Young Democrats are rebelling in the House, led by Mass. lawmakers
WASHINGTON — House Democrats staged a mini-revolt Tuesday, forcing a delay in leadership elections so the caucus can have time to digest Donald Trump’s shocking victory and formulate a plan to respond to the new Republican-controlled world that will dawn in January.
Seth Moulton, a Salem Democrat, helped organize the push to postpone the elections, gathering more than 30 signatures for a letter to House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and convening a dinner at Acqua Al 2, an Italian restaurant on Capitol Hill, with 20 others House Democrats, mostly of the younger ilk, to strategize about Tuesday’s caucus meeting.
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