{"id":1078020,"date":"2021-12-02T19:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078020"},"modified":"2021-12-02T19:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:43:36","slug":"retiring-democrat-slams-pelosis-hostile-work-environment-its-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retiring-democrat-slams-pelosis-hostile-work-environment-its-getting-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring Democrat Slams Pelosi&#039;s &#039;Hostile Work Environment&#039;: It&#039;s Getting Worse"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fretiring-democrat-slams-pelosis-hostile-work-environment-its-getting-worse%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=1078020&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\/12\/Pelosi-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Retiring embattled Democrat Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) slammed&nbsp;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) \u201chostile work environment\u201d that is \u201cgetting worse,\u201d&nbsp;as other Democrats complain about getting work done after the midterms, if the are in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>After the nineteenth Democrat \u2014 Rep. Peter DeFazio \u2014 announced his retirement on Wednesday, Kind acknowledged that the atmosphere on Capitol Hill is not the best.<\/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 class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s face it: The atmosphere in this place \u2014 it\u2019s a hostile work environment,\u201d Kind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/02\/democrats-running-for-exits-house-retirements-523626\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019ve got members threatening to kill other members and treating each other with such disrespect. \u2026Things seem to be getting worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">While Kind talks about a \u201chostile work environment,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/10\/unhappy-ending-wisconsin-democrat-ron-kind-announces-retirement\/\">announced<\/a> his retirement after months of reporting of unearthed documents showing a company Kind had collected tens of thousands of dollars from in rent is a&nbsp;seedy massage parlor, has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/28\/rubmaps-ron-vulnerable-wi-dem-ron-kind-collected-tens-of-thousands-in-rent-from-seedy-massage-parlor\/\">soliciting<\/a> on illicit&nbsp;websites known by police for offering sex.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">In addition, the building that houses the seedy parlor business and the massage massage parlor tenants themselves were linked to sex trafficking and prostitution in the past. Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/10\/unhappy-ending-wisconsin-democrat-ron-kind-announces-retirement\/\">uncovered<\/a>&nbsp;newspaper reports from the 1970s and 1980s that showed the building was known by law enforcement as a \u201chouse of prostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Not only have 19 Democrats decided to call it quits on the House officially, but three of the retirees, such as DeFazio, are committee chairs \u2014 most of which are in battleground districts. This gives Republicans a chance to gain another seat, as strong Republican candidates are already running in most \u2014 if not all \u2014 of the 19 districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve been here a long time, it gets old after a while,\u201d said&nbsp;Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), who\u2019s been rumored to be eyeing the exit signs himself.&nbsp;\u201cEspecially with redistricting and the likelihood of us potentially losing the majority, a lot of folks \u2026 are looking at this as the high-water mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Greg Meeks (D-NY) complained to <em>Politico<\/em> that being in Congress, \u201cespecially\u201d with a weak majority wherein Pelosi can not lose more than a handful of votes to pass her partisan agenda items, is \u201chard.\u201d He said:&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m a new chair. But I can tell you it\u2019s hard, especially when you have smaller margins, trying to get things done\u2026 The climate here has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Longtime&nbsp;Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) conceded that after the midterms, Congress will not be as \u201cexciting\u201d as it is now, when they are passing partisan agenda items on near party line votes, if the Democrats end up in the minority. He said: \u201cI mean, 2023 is not going to be as exciting as what we\u2019re doing now\u2026Even if we\u2019re still in the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are rumors of more Democrats abandoning ship in the coming weeks and months leading up to the midterms. In addition, there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/18\/droves-of-democrats-exiting-the-house-create-massive-problems-ahead-of-midterms\/\">reports<\/a> of&nbsp;Pelosi herself&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/nancy-pelosis-retirement-rumors-swirl-democrats-swarm-power\/\">contemplating<\/a> leaving elected office.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, who have already seen more than triple the number of members retire, have also&nbsp;received low poll numbers and lost to Republicans in generic ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous polls have shown Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/24\/poll-republicans-leads-democrats-in-generic-congressional-ballot-heading-into-2022\/\">beating<\/a> Democrats in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/10\/poll-republicans-edge-out-democrats-in-generic-ballot-as-midterms-gear-up\/\">generic<\/a> ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/poll-republicans-lead-democrats-in-generic-congressional-race\/\">leading up<\/a>&nbsp;to the election when respondents say who they would elect to represent them, as&nbsp;Democrats continue to pass partisan agenda items, such as the infrastructure package and the reconciliation bill. One generic poll from RealClearPolitics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/11\/07\/realclearpolitics-republicans-lead-generic-ballot-first-time-since-2014\/\">showed<\/a> Republicans leading for the first time since 2014.<\/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>Retiring embattled Democrat Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) slammed\u00a0House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) \u201chostile work environment\u201d that is \u201cgetting worse,\u201d\u00a0as other Democrats complain about getting work done after the midterms, if &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}