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.@AOC privately told a group of moderate Democrats on Thursday that "they’re putting themselves on a list" for challenges in 2020 if they keep voting with Republicans, a person familiar with the matter tells @NYDailyNews.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-centrist-democrats-list-2020-gop-20190301-story.html …
I didn’t say that they were putting themselves on a list for primaries. I said that by Dems distinguishing themselves by breaking off on procedural MTR votes, they were inadvertently making a list of targets for the GOP and for progressive advocates on their pro-ICE vote.
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Thanks for the reply, Congresswoman. By making themselves "targets," aren't they implicitly opening themselves up to challenges? What other means of *targeting* is there? Attack ads or public pushback is undertaken to try to oust members from office, wouldn't you agree?
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There are plenty of means of targeting beyond campaigns. One is procedural targeting on the floor, AKA more tough MTRs like the one we were discussing in mtg. Or targeting by way of advocacy, AKA getting a ton of constituent lobby days, crushing your office with phone calls, etc.
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Why would "a person familiar with the matter" lie?
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Why would a DC insider, given anonymity for a quote of their liking about a specific member in closed-door meeting, stretch the truth? Gee, I don’t know. It’s almost as though DC is a place where people are motivated by many different things.
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Exactly!!! One can be extremely conservative and vote for a particular thing that would be considered a liberal point of view. We want thinkers! NOT sheep!
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I say you are more effective in one day than the entire Democratic party in 40 years!pic.twitter.com/cTZSgAmsaj
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How about people vote what they think is right versus following party lines.
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