Pelosi picks up support from progressives, incoming freshmen

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN


By Ashley Killough and Manu Raju, CNN

Updated 4:42 PM ET, Fri November 16, 2018

Washington (CNN)A letter that's being circulated on Capitol Hill reveals multiple incoming freshmen -- who were largely noncommittal on the House speaker race during their campaigns --- will in fact support Nancy Pelosi.

The letter, obtained by CNN, is still being circulated and so far includes 61 signatures from women incumbents and members-elect. It comes as Pelosi is shoring up support from the progressive base this week with endorsements from large and powerful groups, as well as prominent progressives in Congress — a move that will put pressure on wayward Democrats to back her bid.

MoveOn, Indivisible and Tax March were among the progressive groups that threw their support behind Pelosi on Thursday and Friday, soon after she met with the Congressional Progressive Caucus. All told, 34 outside groups have backed the California Democrat. Also this week, a group of 100 LGBTQ advocates and leaders endorsed Pelosi in a letter.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a co-chair of the progressive caucus along with Rep. Mark Pocan, earlier this week would not say whom she's supporting, but she is listed on the women's letter in support of Pelosi.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/16/politics/pelosi-progressive-groups/index.html

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Below are all the freshmen on the list:

Angie Craig of Minnesota

Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania

Sylvia Garcia of Texas
Katie Hill of California


Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona

Veronica Escobar of Texas

Deb Haaland of New Mexico

Ilhan Omar of Minnesota

Kim Schrier of Washington

Donna Shalala of Florida

Lori Trahan of Massachusetts

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell of Florida

Jennifer Wexton of Virginia

Notably absent from the list are progressive incoming freshmen like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut.

[Johnyawl]

1. Glad to see my new Rep on that list.

Kim Shirer, WA8

[Bfd]

2. And that absent list is now irrelevant to Pelosi's vote to confirm.

So much noise & zero accomplished.

As expected.

[mcar]

3. So glad to see this

[NastyRiffraff]

4. All women

This is great. It's true that she doesn't need AOC or Hayes. I'm sure Nancy will act accordingly, knowing who her supporters are.

#TeamPelosi

[Hortensis]

6. :) The men are somewhere nearby. Hope they all

are fine with this and accept their exclusion good naturedly.

[Bfd]

8. Pelosi will never need AOC. It is the other way around, however.

Pitiful

Looking at that list of supporters tells us the House Democrats will have some of the finest emerging leaders & their maturity shows that they take their elected role serious.

[Hortensis]

5. One freshman is an ocean scientist, another a biochemist

with a background in managing waste in sustainably and reusably. We already have science oriented people in the caucus of course, but te head of the climate change group just may really appreciate the ocean scientist, and one of the committees addressing environmental issues will probably be thrilled to have the other new asset.

By the way both of these are men, some of the other ten people with science type backgrounds are women in the photo. Almost all are Democrats.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Kim Schrier, WA 8th is a pediatrician...

[Hortensis]

12. Yes. Of all the science-based backgrounds in congress,

medicine has the most people, which is a great fund of knowledge on something dear to everyone. Ourelves. Dr. Kim is also unlikely to believe that repealing the federal reserve system is necessary to exorcise evil liberal spirits. All to the good.

[riversedge]

7. So glad to see this.

[Cha]

9. Deb Haaland, Yay! Here's another one..

Link to tweet

[mudstump]

11. Way to bring the party together...!

[Duppers]

13. Yes!

💃

[The Mouth]

14. I think Congresswoman Pelosi is going to hit the perfect balance.

We HAVE to do two things:

- use the advantage in the House to block, unwind, investigate and generally prevent and undo as much damage as we can. We need people who not only want to fight but have learned from the battles of the past.

AND

Train and mentor the next generation. I'm not ageist, but only the most foolish or egotistical of leaders doesn't prepare the next generation. We've been remiss on that the last time we had the House.

Failure to do either- will spell the end or serious damage..