Analysis: House Democrats struggle to break through when it’s all Trump, all the time
By Paul Kane Paul Kane Senior congressional correspondent and columnist Email Bio Follow March 2 at 6:00 AM Rep. John Yarmuth issued a warning to the new House committee chairmen: Beware of the Trump news cycle.
Moreover, the insurgent liberal wing of the caucus unveiled its sweeping health-care proposal, billed as Medicare-for-all, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered several major policy addresses around Washington.Instead, the news was dominated almost entirely by the testimony of Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the president’s trip to Vietnam for a failed summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.“There’s no question it’s going to be a real challenge.
Instead of a valedictory walk-off, the week ended with Pelosi in a Capitol basement room calling for unity. The caucus’s newest star, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , threatened to encourage liberal activists to confront those who wavered from the party line. Those issues — such as guaranteeing coverage for people with preexisting medical conditions and reducing the cost of prescription drugs — have languished as clashes with Trump have taken center stage.
Some pointed fingers at the swing-district Democrats who defected on the GOP motion, others defended them for toeing the middle just like their districts. Some blamed leadership for not being more organized. And some just wondered if mistakes are inevitable when you cobble together the most ideologically, ethnically, geographically diverse Democratic caucus ever.
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