Aww, poor Nancy.
Via Hot Air:
Democrats are reportedly fuming over Nancy Pelosi’s decision to deny Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) a proxy vote in House elections for leadership posts and committee assignments. Duckworth, a heavily pregnant double amputee whose condition prevented her from traveling halfway across the country to cast her votes in person, nobly deferred to Pelosi’s decision. Those Democrats whom the minority leader purports to represent, however, did not.
Pelosi framed her rejection of Duckworth’s request for a proxy vote as a scuffle over process. To grant her a proxy, the long-time Democratic leader claimed, would be to set a problematic precedent. “You’re going to establish a situation where you’re going to determine who has a note from the doctor that’s valid,” she said, “it’s really a place we shouldn’t go down.” In a statement to reporters, Pelosi also insisted that she didn’t get what “all the fuss” was about.