New Democrats from red districts ran as centrists and running against Pelosi was part of their effort to get votes from Republicans and GOP sympathizers unhappy with Trump.
And in some cases she did her best to support them in their campaigns.
Freshmen Democrats feel the squeeze as Pelosi fight intensifies
As Gil Cisneros completed a Democratic sweep of Orange County, the incoming House freshman fielded a phone call from a person heavily invested in his victory.
It was Nancy Pelosi.
The House Democratic leader congratulated her fellow California Democrat in a warm phone call for a hard-fought victory in what used to be reliably Republican terrain.
"I told her, 'Thank you very much for calling' and that was pretty much it," Cisneros told CNN.
"And we'll probably talk later."
Indeed, they probably will.
Cisneros is one of 12 incoming freshmen Democrats who vowed on the campaign trail to back new leadership in the new Congress, distancing themselves from Pelosi whom the GOP vilified in nearly $100 million worth of ads throughout the country.
Now, in their first vote, freshmen like Cisneros will be forced to choose whether to back Pelosi for speaker to be their caucus' nominee -- or stand by what they said on the campaign trail.
Pelosi is virtually assured to win that vote, which will be conducted next week by secret ballot, because she only has to win the support from more than half of her caucus.
O has publicly come out supporting Ms. Pelosi.
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