Pelosi, Dems freak out at meeting over Gibbs saying they might lose the House

The fusillade from Pelosi and other Democrats at a closed-door meeting escalated an already fiery contretemps between the White House and its own party in Congress. And she grilled the top White House aide in attendance, senior legislative affairs staffer Dan Turton, about Gibbs’ intent and impact.

“How could he know what is going on in our districts?” Pelosi told her members at a closed-door meeting in the basement of the Capitol Tuesday night. “Some may weigh his words more than others. We have made our disagreement known to the White House.”

She turned to Turton and asked him to acknowledge that Gibbs’ comments had been damaging to the Democratic cause, Democratic insiders said.