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House Democrats want to win big
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Democrats' dream election scenario risks becoming a nightmare as their candidates in Republican-leaning districts strain to assert their independence from party leadership.
Key facts
- The kind of candidate that gets elected to a seat President Trump carried by double digits in 2024 is not going to want to take those votes, in fact, they may be more likely to fund ICE and Israel
- Missouri candidate Fred Wellman, who told Axios he is "Democrat" and "fairly progressive," said he was "disappointed" that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) met with Jared Kushner
- Fittingly, Gluesenkamp Perez declared in a coordinated ad with the DCCC released Tuesday: "The reporter doesn't answer to any political party or any president
- When I see things that I don't think are right, whether they're within my own party or within another party, I'm going to call it out," Jake Johnson, a Democratic House candidate in Minnesota, told
Summary
Montana Democrat Sam Forstag, when asked about the approach he would take on Capitol Hill, said showing a willingness to work across the aisle and "buck your own party" have "got to be a part of it. Democrats got an early taste last month when Reps. Left-leaning Democratic lawmakers and candidates have told Axios they want votes on core policy issues such as Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and cutting off aid to Israel.