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Dems Admit They Might Sanction Moderates in Their Party Who Voted With GOP Because They're Afraid of Socialists

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Dems Admit They Might Sanction Moderates in Their Party Who Voted With GOP Because They're Afraid of Socialists

On Tuesday, two moderate-ish House Democrats — two of the last remaining ones in districts that reliably lean Republican — voted with the GOP to advance several pieces of legislation to the floor in order to clear a procedural hurdle.

One of the pieces of legislation was a bill that would help both coastal districts stay in Democrat hands, considering the economic factors, by protecting lobstermen from ludicrous environmental regulations.

Another was a resolution condemning socialism.

Democrats are furious that two of their own in swing districts voted sensibly. They want swift and strong repercussions dealt out to them by Democratic leadership in the lower chamber.

The reason, according to one House Democrat? Well, they’re afraid that if they let the sane Democrats vote their conscience, the insane socialist Democrats won’t toe the party line, either.

The story begins Tuesday, when Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Jared Golden of Maine voted with most of the House Republicans to clear the procedural hurdle after five Republicans refused to join in protest — not of the legislation, mind you, but because a vote taken just previously on a spending continuing resolution gave too many concessions to the Democrats, in their view, and didn’t allow Republicans to add amendments to the Senate-passed bill.

Whether this move was wise is another discussion entirely, but the fact is that it happened, and Gluesenkamp Perez and Golden stepped in to give the GOP the majority it needed to clear the procedural hurdle, where the legislation passed. The Democrats weren’t so upset over the fact that the objectionable parts passed — indeed, stopping it once it reached the floor, which it eventually would, was almost guaranteed to fail — but instead that Gluesenkamp Perez and Golden didn’t advise Democratic leadership of their vote beforehand.

“The two Democrats who voted for the rule did not give any member of House Democratic leadership a heads-up, and as a result, blindsided the entire caucus and created a significant breach of trust,” Jeffries told reporters when asked if he was disappointed in the two.

Later, he........

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