Apparently, Democrats are just waiting for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to leave Congress.
During an interview Tuesday, longtime Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) said that older members of Congress like Pelosi need to “know when to leave” and make room for the younger Democratic lawmakers wishing to assume leadership roles.
“One of the things that I certainly believe with all my heart and soul [is] you have to know when to leave,” explained McCarthy. “And Nancy obviously does not feel that this is the time to leave. Many of us thought that she might stay for maybe this coming year and then hopefully turn the reigns over to someone else.”
However, the New York representative didn’t seem too certain of the existence of younger Democrats who could replace Pelosi.
“When I look around, is anybody really ready to replace her?” McCarthy added.
In her opinion, Democrats need to recruit younger members to represent the party in Congress.
“They have to start training younger people and bring younger people into the caucus to become hopefully the future leaders,” affirmed McCarthy.
At 74 years old, Pelosi may well be at the end of her congressional career. After all, she already showed a sign of old age when she forgot all about Jonathan Gruber and her past praise for him.
Thankfully for Pelosi, McCarthy did balance her insult of the House minority leader with a compliment.
“She is really good at raising money,” said McCarthy. “That’s not one of my fortes; I was never good at that.”
