DCCC Chair Cheri Bustos to Step Down Amid GOP Gains in House – IOTW Report

DCCC Chair Cheri Bustos to Step Down Amid GOP Gains in House

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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D., Ill.) announced Monday she plans to step down from her role and will not seek reelection. 

Bustos’s decision follows a turbulent post-election phone call last week in which House Democrats clashed over their failure to expand their majority and secure the Senate, as pre-election polling had predicted. During the phone call, Bustos said she was “furious” that a blue wave projected for Tuesday’s election “never materialized.” 

“Something went wrong here across the entire political world,” Bustos said. “Our polls, Senate polls, gov polls, presidential polls, Republican polls, public polls, turnout modeling, and prognosticators all pointed to one political environment—that environment never materialized.”

Other House Democrats jumped in to point fingers at each other and squabble over the results. Virginia representative Abigail Spanberger blamed leftists’ anti-police and pro-socialism messaging for her near loss. Florida representative Debbi Mucarsel-Powell cried over her loss and over her name being mispronounced.  more

6 Comments on DCCC Chair Cheri Bustos to Step Down Amid GOP Gains in House

  1. Something went wrong here across the entire political world. Our polls lies, Senate polls lies, gov polls lies, presidential polls lies, Republican polls lies, public polls lies, turnout modeling fish stories, and prognosticators tea leaf readers all pointed to one political environment shaggy dog story — that environment never materialized dog got run over by a real world Trump truck.

    I think that’s what she really meant.

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