‘The Squad’ Takes Aim at Moderate Dems

‘The Squad’ Takes Aim at Moderate Dems

Joe Biden has failed to unite Democrats around his radical agenda, and now his party is in disarray. Infighting between progressive and moderate Democrats creates even more opportunity for Republicans to take control of the House and the Senate this November.

February 8, 2022
‘The Squad’ Takes Aim at Moderate Dems

Democrats, already panicked about losing their narrow majorities, are now trying to manage brutal infighting with Election Day less than a year away. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Squad and other radical groups are supporting progressive challengers, threatening incumbents in the House and the Senate.

Fox News: With primary day in Texas less than a month away, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez heads to the Lone Star State at the end of this week, to headline a rally on Saturday for two progressive candidates running for Congress.

Jessica Cisneros is one of the two candidates Ocasio-Cortez is supporting during Saturday’s rally in San Antonio. Cisneros, for a second straight election, is primary challenging 10-term moderate Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas 28th Congressional District, which is located [in] the southern part of the Lone Star State. . . Cuellar, a key centrist negotiator in Congress, is being targeted in part because of his resistance last year to linking President Biden’s massive social infrastructure and climate change spending bill to the bipartisan infrastructure package that was passed into law.

Progressives have also attacked Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for opposing the Biden-Harris administration’s most radical proposals, such as abolishing the filibuster and certain parts of the Build Back Better bill.

Fox News: The left is also furious with moderate Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona, for sinking the Democrats’ spending package and for their resistance to making a major change to the legislative filibuster, which would have allowed congressional Democrats to move forward with their sweeping election and voting reform bill. While neither senator is up for reelection until 2024, there’s already plenty of talk of Sinema facing a serious primary challenge in battleground Arizona, with both Ocasio-Cortez and progressive leader Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont saying they’d be open to supporting such a challenge.

Bottom Line: Joe Biden has failed to unite Democrats around his radical agenda, and now his party is in disarray. Infighting between progressive and moderate Democrats creates even more opportunity for Republicans to take control of the House and the Senate this November.