House Democrats on Tuesday convinced their leaders to delay a planned Thursday vote on leaders for the next Congress, in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s shocking defeat to Donald Trump.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had resisted calls for a delay for the last several days. But a few dozen rank and file Democrats were pushing for a delay in order to assess the disastrous Nov. 8 election for Democrats, who were expected to win the White House and Senate, and possibly the House, but ended up with nothing.
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