It’s still up in the air, but it looks like Nancy Pelosi may end up not being speaker after all if the people against her hold true:
FOX NEWS – The revolt inside the Democratic Party against Nancy Pelosi’s return to the House speakership is gaining momentum with a growing number of Democrats signing a letter pledging not to support the California Democrat for speaker.
Fox News has confirmed at least 17 House Democrats, including incumbents and incoming members, have signed on to a document saying they will not support Pelosi on the House floor for speaker. A Democrat familiar with the effort says they are trying to add more names before the letter is publicly released.
If all those Democrats vote against Pelosi on the floor, Pelosi would not have the votes for speaker. To get the gavel, Pelosi will first need to pick up a majority of the Democratic Caucus in internal leadership elections, then go on to win an absolute majority of the House.
Still, even as these Democrats try to convince Pelosi she doesn’t have enough support to win, no Democrat has stepped forward yet to challenge her.
But on Wednesday, Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Democrat from Ohio, said she is contemplating running for speaker.
“People are asking me to do it, and I am thinking about it,” Fudge told a local news outlet. “I need to give it some thought and see if I have an interest. I am at the very beginning of this process. It is just in discussion at this point.”
While Pelosi would no doubt win her caucus easily, her small majority in the House could prove to be her undoing. If those 17 Democrats vote with Republicans against Pelosi, she would lose by just 4 votes (as it stands now) in the full House: 212-216.
While I would love it for Pelosi to get smacked down by her own party, the truth is whoever replaces her would probably be no better and they could be worse. We don’t have much on Marcia Fudge, but she has been known to say outlandish race-baity things. And she was one of the Democrats who skipped Netanyahu’s speech before Congress in 2015. I’m sure there’s plenty of other bad stuff out there on here, but you get my point.