Wait, who was put through hell?

Via Reuters:

U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi agreed on Tuesday to postpone the party’s leadership elections until Nov. 30 amid discontent among some rank-and-file Democrats over her leadership style, according to sources familiar with closed-door discussions.

Democrats in the House of Representatives now are scheduled to vote on Nov. 30 on whether to renew Pelosi’s long-held position as Democratic leader for another two years. Other Democratic house leadership jobs also will be up for a vote.

No other Democrat has come forward to challenge Pelosi, although at least one is weighing what likely would be an uphill bid to dethrone the liberal California Democrat.

House Democrats gathered behind closed doors to assess what went wrong in the Nov. 8 elections that swept Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump into power and allowed Republicans to retain their majorities in both houses, although slightly smaller ones than in the past two years.

One senior House Democratic aide described Tuesday’s meeting as being unusually contentious as members grappled with how the Democratic Party should rebuild following last week’s election losses, with some wanting new blood in leadership.

“After every single election cycle, she (Pelosi) says things are going to change” in how she interacts with the caucus, the aide said characterizing lawmakers’ concerns. “But then, she doesn’t do anything different. It’s the same inside circle” surrounding her.

Democratic aides and a lawmaker said Pelosi made the announcement on the new date for party elections “after protracted discussion” in the meeting. The elections had been expected to take place on Thursday in preparation for Congress convening on Jan. 3.

“We’ve been through hell,” Pelosi told lawmakers, according to a Democratic aide who was in the room but spoke on condition of anonymity. “And it’s only going to get worse as he (Trump) makes his appointments and we have this fight. But we have to see it as an opportunity.”