House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi publicly defended House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer after audio surfaced of a call in which he urged a Democrat candidate to drop out of a primary.
The controversy surrounding audio logs of a call between Hoyer and Colorado candidate Levi Tillerman uncovered by The Intercept continues to mount. Pelosi is trying to defuse the same tension that embittered supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential primary.
At her weekly press conference, Pelosi claimed that she didn’t “see anything inappropriate in what Mr. Hoyer was engaged in conversation about.” Further, she dismissed the manipulation as “if the realities of life is that some candidates can do better in the general than others, then that’s a clear-eyed conversation that we should be having.”
Hoyer’s own spokesperson, Katie Grant, said much the same: “Whip Hoyer is committed to taking back the House, and that involves working with local leaders to identify and support the strongest candidate for that district.”
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6 comments:
"...of the people, by the people, for the people..."
Since when did we become a nation where Congress decides who can and who can NOT run for office. Anyone who feels this is alright needs to resign or should be forcibly removed from office!
This is typical behavior for a democrat.
Steny ought to drop out next time.
Hillary and the old guard still in charge.
WHat about the calls Hillary made to tell her staff destroy 30,000 emails, destroy hard drives, smash blackberries, and wipe hard drives?
Then there are the calls her staff made to Russian donors for future access to her as president.
Bite your tongue! Congress may decide who RUNS for office but James Comey and the other henchmen at FBI decides who WINS. This of course with the help of the (Muslim) Brennan and the other jerk (Clapper).
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