House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership team announced they are eyeing punishment for two House Democrats who bucked their party Tuesday.
Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Jared Golden of Maine broke with leadership to advance a key procedural vote that revived Republicans’ legislative agenda. The incredibly rare crossing of party lines incensed many House Democrats and top leaders who were then forced to vote on a slate of GOP priorities.
“The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust,” Jeffries said in a statement with Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and Pete Aguilar of California. “It is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order.”
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Back to your original point then, you asked why would a Democrat do this if this is a genuine question and not just a troll or bot. The reasons can range from simple Greed, corruption, compromised by blackmail for info they want kept secret I.E the Epstein files
Occhams razor. Is it a simpler explanation that Democrats are not a controlled opposition, or they are a controlled opposition but hundreds of members each were bribed or blackmailed into absolute silence for the rest of their lives by a shadowy cabal that rules the country?
Does that really sound that far fetched when you think of the secrecy around the Epstein files?
In recent votes it’s always the same handful of dems voting with Republicans. Usually the Blue Dog coalition dems, a democratic group who’s stated purpose is to serve Israel for some reason. Does that not sound like a compromised individual by a foreign nation?
What sounds far fetched is that nobody has told. There were plenty of people who tried to tell about Epstein. There are thousands of pages of evidence. There is zero evidence of a conspiracy for the Dems to be a controlled opposition. There are zero whistle lowers. Zero leaked emails. It’s just not real.
Sure pal, whatever you say.