2019 was supposed to be a great year for Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The liberal lawmaker was finally back in control of the House of Representatives, a position she’d coveted since losing the post 12 years prior. And an energized Democratic Party was supposed to catapult her to the national spotlight as a leading voice against President Donald Trump.
But things haven’t worked out like they were supposed to — and Wednesday night was the perfect example of why Pelosi has struggled to keep her hands on the wheel of a political party swerving further and further to the left.
Far-left Democratic lawmakers refused to support a nonbinding resolution condemning anti-Semitism after freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was accused of spreading anti-Jewish conspiracy theories. Omar suggested this week that anyone who supported the State of Israel was pledging allegiance to a foreign nation.
Behind closed doors, Democrats tried to get on message — but talks quickly fell apart when they began arguing about who was most oppressed.
It became so wild, the liberal lawmakers wouldn’t even agree that hate speech against Jewish people is wrong. The chaos made Pelosi so mad, she stormed out of the Wednesday meeting.
“So, we have some internal issues,” Pelosi admitted Wednesday during a private caucus meeting before leaving.
The final straw that caused Pelosi to storm out came after another newly elected Democrat, Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, stood to speak out against the resolution.
When Pelosi addressed her, Hayes turned to walk away. Exasperated, Pelosi said if Hayes wasn’t going to listen, the conversation was over. She set down the microphone.
Hayes later claimed she didn’t realize Pelosi was talking to her. But, she said, she’s ready to speak out against Pelosi again.
“I don’t want to wait two years before I raise my voice,” she said. “I know that looks different or feels different to people. … But I didn’t come here to just sit quietly and fall in line.”
The early drafts of a statement condemning hatred of Jews was too much to swallow for some Democrats because it didn’t include, among other things, mention of the president.
Talks over the resolution quickly morphed into an argument among young lawmakers over which minority group was being oppressed the worst. Far-left Democrats demanded the statement simply condemn all hatred, and not mention anti-Semetism at all. Jewish lawmakers said that wasn’t fair.
In the end, Pelosi stormed off… and the Democrats shelved the idea, unable to even agree which kind of hate was wrong.
“This is a distraction,” said Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., who made similar remarks during the private session. “We came in promising a rigorous agenda for the people.”
Others said Democrats needed to remind Americans of the dangers of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that are embraced by both neo-Nazis and radical Islamic terrorists.
“It’s important for us to have this conversation and for people to understand the history,” said Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif.
Not all Democrats agree.
Pelosi’s 2019 is off to a rough start — and it looks like it’s only going to get worse.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article