Democrats upset with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after the party’s loss in this week’s special elections met privately Thursday to plot a way to oust her.
According to Politico, a dozen Democrats attended the meeting, out of 20 members invited.
“There are many more people today, even from November, who are much more vocal, who have approached us and said, ‘I’m done. We need to move forward and we need to get a new leadership team in place,'” Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., told Politico.
Among the Democrats who attended the meeting, Politico reported, were Rice, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, Rep. Tony Cardenas of California, who is a member of House Democratic leadership, and Rep. Seth Moulton of Missouri.
Earlier in the day, Pelosi told reporters she does not plan to step down as leader and called herself a “master legislator.”
Pelosi has been the Democratic leader since 2003 and is the most prolific non-presidential political fundraiser in U.S. history.
In the Georgia special election, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., spent more than $7 million aimed at tying Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff with Pelosi and her “liberal San Francisco values.”
Republican Karen Handel beat Ossoff to become the representative for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District.
