{"id":1703826,"date":"2022-10-20T11:43:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1703826"},"modified":"2022-10-20T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:19:17","slug":"pelosi-responds-to-calls-for-new-blood-to-lead-democrat-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-responds-to-calls-for-new-blood-to-lead-democrat-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Responds to Calls for &#8216;New Blood&#8217; to Lead Democrat Party"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpelosi-responds-to-calls-for-new-blood-to-lead-democrat-party%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=1703826&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--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-speaker-of-the-house-nancy-pelosi\">Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-Calif.) on Oct. 18 brushed aside calls by a member of her caucus for new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The comments in question were made by Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who said during a TV appearance that the party needs \u201cnew blood\u201d to lead it moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been very vocal, including with my own leadership in the House, that we need a new generation. We need new blood, period, across the Democratic Party, in the House, the Senate, and the White House,\u201d Slotkin told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said I think we need new leaders. I would love to see some Midwestern leaders in there, right? That\u2019s been important to me, is to reflect the middle of the country,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re here too, and I do think new blood is a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a later appearance on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cAndrea Mitchel,\u201d Pelosi acceded the need for some \u201cgenerational change,\u201d but emphasized the importance of experienced leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we need generational change,\u201d Pelosi said. \u201cOf course we do. But in some cases there\u2019s no substitute for experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what she would tell members of her caucus, particularly younger members agitating for a bigger role in the 118th Congress, Pelosi replied, \u201cWin, baby. Just win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s what you have to say to win, fine, and we will not in any way do anything but [be] totally supportive\u2014mobilization-wise, message-wise, money-wise\u2014for those people to win their races,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<h2>Younger Members Feel Slighted<\/h2>\n<p>Slotkin is only the latest Democrat to push for generational changes in leading the party forward.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of September, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.)\u2014another young, relatively new face among congressional Democrats\u2014made similar calls.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Spanberger blasted her party for what she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/a-failure-of-house-leadership-democrat-mutinies-after-hoyer-blocks-congressional-trading-ban_4767064.html\">called<\/a> \u201ca failure of House leadership,\u201d after Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) postponed a scheduled vote on a bill that would ban stock trading by members of Congress and their families. The legislation was the newest iteration of a bipartisan push that has ballooned over the past year, and Spanberger indicated that the delay in considering the bill spoke to larger issues with the party\u2019s current leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Like Slotkin, Spanberger called for new leaders to take over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis moment marks a failure of House leadership and it\u2019s yet another example of why I believe that the Democratic Party needs new leaders in the halls of Capitol Hill, as I have long made known,\u201d Spanberger wrote. \u201cRather than bring Members of Congress together who are passionate about this issue, leadership chose to ignore these voices, push them aside, and look for new ways they could string the media and the public along\u2014and evade public criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cIt\u2019s apparent that House leadership does not have its heart in this effort, because the package released earlier this week was designed to fail. It was written to create confusion surrounding reform efforts and complicate a straightforward reform priority\u2014banning Members of Congress from buying and selling individual stocks\u2014all while creating the appearance that House Leadership wanted to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Generational fractures between old guard Democrats and young lawmakers who won their seats during the blue wave in 2018 have begun to emerge in the party.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 caucus includes three of the five youngest members of Congress\u2014including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).<\/p>\n<p>Though the average age of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-house-democrats\">House Democrats<\/a> is 59 years old, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscalnote.com\/blog\/how-old-is-the-117th-congress\">data from FiscalNote<\/a>, party leadership has an average age of almost 72 years old, including three octogenarians.<\/p>\n<p>Generational fractures between the party old guard and new Democrats first emerged as early as 2018, when Democrats extracted a pledge from Pelosi that she would not serve as speaker again. She later reneged on that promise, being reelected speaker in the 117th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also seems to be open to another term as House Democrats\u2019 leader. Asked by reporters if she would seek another term as speaker or minority leader, Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-leaves-open-the-prospect-of-another-term-as-speaker-despite-past-promises_4730821.html\">refused<\/a> to commit to her past promise to step down.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Slotkin and Spanberger are not the only Democrats to call for a changing of the guard among leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) and Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) are among the few in their caucus who have gone as far as calling for a \u201cnew generation\u201d of Democrats to take over from President Joe Biden and other current leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to this end have grown gradually as younger Democrats have found their footing in Congress. However, it remains unclear how many in the party share the sentiment; in preparation for a tough midterm battle, most Democrats have striven to avoid the appearance of disunity.<\/p>\n<p>But after the election\u2014particularly if, as observers expect, Republicans take back control of the lower chamber\u2014power struggles among aging leaders and ambitious young lawmakers could burst into the open.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-joseph-lord\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ttl7dayRJQ_WEB_JosephLord-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"Joseph Lord\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joseph Lord is a congressional reporter for The Epoch Times.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Oct. 18 brushed aside calls by a member of her caucus for new leadership.The comments in question were made by Rep. 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