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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    Other Republicans already did that over the last 20 years, that's how we got here.

    If you want the Democratic party to shift left primarying weak moderates is how you do it.

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    If you want the Democratic party to shift left primarying weak moderates is how you do it.

    The party actively protects moderate incumbents from any challenger to their left.

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    Just another thing the Republican base is better at than the Dem base I guess, oh well.

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    The difference here is that the Tea Party had funding, and picked up more funding from some previous GOP donors who wanted a more extreme party. There's no funding for leftism in the U.S., and any current DNC donors aren't likely to ever switch to funding it.

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