Complex sentence: The GOP had been courting Griffith since August, when he publicly criticized the Democratic House leadership in the wake of raucous town hall meetings in his district, even saying that he wouldn't vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker again.
Split into simpler sentences: The GOP had been courting Griffith since August, when he publicly criticized the Democratic House leadership in the wake of raucous town hall meetings in his district. He'd even gone as far as to say that he wouldn't vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker again.