Accusations have begun flying among Democrats in the wake of the crushing special election defeats in Georgia and South Carolina on Tuesday.

Democratic lawmakers are targeting their frustration over failing to gain a seemingly winnable district in Georgia on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

'We need leadership change. It's time for Nancy Pelosi to go, and the entire leadership team,' said Dem Rep Kathleen Rice.

Rice attended the closed-door House Democratic caucus meeting on Wednesday morning but said she did not raise the issue in the session.

House Democratic Caucus leaders say it is time for House Minority Leader Pelosi to step down

Rep Kathleen Rice (D-NY) called for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to step down on Wednesday following Democrats crushing defeat in midterm elections in Georgia Tuesday

Speaking to CNN Rice said: 'I think that people were in shock' after hearing a report from Pelosi and the head of the House campaign arm that Democrats lost, but were doing better in contests in other GOP districts.

Massachusetts Democratic Rep Seth Moulton echoed Rice's complaints, saying 'It's clear that, I think, across the board in the Democratic Party we need new leadership... It's time for a new generation of leadership in the party.'

Asked about her colleagues urging her to step down, Pelosi waved off the question and said she would address it at her weekly press conference on Thursday. But pressed if she had any plans to go anywhere, she replied 'no.'

Both Moulton and Rice opposed Pelosi in last year's House Democratic leadership election, casting their ballots instead for Ohio Rep Tim Ryan as minority leader.

While Pelosi won, 44-year-old Ryan received a significant amount of support ― 64 votes to Pelosi's 134 votes.

CNN anchor Manu Raju tweeting Rice's quote that was given to his colleague Deirdre Walsh during her interview with Rice

However, even Pelosi's previous supporters are turning their back on the minority's leadership.

'I think you'd have to be an idiot to think we could win the House with Pelosi at the top,' said Rep Filemon Vela (D-Texas), who supported Pelosi in the leadership election speaking to Politico on Wednesday. 'Nancy Pelosi is not the only reason that Ossoff lost. But she certainly is one of the reasons.'

Republicans aired numerous ads against Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate in the Georgia race, that cast him as beholden to Pelosi and what the GOP characterized as her big spending liberal values from San Francisco.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is under fire from several of her House Democratic Caucus colleagues

National Democrats and Ossoff's campaign, however, refrained from reciprocating with equally unpopular GOP leaders like President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis).

Democrats gambled on peeling affluent, educated GOP voters in the suburban Atlanta district away from Karen Handel, the GOP candidate. They came close ― the historically conservative district swung heavily away from Republicans, but they lost anyway.

Pelosi waived off questions about stepping down, but when pressed on if she had any plans to go anywhere, she replied 'no.'

The minority leader said in a statement that didn't directly respond to Rice's call but instead stressed that now was the time for Democrats to come together.

'I respect the comments of some in our caucus, but right now we must be unified in order to defeat Trumpcare.'