{"id":1115438,"date":"2021-12-13T17:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115438"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:28:52","slug":"nancy-pelosi-endorses-former-dnc-chair-tom-perez-for-governor-of-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-endorses-former-dnc-chair-tom-perez-for-governor-of-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Endorses Former DNC Chair\u00a0Tom Perez for\u00a0Governor of Maryland"},"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%2Fnancy-pelosi-endorses-former-dnc-chair-tom-perez-for-governor-of-maryland%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=1115438&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\/Nancy-Pelosi-Tom-Perez-smiles-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday endorsed former Democrat National Committee (DNC) chair and Democrat primary candidate Tom Perez for governor of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>While Perez was <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/482071-key-house-dem-say-perez-must-go-he-doesnt-lead-on-anything\">accused<\/a> of a lack of leadership during his tenure at the DNC, Pelosi has showered Perez with praise as the \u201cmost qualified person\u201d to win the Democrat primary in&nbsp;Maryland.<\/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>\u201cMaryland has an opportunity to flip from red to blue and the most qualified person to do just that is my friend Tom Perez,\u201d Pelosi\u2019s video endorsement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/12\/13\/pelosi-endorse-perez-maryland-governor-race\/\">said<\/a>, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> first reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s endorsement could greatly benefit Perez, who is in a tough eight-person primary race with locally pugged-in candidates vying for the nomination.&nbsp;Perez, however, has a national presence having been the DNC chair during the Trump administration and former labor secretary in the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaker Pelosi is a transformational leader who has spent her entire career in fierce pursuit of justice for America\u2019s children and families,\u201d Perez\u2019s acceptance statement read. \u201cI could not be more proud to receive her endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perez took heat&nbsp;throughout his DNC chairmanship for his \u201clack of leadership\u201d upon&nbsp;Iowa\u2019s vote-counting debacle in 2020. The Iowa vote took place on Tuesday in early February 2020 and lasted four days because of technical glitches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have the Iowa situation you don\u2019t throw them under the bus, you stand up and you support and you try to fix it. He doesn\u2019t lead on anything,\u201d&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;<span class=\"rollover-people\">Marcia Fudge<\/span>&nbsp;(D-OH) said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s endorsement of Perez in the Democrat primary comes as former President Donald Trump has endorsed Maryland State Delegate Daniel Cox&nbsp;(R) from Fredrick, Maryland, in the GOP primary.<\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday endorsed former Democrat National Committee (DNC) chair and Democrat primary candidate Tom Perez for governor of Maryland. 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