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Ocasio-Cortez, Progressives Take On Moderate Dems Seeking Censure Over Impeachment: ‘One Of The Dumbest Ideas’

Emily Zanotti
Ocasio-Cortez, Progressives Take On Moderate Dems Seeking Censure Over Impeachment: ‘One Of The Dumbest Ideas’
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Moderate Democrats have been sounding the alarm for weeks, warning House Democrats that impeachment will cost Democrats politically, particularly in swing districts and in battleground states and progressive Democrats are finally firing back, calling names and demanding that the House pursue impeachment, no matter the fallout.

The Daily Wire reported earlier on Wednesday that a group of ten moderate Democrats are courting colleagues on the fence about impeachment, hoping to gather enough votes — at least 18 — to block the impeachment effort in the House in order to save their seats, mostly located in Trump-friendly and “red” districts that supported the president in the 2016 and 2018 elections.

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