{"id":1100034,"date":"2021-12-08T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1100034"},"modified":"2021-12-08T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:29:07","slug":"two-staffers-abandon-nancy-pelosi-in-one-week-increasing-retirement-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-staffers-abandon-nancy-pelosi-in-one-week-increasing-retirement-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Staffers Abandon\u00a0Nancy Pelosi in One Week, Increasing Retirement Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ftwo-staffers-abandon-nancy-pelosi-in-one-week-increasing-retirement-rumors%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=1100034&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\/GettyImages-1236662833-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Two staffers have abandoned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in just one week, a pattern that indicates Pelosi may retire after the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Amid months of Pelosi retirement rumors from CNN, aides, and <em>Atlantic<\/em> magazine, Pelosi\u2019s Press Assistant, Riley Lopez,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/mikekberg\/status\/1468618853932580867?s=10\">announced<\/a> Wednesday he is moving on to a less relevant position in the Senate.<\/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>Lopez\u2019s departure comes days after&nbsp;Robyn Patterson, Pelosi\u2019s former deputy communications director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/07\/pelosi-staffer-who-mask-shamed-republicans-out-at-speakers-office\/\">left<\/a>&nbsp;her office for the Commerce Department.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The departures were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKBerg\/status\/1468618853932580867?s=20\">noticed<\/a> by Mike Berg, National Republican Congressional Committee\u2019s deputy communications director, who suggested the Speaker of the House is under \u201cr<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">etirement watch\u201d:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.7299270072993\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of staff leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a>\u2019s office. Retirement watch? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Map9v7GxIn\">pic.twitter.com\/Map9v7GxIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKBerg\/status\/1468618853932580867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Though Pelosi has not officially announced she will retire or campaign for reelection, CNN&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/nancy-pelosis-retirement-rumors-swirl-democrats-swarm-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;in November she may make good on her promise and opt to vacate her seat. Democrats are unlikely to retain the House majority after the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Capitol Hill, the Speaker\u2019s future is an issue that her top lieutenants are wary of discussing \u2014 even privately \u2014 worried that any hint of jockeying to replace her will create tension in the ranks,\u201d CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>Atlantic<\/em>&nbsp;magazine also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/10\/atlantic-magazine-nancy-pelosi-will-announce-shes-stepping-down\/\">published<\/a>&nbsp;an article in August indicating Pelosi will resign from her leadership role. \u201cS<span class=\"smallcaps\">ometime in the<\/span>&nbsp;not-so-distant future, probably after next year\u2019s midterm elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will announce that she\u2019s stepping down,\u201d the publication&nbsp;wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/nancy-pelosis-retirement-rumors-swirl-democrats-swarm-power\/\">reported<\/a> in November about Democrat House members who may want to replace Pelosi as Speaker but have remained on the sidelines until Pelosi makes a decision either way:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p>Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is one who did challenge Pelosi in 2020.&nbsp;\u201cShe\u2019s previously said that this would be her last term as speaker so I suspect that she would stick to that,\u201d&nbsp;Spanberger said. \u201cBut since 2018, I think I\u2019ve been consistent on the fact that I think we really need new voices spreading the word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) also appears hungry for power. He told CNN he would not comment on the power vacuum. \u201cI\u2019ll let the drama, in terms of internal House dynamics, exist over on the Republican side of the aisle,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_15385552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\">\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who opposed Pelosi winning the speakership in 2020, told CNN she is not satisfied with Pelosi\u2019s leadership. \u201cI feel like just the history of the party overall has been to almost sideline progressive priorities, racial justice priorities, priorities for the working class, health care, et cetera,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think that any selection of leadership should ever be a de facto thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>If Pelosi does not run for reelection, her daughter&nbsp;is rumored&nbsp;have interest in Pelosi\u2019s&nbsp;seat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15385552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"21.7\">\n<div id=\"attachment_18646498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"22.4\">\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two staffers have abandoned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in just one week, a pattern that indicates Pelosi may retire after the 2022 midterms. 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