In a disgusting display of sexism, Congressional Democrats appear to be trying to preparing to purge Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi was the first female Speaker of the House and is highly qualified to continue leading her party from defeat to defeat.
The only possible reason to oppose Nancy Pelosi, who conducted outreach to Syrian butcher Assad and hasn't had a new idea since 1962 would be sexism. The new bid to force Pelosi out by postponing leadership elections shows how deeply rooted a culture of sexism has become among Democrats.
House Democrats decided Tuesday to delay their leadership elections until after Thanksgiving -- a move that will give reeling Democrats time to nurse their wounds and could spell trouble for longtime leader Nancy Pelosi.
After a closed-door meeting, some of Pelosi's supporters said it was time for some serious soul-searching in the Democratic Party.
And we all know what "soul-searching" means. It means sexism.
"We just had a shellacking. We just got a shellacking last Tuesday. We got an unexpected defeat and we've got to recalibrate it and decide how we go forward," said Rep. G.K. Butterfield, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and a Pelosi supporter. "It's just like death. There are difference stages of grief you go through."
"Shellacking" starts with an S. Just like sexism. And soul-searching.
No formal challenger has surfaced to Pelosi, but Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan has emerged as the de facto leader of a younger group of House Democrats looking for new direction.
Because of course both parties in Congress have to be led by guys named Ryan. This will make life enormously entertaining for reporters. And is just another sign of how sexist this country is.
A group of younger Democrats has been organizing behind the scenes to review Democratic leadership in the wake of last week's results. By Monday evening, Pelosi's challengers had gathered 33 signatures to a letter seeking a thorough review of why Democrats lost so badly, although the letter did not explicitly call for a challenge to the former House speaker.
That's still less than they got the last time Pelosi was challenged.
Wounded Democrats attempted to laugh off last week's results at the opening of their meeting, watching a series of "Saturday Night Live" clips mocking Trump.
Taking refuge from reality by retreating into the media bubble is the sign of wise and courageous leadership.
"I don't care. I'm agnostic. I was ready to go with after Thanksgiving because I didn't want the new members to be spending all their time worrying about who they are going to vote for -- for this, that or the other thing," Pelosi said. "Then, many of the members were saying: 'Why are you delaying the elections?' And the press was picking that up. 'Why are you delaying the elections?' I'm not delaying it."
That's the kind of coherent and focused messaging everyone has come to expect from whatever her name is. And anyone who doesn't like the idea of seeing her and Harry Reid glaring at them from MSNBC is a sexist and a racist.