AOC and her colleagues felt marginalized. But Pelosi allies believe that moderates are “the most important part of the coalition.” The only certainty? “There’s going to be more of this”
whom Trump suggested should “go back” to whatever countries they came from. “Let me be clear, our Caucus will continue to forcefully respond to these disgusting attacks.” The following evening, Pelosi took the fight to the House floor, where a vote to condemn Trump devolved into parliamentary chaos when the speaker said Trump’s tweets were “racist,” running afoul of the House rules of decorum.
In many ways, this recent spate of Democratic infighting can be explained by Pelosi’s approach to the speakership. Though ideologically she’s a progressive, as a politician she’s a pragmatist, and that puts her on one side of the central schism in current Democratic politics. “She sees that her job as speaker is for us to win,” a Democratic staffer told me. “She is willing to do what she needs to do to make that happen and to do what she thinks is in the broadest, best interest of the caucus.
Moderate Democrats, unsurprisingly, appreciate that Pelosi hasn’t put them in a position of taking a vote on something that might not be politically palatable back home, such as launching an impeachment inquiry against Trump. “If you’re going to win a majority and keep the majority, you need to have a big tent and understand that our job is to represent our districts,” New Jersey Congressmanwho cochairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, told me.
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