Spanberger Revolts Against Pelosi: ‘Party Needs New Leaders’

• Virginia Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger lit into House Speaker for a “failure of House leadership” after Pelosi blocked legislation to ban stock trading by members and their families.
• Spanberger: “After first signaling her opposition to these reforms, the Speaker purportedly reversed her position. However, our bipartisan reform coalition was then subjected to repeated delay tactics, hand-waving gestures, and blatant instances of Lucy pulling the football.”
• She added: “This moment marks a failure of House leadership, and it’s yet another example of why I believe that the Democratic Party needs new leaders in the halls of Capitol Hill.”

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