Rep. Seth Moulton pens bogus argument against Pelosi as speaker
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Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, one of the key ringleaders of the conservative uprising against Nancy Pelosi's leadership, laid out his best argument Tuesday against her speakership complete with bogus reasoning and dated polling to back it up. The crux of MRep. Seth Moulton pens bogus argument against Pelosi as speaker
Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, one of the key ringleaders of the conservative uprising against Nancy Pelosi's leadership, laid out his best argument Tuesday against her speakership complete with bogus reasoning and dated polling to back it up. The crux of Moulton's justification for ousting Pelosi comes down to this: the voters who sent some 40 new Democrats to Congress this cycle wanted «real change and new leadership in Washington.» «And if we, as Democrats, are going to answer that call, we can't turn around and choose the same leadership we've had in place since 2003,» Moulton wrote at CNN. It is entirely disingenuous of Moulton to hide behind voters in order to rationalize his anti-Pelosi campaign. The «real change» voters clearly endorsed in the election was for competent leadership (i.e. a check on Trump) and shoring up health care. In fact, the top two issues driving people's votes for Democrats in the AP exit polls were health care and Donald Trump: nearly 4 in 10 people who voted for Democrats said health care was their top issue; another 4 in 10 people said they cast their vote to express opposition to Trump. Those two issues dominated the mindset of pro-Democratic voters. Voters plainly didn't vote against Pelosi; they voted against Trump and in favor of shoring up the healthcare law Pelosi both passed in 2010 and helped to build their entire midterm strategy around. But if you want to look at the election as a head-to-head between Pelosi and Trump—which is certainly the matchup Republicans spent millions of dollars hyping—Pelosi won without a doubt. Anti-Trump votes led the way to Democrats' victory. In order to buttress his point, Moulton cites Gallup polling suggesting 56 percent of Democrats favor new leadership over Pelosi. The poll was conducted Oct. 15-28, well before Pelosi-led Democrats executed the most impressive takedown of Republicans since Watergate. Huh, why use last month's polling, Seth? Here's why, from Quinnipiac Tuesday: Democrats say 53 - 27 percent they would like to see U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi return to her position as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Levels of support are consistent across the Democratic political spectrum. Huh, it seems Moulton's coup only enjoys the support of a quarter of Democrats. Read more