House Democrats explode in recriminations

[NorthernVike 2,080]

House Democrats explode in recriminations as liberals lash out at moderates

 

 

House Democrats exploded in recriminations Thursday over moderates bucking the party, with liberal Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatening to put those voting with Republicans “on a list” for a primary challenge.

 

In a closed-door session, a frustrated Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lashed out at about two dozen moderates and pressured them to get on board. “We are either a team or we’re not, and we have to make that decision,” Pelosi said, according to two people present but not authorized to discuss the remarks publicly.

 

But Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), the unquestioned media superstar of the freshman class, upped the ante, admonishing the moderates and indicating she would help liberal activists unseat them in the 2020 election. 

Corbin Trent, a spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez, said she told her colleagues that Democrats who side with Republicans “are putting themselves on a list.”

“She said that when activists ask her why she had to vote for a gun safety bill that also further empowers an agency that forcibly injects kids with psychotropic drugs, they’re going to want a list of names and she’s going to give it to them,” Trent said, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Triggering the blowup was Wednesday’s votes on a bill to expand federal background checks for gun purchases. Twenty-six moderate Democrats joined Republicans in amending the legislation, adding a provision requiring that ICE be notified if an illegal immigrant seeks to purchase a gun.

That infuriated liberals who have railed against ICE’s role in conducting mass deportations and embarrassed Democratic leaders who couldn’t keep their members in line on a high-profile bill.

The Democratic infighting reflects a fractured caucus and diverse freshman class, with dozens of moderates elected in districts that President Trump won in 2016 at odds with hard-charging liberals. The split has exposed divisions among Pelosi and her top lieutenants, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), over the party strategy to keep its newfound majority.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-explode-in-recriminations-as-liberals-lash-out-at-moderates/ar-BBUdVVT?li=BBnb7Kz

 

 

The article is longer but nobody wants to read the whole dam thing.

 

This focking ###### thinks she can make a list and take out other democrats?  She's focking delusional. 

 

The whole party is about to blow up. 

 

Get your popcorn ready.  I can't wait. 

 

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Howard Dean started hunting witches in 2005.  It gave an immediate but short lasting benefit.  Tea party did it, with basically the same results. I expect the Democrats to make some strides for 2020.  Then the bills will come due in 2022.  DC is now so cyclical, you set a watch by it.

[Mike Honcho 4,033]

11 minutes ago, NorthernVike said:

 

 

This focking ###### thinks she can make a list and take out other democrats?  She's focking delusional. 

 

The whole party is about to blow up. 

 

Get your popcorn ready.  I can't wait. 

 

Yeah, who does she think she is...POTUS?

[Vikings4ever 496]

[NorthernVike 2,080]

1 minute ago, Mike Honcho said:

Yeah, who does she think she is...POTUS?

Deflection! 

 

 

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Democrats and their Union picket line mentality...... far be it for the moderates to actually represent their constituency and not cave to the thug mentality of Pelosi and Schumer.

[5-Points 2,729]

29 minutes ago, NorthernVike said:

In a closed-door session, a frustrated Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lashed out at about two dozen moderates and pressured them to get on board. “We are either a team or we’re not, and we have to make that decision,” Pelosi said, according to two people present but not authorized to discuss the remarks publicly.

That's the focking problem right there. People aren't allowed to vote their conscience or represent their constituents. There's no tolerance for moderates anymore, you have to be in lockstep with the party leadership or you're a traitor. Focking pathetic.

[Meglamaniac 380]

3 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

That's the focking problem right there. People aren't allowed to vote their conscience or represent their constituents. There's no tolerance for moderates anymore, you have to be in lockstep with the party leadership or you're a traitor. Focking pathetic.

[MDC 5,891]

51 minutes ago, TimmySmith said:

Howard Dean started hunting witches in 2005.  It gave an immediate but short lasting benefit.  Tea party did it, with basically the same results. I expect the Democrats to make some strides for 2020.  Then the bills will come due in 2022.  DC is now so cyclical, you set a watch by it.

This guy gets it.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

26 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

That's the focking problem right there. People aren't allowed to vote their conscience or represent their constituents. There's no tolerance for moderates anymore, you have to be in lockstep with the party leadership or you're a traitor. Focking pathetic.

If I was one of the reps she is calling out I'd go on national TV and tell her and Nancy to shove it up their asses.  They are not my bosses, the people who voted for me are. 

[KSB2424 3,083]

The difference between the GOP civil war of 2016 vs the upcoming Democrat Civil War of 2020 is this:

Republicans were against Trump, not really for his thoughts on issues per se, it was his character....name calling....the way he treated colleagues (see Ted Cruz) during the primaries.   He was an outsider as a statesman but his views are actually pretty moderate Republican.

For the Democrats it's not that one of their own was going around saying "Grab her by the pu**y"  It that they are far far left, of center.  Admitted bonafide socialist agenda that makes Bernie Sanders look like Ron Paul.   Green new deals, full on socialist agendas, reparations, anti-Semitic comments  etc. 

 

 

[iam90sbaby 2,125]

28 minutes ago, NorthernVike said:

If I was one of the reps she is calling out I'd go on national TV and tell her and Nancy to shove it up their asses.  They are not my bosses, the people who voted for me are. 

That would require democrats to care about Americans.

[5-Points 2,729]

30 minutes ago, NorthernVike said:

If I was one of the reps she is calling out I'd go on national TV and tell her and Nancy to shove it up their asses.  They are not my bosses, the people who voted for me are. 

Yep. Wear it like a badge of honor.

[Baker Boy 1,485]

44 minutes ago, KSB2424 said:

It that they are far far left, of center.  Admitted bonafide socialist agenda that makes Bernie Sanders look like Ron Paul.   Green new deals, full on socialist agendas, reparations, anti-Semitic comments  etc. 

 

 

They are Communists pushing a Communist Agenda and the result will be that Americans will feel comfortable accepting Socialism because they are rejecting Communism. 

That’s how they getcha!

[KSB2424 3,083]

I mean Joe Biden merely mentioned the current VP was a decent person and the mob attacked him so hard he had to walk it back.

[sderk 1,040]

When did politicians stop being public servants? Like him or not, at least Trump is trying to keep his promises.

[TBayXXXVII 2,117]

2 hours ago, NorthernVike said:

If I was one of the reps she is calling out I'd go on national TV and tell her and Nancy to shove it up their asses.  They are not my bosses, the people who voted for me are. 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner

[TBayXXXVII 2,117]

2 hours ago, KSB2424 said:

The difference between the GOP civil war of 2016 vs the upcoming Democrat Civil War of 2020 is this:

Republicans were against Trump, not really for his thoughts on issues per se, it was his character....name calling....the way he treated colleagues (see Ted Cruz) during the primaries.   He was an outsider as a statesman but his views are actually pretty moderate Republican.

For the Democrats it's not that one of their own was going around saying "Grab her by the pu**y"  It that they are far far left, of center.  Admitted bonafide socialist agenda that makes Bernie Sanders look like Ron Paul.   Green new deals, full on socialist agendas, reparations, anti-Semitic comments  etc. 

 

 

Pretty much on point.