Fresh from her high-powered meeting, someone is challenging Senator Pelosi's position - from Bloomberg:
Pelosi to Face Little-Known Challenger as Democrats Rue Election
Representative Tim Ryan, a little-known Democrat from Ohio, said Thursday he’ll challenge Nancy Pelosi to lead a party that’s reeling from a disappointing Election Day.
Ryan’s announcement that he’ll run against Pelosi pits him against the only woman to ever serve as House Speaker and comes after more than a half-dozen better-known colleagues in recent years shied away from the challenge. He declared his candidacy hours after she told reporters that she’d had support from more than two-thirds of the House’s roughly 200 Democratic members.
Ryan, 43, was undeterred, saying that the Democratic Party’s disappointing performance in last week’s election demanded new leadership.
“Over the last 18 years, Democrats have only been in the majority of the House of Representatives for two terms, and last week’s election results set us back even further," said Ryan, of Youngstown. “We have lost over 60 seats since 2010. We have the fewest Democrats in state and federal offices since Reconstruction. At this time of fear and disillusionment, we owe it to our constituencies to listen and bring a new voice into leadership.”
Ryan seems to be good people. If we can get back to the Democratic party of Kennedy and Truman, the whole world will be better off. Pelosi is a symptom, not a cause. The hyper-wealthy should not have control over the government. Pelosi is one of the top 0.1% banksters - here, here, here and here just to start.
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