{"id":2376765,"date":"2024-12-05T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-rep-jerry-nadler-bows-out-of-leadership-after-nancy-pelosi-gets-involved-report\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:53:00","slug":"longtime-democratic-rep-jerry-nadler-bows-out-of-leadership-after-nancy-pelosi-gets-involved-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-rep-jerry-nadler-bows-out-of-leadership-after-nancy-pelosi-gets-involved-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler Bows Out of Leadership After Nancy Pelosi Gets Involved: Report"},"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\">30<\/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%2Flongtime-democratic-rep-jerry-nadler-bows-out-of-leadership-after-nancy-pelosi-gets-involved-report%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=2376765&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>Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing a crucial role in reshaping the leadership\u200b of several House\u2063 committees as the Democratic Party prepares for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-reveals-his-new-years-resolution-to-come-back-next-year\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s New Year&#039;s Resolution: &#039;To Return Next Year\">upcoming\u200b challenges<\/a>.\u200c Reports \u2064suggest that Pelosi has been instrumental in advocating\u200d for\u2062 Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland to take over as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">ranking member<\/a> of the\u2064 House \u200cJudiciary Committee, leading to the\u2063 withdrawal of incumbent Rep. Jerry Nadler from the race. Nadler expressed his decision \u200bto step down was \u200dmade in the \u200binterest of ensuring a strong \u200cDemocratic fight against President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Further shifts are expected in other committee leaderships, as senior members like Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva and Rep. David Scott face\u200c challenges from younger Democrats. These leadership contests reflect a broader trend of\u2062 seeking\u200c new \u2062leadership within \u200bthe party in anticipation of potential threats to democracy. The reshuffling aims\u2063 to\u2063 position the Democratic committee\u2062 members effectively \u200cas the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">party confronts pressing political \u2064challenges ahead<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Months after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi helped engineer the departure of President Joe Biden from the race for the White House, she has become involved in rearranging the leadership of several House committees, according to new reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pelosi-refuses-call-quits-files-reelection-84-years-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelosi<\/a> was a major force behind the scenes pushing for Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland to replace House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler of New York, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/30\/us\/politics\/democrats-nadler-raskin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nadler withdrew from the contest on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after Nadler stood down, Pelosi was asked if she was supporting challenges to the existing ranking members of House committees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some,&rdquo; she replied, adding, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know all of them,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/04\/nancy-pelosi-committee-raskin-nalder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is urging a younger challenger to take on Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ranking member on the Judiciary Committee.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FJvUc5rBGp\">https:\/\/t.co\/FJvUc5rBGp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\/status\/1863249710603014574?\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Axios noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-accused-straight-lying-confronted-kamala-actually-came-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changes<\/a> are coming to other committees.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Ra&uacute;l Grijalva of Arizona, who is 75, said he will step aside as ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee after Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman of California, who is 60, launched a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>A three-way race is taking place for leadership of the Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking member Rep. David Scott of Georgia, who is 79, is fighting off challenges by Reps. &nbsp;Jim Costa of California, who is 72, and Angie Craig of Minnesota, who is 52.<\/p>\n<p>Nadler said he bowed out to ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-throws-fit-live-cnn-trump-coverage-even-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> can fight President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As our country faces the return of Donald Trump, and the renewed threats to our democracy and our way of life that he represents, I am very confident that Jamie would ably lead the Judiciary Committee as we confront this growing danger,&rdquo; Nadler wrote in the letter announcing his plans to step aside, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/longtime-rep-nadler-drops-bid-remain-top-democrat-judiciary-panel-chal-rcna182908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the 119th Congress, the Judiciary Committee will be the headquarters of Congressional opposition to authoritarianism and MAGA&rsquo;s campaign to dismantle our Constitutional system and the rule of law as we know it,&rdquo; Raskin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jerry Nadler Drops Out of High-Stakes House Race After Reports Claim Pelosi Staged a &lsquo;Coup&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jDaqbn4jXI\">https:\/\/t.co\/jDaqbn4jXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BapouSpoon (@BapouSpoon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BapouSpoon\/status\/1864713284709949508?\">December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Raskin moves to the Judiciary Committee, &nbsp;his job as ranking member of the Oversight Committee is up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has been mentioned as a contender against Rep. Gerry Connolly, of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have been receiving a lot of input from my colleagues, and we&rsquo;ll be making a decision,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to The New York Times, Pelosi has been advocating for Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland to succeed Jerry Nadler as the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, leading to Nadler&#8217;s withdrawal from the race on Wednesday. When asked about her support for challenges against current committee leaders, Pelosi acknowledged some involvement but stated she wasn&#8217;t familiar with all cases. Additionally, other committee shifts are anticipated; Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva plans to step down as ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee following a challenge from Rep. Jared Huffman. A competitive three-way contest is also underway for leadership on the House Agriculture Committee among Reps. David Scott, Jim Costa, and Angie Craig. Nadler cited his decision to step aside as a means to strengthen Democratic opposition against President-elect Donald Trump and emphasized Raskin&#8217;s capability in leading during this critical time for democracy and constitutional integrity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lol-14.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32923,34396,43229,32551,32603],"class_list":["post-2376765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-party","tag-jerry-nadler","tag-leadership-change","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lol-14.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376765","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376769,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376765\/revisions\/2376769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}