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Article snippet: The House Democratic Caucus issued a rebuke of Rep. MORE’s (D-N.Y.) chief of staff Friday evening amid a public spat between House leadership and a small group of progressive members. The caucus hammered Saikat Chakrabarti for comments he made going after Rep. MORE (D-Kan.), who is Native American. Chakrabarti said in the quoted tweet that Davids had taken votes that “enable a racist system.” “Who is this guy and why is he explicitly singling out a Native American woman of color? Her name is Congresswoman Davids, not Sharice. She is a phenomenal new member who flipped a red seat blue. Keep Her Name Out Of Your Mouth,” the House Democratic Caucus tweeted Friday evening. Chakrabarti pushed back, calling Davids a friend and emphasizing that his previous tweets were aimed at calling out a "terrible border funding bill that 90+ Dems opposed," saying it "gave Trump a blank check to continue caging people in horrendous conditions." "Our Democracy is literally falling apart. I'm not interested in substance-less Twitter spats," he added. Justice Democrats, a prominent progressive group that supported Ocasio-Cortez’s long-shot congressional bid last year and gained national renown after her victory, also fired back at the caucus, noting that Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) urged members this week to not tweet their grievances against other colleagues. The feuding began when Chakrabarti, in a now-deleted tweet, described centrist Democrats last month as "new Southern Democrats" th... Link to the full article to read more