoeOtterbein Jul 2019 #71
No offense, but this is a weak comeback ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #83
Indeed .. putting the election of dotard on the shoulders of a dem speaker??? Really?? Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #86
It's actually the other way around and that is what the meeting was about. nt UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #90
IN what way are they "our best"? brooklynite Jul 2019 #106
Agree..speaker Pelosi is the speaker for a reason. They need to work with her as a team. Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #40
Not that I want customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #39
Is it just me, or I am I just imagining this? ChicagoRonin Jul 2019 #41
Pelosi is a brilliant Speaker who shepherded Obamacare and Dodd-Frank into law in tough times. Princetonian Jul 2019 #54
Obamacare Horizens Jul 2019 #69
FYI: you can kill the messenger if you like but I wouldn't say DU'ers act like republicans Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #58
Talk to each other, don't tweet your issues mcar Jul 2019 #44
The irony is that she tweeted to tell them not to tweet. Mach1miles Jul 2019 #81
speaker Pelosi did have a private meeting, a closed door mtg. It wasn't her that leaked it. Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #84
I thought that was a while ago. Mach1miles Jul 2019 #85
they all need to get in a room and hash this out. Takket Jul 2019 #51
+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #117
Still, they are the future and other women like them. aikoaiko Jul 2019 #67
The Hill has quotes from the meeting that might provide some context. lapucelle Jul 2019 #77
Context matters - a lot. MFGsunny Jul 2019 #113
I think Pelosi is wrong here. This will backfire. There are a heck of a lot PatrickforO Jul 2019 #78
All she is saying is to take complaints behind closed doors and not put it on BLAST on twitter... UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #91
We need AOC and her energy and marlakay Jul 2019 #93
She did not publicly scold them. It was a closed mtg. Pelosi didn't leak it Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #94
I know she didn't personally leak it marlakay Jul 2019 #95
Agree, somehow some way we need to get our kids to understand their freedoms are not free Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #99
And there were no names mentioned even then. The only one that is doing any public scolding is AOC ehrnst Jul 2019 #116
Go after Blue Dogs JonLP24 Jul 2019 #87
Yes, because we'd rather have Republicans than centrist Democrats. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2019 #104
I'm tired of Pelosi going after these women JonLP24 Jul 2019 #105
Between the New Democrat Coalition, the Blue Dog Caucus, and the No Labels/Problem Solvers Celerity Jul 2019 #109
WTF is Pelosi's problem budkin Jul 2019 #96
What is going on in our party?! 5starlib Jul 2019 #98
The "squad" Watchfoxheadexplodes Jul 2019 #100
Pelosi's 100% right. The Squad" brought this on themselves RelativelyJones Jul 2019 #101
Here are the facts: 95 Dems voted NO, DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #108
I support Speaker Pelosi Gothmog Jul 2019 #111
Let me get this straight: they feel free to attack their fellow democrats on Twitter, GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #115
And she didn't even say their names, and she didn't even do it publicly... ehrnst Jul 2019 #118
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I think the women put a lot of effort into their own isolation. silentEcho Jul 2019 #122
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