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Pelosi is crushing the ‘Never Nancy’ movement

By Philip Wegmann

Published December 7, 2018 5:10pm ET

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Pelosi is crushing the ‘Never Nancy’ movement — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the speaker-designate for the new Congress in January, meets with reporters at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Capitol Hill is obsessed with the possibility of a coup inside the House Democratic Caucus, but Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hasn’t flinched. And history shows that her opponents don’t last long.

Rep. Steven Lynch is the latest to defect. The Massachusetts Democrat had vowed to oppose Pelosi, signing a letter with 15 other Democrats promising to vote against her. He even held out for a couple weeks. Not any more.

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