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Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party. (www.commondreams.org)
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House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration's authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not small. The Congressional Progressive Caucus is 95/215 House Democrats. It's half the damn party.

If they left, the Democratic Party would collapse, so it's insane how senior Dem leaders treat them. Democratic leadership sucks at coalitions, though, or even listening to voter sentiment, so I don't expect them to learn anything from all their recent anti-progressive actions that have been blowing up in their faces.

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