The third tweet addresses how several Democrats are blaming Pelosi's House leadership for Jon Ossoff's special election defeat.
"We are spending way too much time talking about Donald Trump and we're being overwhelmed with our own anger toward him", Rep. Tim Ryan of OH told reporters. At this point a coup seems unlikely, though Vela said, "I think there was consensus within the room that there are other members within the caucus who feel just like we do". "They don't get it". The contentious Russian investigation, for example, is "just disconnected from what normal people and average people are going through".
And after she predicted incorrectly that Democrats were poised to take back the House past year, some of Pelosi's colleagues feel that this time around, she needs to deliver.
In retort Thursday, Pelosi said, "I think I'm worth the trouble, quite frankly". In Kansas in April, in Montana last month and in Georgia and SC on Tuesday, Democratic candidates outperformed their party's past showings, but still fell short where it counts: Republicans won. Ryan believes those ads were instrumental in the Republicans' victories.
It's no surprise that the Dems tanked, given the inept leadership they have in Congress, especially in the House, where Nancy Pelosi calls the shots as the minority leader.
Ryan said his party suffers from a "perception" issue. David Gergen, senior political analyst, and former presidential advisor to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Raegan, and Bill Clinton, told CNN that the results should serve as a warning to the Dems to never underestimate Donald Trump and his party's capacity to win against them.
Louis Tomlinson talks life after One Direction in candid new interview
It was only in the past few years, he says, that he really began to feel he was coming into his own within 1D. The whole interview is a doozy, and it makes for an important - if not devastating - read.
"You want me to sing my praises, is that what you're saying?" she said.
The solution to these problems, Ryan maintains, lies in changing leadership and widening the party's appeal. When nearly two-thirds of governors chairs are controlled by Republicans. "This is good news for us", she said. "Although I will say one thing: Maybe it shows that all the money in the world can't buy an election".
Moulton acknowledged there was no candidate at the moment challenging the party leadership. "I don't really have any real ambition at this point to do anything".
"Right now, what I'm pushing for is a conversation within the caucus", Rice said.
BENNETT: Again, that's Congressman Tim Ryan.
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