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Report: Alternative 'Squad' of Democrat Women Emerge Ahead of 2020

posted onAugust 13, 2019
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Article snippet: An Associated Press (AP) report suggests that it’s not Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) but four more moderate freshman female lawmakers who could make an impact in 2020. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), for example, recently held a town hall in Culpeper where she never once mentioned President Donald Trump, not even when the discussion turned briefly to impeachment. “This is a story about a different kind of squad,” AP reported: “You don’t come from a national security background and have any kind of extreme views,” Cheri Bustos (D-IL) chairwoman of the Democrats’ campaign, said in the AP report.  Constituents “won’t stand for extremism,” Bustos said. “They elected these people to get something done.” “Don’t even mention his name,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has advised Democrats. “The advice applies most of all to the national security squad and the other 26 Democrats representing “red-to-blue” House districts, whose reelections are Pelosi’s top priority,” AP reported. These four lawmakers said their constituents don’t care about impeachment but are concerned about health care, rural broadband, benefits for veterans, infrastructure, and pocketbook issues. “Their ideas for legislation include preventing foreign financial support for U.S. campaigns and finding ways to identify threats,” AP reported. “I don’t think we should be talking about our feelings,” Spanberger said. “I think we should be ta... Link to the full article to read more

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