They’re selling out one at a time.
Via Free Beacon:
Rep. Brian Higgins (D., N.Y.) quickly abandoned the small rebellion against Nancy Pelosi to be the next Speaker of the House, announcing Wednesday he would support the lawmaker he previously called “aloof, frenetic and misguided.”
The seven-term Buffalo congressman was one of 16 House Democrats who signed an open letter on Monday pledging to vote for new leadership, but he told The Buffalo News he changed his mind after Pelosi told him she would move two of his top priorities with their new majority to the front of the line: infrastructure and a proposal allowing people to buy into Medicare when they turn 50.
In a statement, Higgins cast his about-face as a “principled stand.”
“Some will ask why I have changed my position,” he said. “The answer is simple: I took a principled stand … A principled stand, however, often requires a pragmatic outlook in order to meet with success.”