Pelosi denies pregnant Iraq War Vet double amputee the vote

Even the fags are mad at this one. Lame excuse is that theirs a slippery slope. Oh yeah like millions of House Reps that are pregnant double amputees will go all lazy and demand the vote.

Pelosi is doing this as a political maneuver to get one of her cronies a choice seat of POWER in the House.

Pelosi is the kind of psychopath that would hold a bag of kittens (or babies for that matter) under water while smiling at you and giving you an insane excuse and saying its all ok, its for the planet.

Democrats Fume in Caucus as Duckworth Denied Vote

House Democrats are continuing to pick at Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to allow Rep. Tammy Duckworth — a double amputee Iraq War veteran whose pregnancy has made her unable to travel — to vote by proxy in leadership elections this week.

Pelosi and her allies have been saying since Nov. 13, when the issue first came up, that House Democratic Caucus rules prohibit proxy votes, and that allowing exceptions for the Illinois Democrat would create a slippery-slope scenario.

Members and aides are privately seething over what they see as Pelosi’s latest attempt to stack the deck against Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., who is running for ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Committee against Pelosi’s closest friend and fellow Californian, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo.

And many members are concerned about the optics of not allowing Duckworth a proxy vote when Democrats are supposed to be the party that fights for women. Democrats have tried to make electoral gains by touting the “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds” economic agenda.




50% rule

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