Democrat Seth Moulton Flip Flops On Pelosi

Once an ardent Nancy Pelosi supporter, Democrat Seth Moulton recently withdrew his support following his party’s recent losses.

Last year Moulton wrote a three-page thank you letter to the Democratic Leader, but now dramatically changed his tune calling for her resignation.

This latest flip flop is nothing less than hypocritical.

Via The Boston Globe:

Over last Labor Day weekend, when Democrats were under the mistaken belief they would win the White House and Senate, Representative Seth Moulton sat down to pen a note that departed from his renegade brand.

Three pages of gushing words to Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, thanking her.

For everything.

For the plum House Armed Services Committee assignment she’d given him (“people at home are thrilled,” he enthused). For the chance to sell the Iran nuclear deal on TV (“the opportunity you gave me to exercise that on a national stage did not go unnoticed,” he wrote). Even for the intern she’d helped secure (“I don’t know where we’d be without Dennis — he’s extraordinary!” Moulton exclaimed).

“The bottom line is that I’m proud to be in public service, but I wouldn’t be able to do the job as well without your help,” he concluded, laying the groundwork for a pitch to win a coveted spot on the House Transportation Committee as well.

Shortly after he sent the note, the political landscape shifted, and so did Moulton’s tone. After a devastating November election for Democrats left Republicans in control of all branches of government, Moulton became a loud voice opposing Pelosi’s leadership, joining 62 other House insurgents who voted to replace her in November.

Last week, as the Democratic Party reeled from another loss in a hard-fought House race in Georgia — giving Democrats an 0-for-4 record in House special elections for Republican-held seats this year — Moulton again joined a band of House members demanding that Pelosi, 77, step aside.

Loyalties in Washington are fluid, but even by the Capitol’s standards, Moulton’s change in posture is striking. The September note included no hint of the simmering dissatisfaction he said he was feeling at the time.

Moulton, 38, said that he stands by his letter, which the Globe obtained from a former aide to a member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation.

“There is no intellectual dissonance at all,” he continued. “Generally when you ask for something, you’re polite and thankful.”