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Ayanna Pressley calls out Kellyanne Conway for Democratic ‘catfight’ comment - The Boston Globe

posted onJuly 10, 2019
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Article snippet: Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts has been caught up in an intraparty dispute with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over a border funding vote, but Tuesday she turned her attention outward to White House adviser Kellyanne Conway. The Trump administration official had referred to the conflict between Pelosi and the in a tweet Tuesday, suggesting the Democrats were involved in a “catfight.” That rubbed Pressley the wrong way. The four congressional newcomers were the only Democrats to vote “no” to a border funding bill that passed in the House at the end of June — they said they couldn’t “in good conscience” support a bill that sent funds to Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Pressley, along with Ocasio-Cortez, visited migrant detention camps in Texas at the beginning of the month and slammed the conditions of the facilities. Conway has accused Democrats of using dead migrant children as “to drink from toilets. Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib both echoed Pressley’s retort to Conway, sending tweets of support for their peer. Peter Bailey-Wells can be reached at @pbaileywells. Link to the full article to read more

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