- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a moderate Democrat, ripped into party leaders on a conference call on Thursday after House majority shrank
- ‘No one should say ‘defund the police’ ever again,’ Spanberger said, referring to one of The Squad’s demands
- ‘We will get f****** torn apart,’ she added
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the party, saying Democrats held the House
- Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who lost, her race, cried during call
- She said colleagues couldn’t pronounce her name and were mean on Twitter
- Details from the call played on live on Twitter as those on it leaked details to the Capitol Hill press corp, who promptly tweeted them
- As details from the conference call emerged online, lawmakers demanded the guilty leakers be found
By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER and KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:54 EST, 5 November 2020 | UPDATED: 10:38 EST, 6 November 2020
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