Gwen Graham Draws Fire Over Nancy Pelosi

Noting that newly elected Gwen Graham, the Democrat who beat U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., earlier this month, said she would not vote for U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to lead her partys caucus, conservative group Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) took her to task.

On Tuesday, the CLF pointed to reports showing Pelosi had been elected to lead Democrats without any opposition.

Gwen Graham has just arrived to prepare for her seat in Congress, but it appears shes already gone Washington, CLF emailed the media on Tuesday. This morning, House Democrats unanimously re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader with no nays audible in the room,' including from Gwen Graham.

North Florida voters are already seeing the real Gwen Graham: good at giving her word, not so good at keeping it, CLF added.

Graham countered that she did not back Pelosi and will not vote for her as speaker come January.

We need new leadership in both parties to move forward, and thats why I didnt give my support to Nancy Pelosi today, Graham said in a statement on Tuesday. When the vote for leadership happens in January, I will support someone who I believe can bring people together to solve problems.