Trump and Republicans don’t want Nancy Pelosi to go

“And usually they go after the most effective leaders, because they want to take us, diminish the opportunity that we have”. “Well, I’m a master legislator”. But each side having a base of voters who believe in the strength of their respective parties is itself an ingredient required for competitive politics. “My leadership is recognized by many around the country”. A national influx of roughly $25 million – the most ever spent on a U.S. House race – couldn’t get Democrat Jon Ossoff, 30, over the finish line.

Republican Karen Handel, a former state official, beat Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff by 3.8 points in the wealthy, educated suburbs of Georgia’s 6th district. “Democrats from coast to coast threw everything they had at this race, and Karen would not be defeated”, House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement.

All the races were on GOP-friendly terrain.

Some Democrats are so fed up with their party leadership that they are looking at ways of removing Nancy Pelosi from her post as House minority leader. They must pick up 24 seats to do so.

Several Democratic lawmakers have said Pelosi’s position as a prominent face of the Democratic Party will continue to make winning elections hard.

A handful of House Democrats made similar calls on Wednesday, with Rep. Kathleen Rice of Long Island, New York, telling CNN, “We need leadership change”.

“If we think we’re going to win these elections because President Trump’s at 35 percent, I think in districts like mine and certainly Georgia and SC, it takes more than that”, said Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota. Pelosi acknowledged the attacks but added, “I think I’m worth the trouble”.

President Trump took to Twitter Thursday to weigh in on whether Pelosi should resign.

What’s more, there is already renewed pressure for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to step aside. That would be very bad for the Republican Party – and please let Cryin’ Chuck stay!

Pelosi laughed when asked about the tweet.

“Clearly, these ads using her, linking her to our candidates is still working”.

She benefits from a dearth of younger colleagues tagged as heirs to her leadership, and no up-and-coming Democrat can match her fundraising skills, no matter which figures are used.

Wasserman sees “a pattern that should still worry GOP incumbents everywhere”. And yet they came up short, as they have in every special election this year involving a Republican congressional seat.

Ossoff’s supporters say they plan to reorganize and will try to force Republicans to compete in local and state elections in historically safe territory, similar to the congressional district in suburban Atlanta.

“I love the arena, I thrive on competition, and I welcome the discussion”.

Inside a House Democratic Caucus meeting Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill, Pelosi labeled the loss as “clearly a setback”, according to a person in the room who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private meeting.

Asked if that meant Pelosi should go, Moulton – who backed Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan’s challenge to Pelosi’s leadership post past year – said: “I think that’s a question for the caucus to decide”.

As Moulton raised questions in his Wednesday interview about relitigating that leadership fight, he referred to the need for a “new generation” of leaders in the party. Pelosi has helped engineer budget deals, an overhaul of the nation’s health care law and an economic stimulus during her years as a leader.