09.07.2019 - 19:38 [ theHill.com ]

Pelosi on disagreement with Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, Pressley: ‚They‘re four people and that‘s how many votes they got‘

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in an interview with a New York Times opinion columnist, said that despite their popularity, progressive congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) each only get one vote.

Pelosi‘s comments follow a recent split between the four lawmakers and more moderate House Democrats over a House-passed spending measure aimed at helping migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.