If we run this race again we will get fucking torn apart again in 2022, Spanberger says
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
The Washington Post’s Erica Werner live-tweeted a post-election conference call that took place between Democratic members of the House.
Tempers were running high, Werner reported, over results that saw Republicans flip 9 Democrats seats. She said Virginia congresswoman Abigail Spanberger was quite angry with some of the more “progressive” members of her party.
“We lost races we shouldn’t have lost. Defund the police almost cost me my race because of an attack ad. Don’t say socialism ever again. We need to get back to basics,” Werner quotes Spanberger as saying.
“If we run this race again we will get f——- torn apart again in 2020,” Werener says Spanberger added.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disagreed with that assessment, Werner says, reminding her caucus that they kept the House and won the presidency.
Spanberger on the Dem caucus call: We lost races we shouldn’t have lost.
Defund police almost cost me my race bc of an attack ad.
Don’t say socialism ever again.
Need to get back to basics.
(Is yelling.)— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Pelosi comes back on and says she disagrees, they won the House and presidency
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Also earlier in the call Debbie Mucarsel-Powell who lost her race was crying , and mentioned how people can’t pronounce her name, and said stop being negative on Twitter
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
It just keeps going as Pascrell now calling out Schumer.
Pelosi’s done an amazing job … but where’s Schumer in all of this? Says Pelosi has one hand tied behind her back— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
You can read Werner’s thread in full here.