Another Dem takes aim at Nancy Pelosi, but 'Squad' calls party one 'big family'
The Michigan representative said leadership needs to include more Midwestern lawmakers
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rep. Elissa Slotkin has said she won't support Nancy Pelosi's bid to serve as speaker again, which is the latest in a series of indications that Democrats are facing internal division.
“I will not be voting for Nancy Pelosi,” Slotkin, D-Mich., told Politico in a report published Friday. “I have no idea if people are going to run against her, or who might run against her. And I will of course have this conversation directly with her. But I believe we need new leadership. I would love to see more Midwesterners, because if you look across the leadership. … I respect these people, but it’s New York and California.”
Slotkin's comments echoed what a Democratic source told Fox News earlier this month.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“There's absolutely no accountability from the speaker," the frustrated Democrat said. "We should have won big but you know the defund the police issue, the Green New Deal -- those issues killed our members. Having everybody walk the plank on qualified immunity with the cops. That just hurt a lot of members. No one's taking responsibility for it.”
Pelosi, D-Calif., is running to retain her speakership after what's been described as a disappointing showing by Democratic candidates in the election. During a conference call earlier this month, some members blasted the party's embrace of left-wing policies like "defund the police."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}On Sunday, however, one of the House's more progressive members, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called the party a "big family."
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“When you think about our party, Speaker Pelosi always says we are a big tent, and that means that we are a big family," she told MSNBC. "We all have our own constituencies that we have to serve. We are part of a caucus working on behalf of the people. We think of ourselves as the party of the people."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News' Yael Halon contributed to this report.