Speaker Attacks From The Left

For John, BLUF:  I think Speaker Pelosi is doing a good job of trying to keep Democrats from veering too far left, and without much help from her associate, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Left Burns a Heretic: Nancy Pelosi

Here is the sub-headline:

Clamoring for her head because she isn't sufficiently pro-Squad, they seem to hate her more than they do Trump and the GOP.

From The American Conservative, by James P Pinkerton, 24 July 2019.

Here is the lede plus three:

For most Democrats, the take is that Donald Trump is a racist. For Woke Democrats, the take is that Nancy Pelosi is Trump’s patsy.

It might not have seemed like Pelosi was a Trump dupe when she pointed her snarky clap at him during the State of the Union, or when she dusted him during the partial government shutdown, or when she said that he belonged in prison. And yet in politics, the caravan is always moving on.

These days, Woke opinion holds that Pelosi has been so soft on Trump as to virtually be his friend. The speaker did, after all, oppose the Woke left in last week’s impeachment vote. Wokesters believe that Pelosi, desirous of keeping her majority in the House—and her own personal control of that majority—has been too tough on the Squad, that being the hip moniker for that noisy quartet of left-wing freshwomen.

The Squad has plenty of friends in high places. One such is Karen Attiah, global opinions editor of The Washington Post.  On July 14, taking note of Trump’s most recent anti-Squad animadversion—the instantly notorious “go back” tweet—Attiah volleyed her own strong tweeting:  “Make no mistake: Nancy Pelosi’s dogwhistling snipes at @AOC, Ilhan Omar, @RashidaTlaib and @RepPressley helped pave the way for this vicious, racist attack from the president.”

While this is good news for President Trump in 2020, it may not be good for the nation as a whole.

And now Speaker Nancy Pelosi finds herself in a sort of No Man's Land between the Left Democrats and the Republicans.  She is not alone, but may be lonely.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff