{"id":1066538,"date":"2021-11-29T22:16:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T03:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1066538"},"modified":"2021-11-29T22:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T03:17:07","slug":"pelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-vermont-rep-peter-welch-abandons-house-for-senate-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-vermont-rep-peter-welch-abandons-house-for-senate-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s Majority Crumbles: Longtime Vermont Rep. Peter Welch Abandons House for Senate Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-vermont-rep-peter-welch-abandons-house-for-senate-bid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1066538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/election-2022-vermont-senate-rep-peter-welch-vt-questions-ambassador-ukraine-marie-yovanovitch-e1637606433966-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat&nbsp;Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) launched his Senate campaign on Monday to replace retiring Sen.&nbsp;Patrick Leahy (D-VT), abandoning the Democrats in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) dwindling majority.<\/p>\n<p>Welch\u2019s Senate bid makes him the seventeenth Democrat leaving the House for retirement or running for another office.&nbsp;Leahy announced last week he would not be speaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/vermont-democrat-sen-patrick-leahy-will-not-seek-reelection\/\">reelection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running for the United States Senate to work for you, for Vermont, for our country, and for our imperiled democracy,\u201d the&nbsp;74-year old <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelchForVT\/status\/1462737841868451840\">tweeted<\/a> Monday.&nbsp;Welch has&nbsp;been Vermont\u2019s at-large congressional district representative since 2007 and has been involved in politics for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a roughly two-minute campaign video, he spoke about all the issues that have been&nbsp;\u201cfilibustered by the Mitch McConnell Republicans in the Senate,\u201d including \u201cvoting rights,\u201d \u201cMedicare for All,\u201d \u201cGreen New Deal,\u201d \u201clowering prescription drug costs,\u201d \u201creproductive justice,\u201d and \u201cracial and economic justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.0689655172414\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And Welch is endorsed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieSanders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TSC5YUdFnq\">pic.twitter.com\/TSC5YUdFnq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicholaswu12\/status\/1462768986505023488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-TV), the only other member of the&nbsp;state\u2019s congressional delegation, has already endorsed&nbsp;Welch.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cWelch understands that if we are going to combat the existential threat of climate change, establish universal health care, lower the cost of prescription drugs, create good paying jobs in Vermont and protect American democracy, now is the time to think big, not small,\u201d&nbsp;Sanders said in his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Welch running for Senate&nbsp;leaves his seat wide open for another potentially brutal battle for state Democrats looking to run, also giving Republicans a chance at an open Senate and House seat. This also allows Sanders an opportunity&nbsp;to endorse and help elect another far-left candidate of his choosing to fill Vermont\u2019s at-large congressional district.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat\u00a0Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) launched his Senate campaign on Monday to replace retiring Sen.\u00a0Patrick Leahy (D-VT), abandoning the Democrats in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) dwindling majority. 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