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RATINGS CHANGE: Cook Political Report Shifts CA-13 Toward Overperformer Adam Gray
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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RATINGS CHANGE: Cook Political Report Shifts CA-13 Toward Overperformer Adam Gray
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Non-partisan race rater: "Gray's ability to overperform...should give him the edge in 2026"
Cook Political Report shifted California's 13th Congressional District towards Democrats -the latest proof that Adam Gray is a proven overperformer who wins because he delivers results for the Central Valley.
Cook writes in part:
" Gray's ability to overperform [the top of the ticket] by several points
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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RATINGS CHANGE: Cook Political Report Shifts CA-13 Toward Overperformer Adam Gray
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Non-partisan race rater: "Gray's ability to overperform...should give him the edge in 2026"
Cook Political Report shifted California's 13th Congressional District towards Democrats -the latest proof that Adam Gray is a proven overperformer who wins because he delivers results for the Central Valley.
Cook writes in part:
" Gray's ability to overperform [the top of the ticket] by several points-particularly in his base of Merced -should give him the edge in 2026..."
And in a district that is majority Hispanic, Cook notes that "signs of reversion among Latino Trump voters...make [Republicans'] task tougher."
This shift reflects what Valley voters already know. Adam Gray is a proven problem-solver who works to deliver bipartisan results - from fighting to secure water projects and standing up for farmers, to investing in infrastructure, and protecting rural health care.
Meanwhile, the NRCC's hand-picked loser Kevin Lincoln is best known for skyrocketing housing and utility costs, rampant crime, and shady dealings - including taxpayer-funded perks for himself and taking money from the California GOP.
Worse, Lincoln has been SILENT on Republicans' disastrous agenda to gut health care for more than 62,000 people in CA-13, threaten rural hospitals and patient access throughout the San Joaquin Valley, drive premiums even higher and make life more expensive for working families.
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser :
"The NRCC can prop up recycled loser Kevin Lincoln all they want, but the writing is on the wall. The Central Valley knows Adam, trusts him, and sees the results he delivers. That's why voters will send him back to Congress in 2026."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/%f0%9f%9a%a8-ratings-change-cook-political-report-shifts-ca-13-toward-overperformer-adam-gray%f0%9f%9a%a8/
NV Dems Submits Proposal to Host First in the Nation Presidential Nominating Contest
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 16 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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NV Dems Submits Proposal to Host First in the Nation Presidential Nominating Contest
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As a majority-minority, working-class, battleground state, Nevada is best poised to nominate a candidate who can win in November
Today, the Nevada State Democratic Party submitted a proposal to the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee to be included in the early presidential primary nominating calendar and earn the first spot in 2028.
Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno released the following
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 16 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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NV Dems Submits Proposal to Host First in the Nation Presidential Nominating Contest
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As a majority-minority, working-class, battleground state, Nevada is best poised to nominate a candidate who can win in November
Today, the Nevada State Democratic Party submitted a proposal to the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee to be included in the early presidential primary nominating calendar and earn the first spot in 2028.
Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno released the followingstatement:
"There's no better proving ground for any Democratic presidential contender than a union-strong, majority-minority, competitive battleground state. Putting a state that looks like America at the front of the calendar will put our party in the strongest position to win back the White House."
In the proposal, we outline selecting Nevada as first is a strategic decision for the future of the party:
"The Democratic Party is facing a critical moment where we must be strategic in our efforts to earn back Latino support, craft an economic message that resonates across the country, begin the work to reach working-class voters, and turn out diverse communities... As a diverse, working-class, battleground state, Nevada is best poised to nominate a candidate who can win in November."
Additionally, we underscore that Nevada is best positioned to be first in the nation because we fully meet all metrics outlined by the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee:
Rigorousness : "Nevada is the most working-class and most diverse battleground state in the nation. We have a majority-minority population, and we have the highest concentration of non-college educated voters of all battlegrounds. We are also home to urban, suburban, and rural communities, making us geographically diverse. Nevada looks like America and best represents the coalition we need to win in 2028"
Fairness : "Nevada is a small and accessible state of just over three million people with two media markets where presidential contenders can still meet voters face to face, and retail politics with a strong grassroots organization can make a real difference."
Efficiency : "Nevada has some of the most progressive voting laws in the country, making both registration and voting widely available."
This proposal has garnered support from prominent leaders and organizations including Nevada's federal delegation, Culinary Union 226, Nevada State AFL-CIO, and Somos Votantes.
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Original text here: https://nvdems.com/nv-dems-submits-proposal-to-host-first-in-the-nation-presidential-nominating-contest/
NRCC: Radical Peter Chatzky & His Wife Really Love Political Violence
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Radical Peter Chatzky & His Wife Really Love Political Violence
Newly unearthed social media posts reveal that Zohran Mamdani-loving radical Peter Chatzky and his wife are staunch supporters of political violence.
Despite claiming that his campaign is about "compassion and empathy," Chatzky's wife posted on social media that, "we need to deport white men in their 20's," said that lawmakers not wearing masks "should be brought up on charges of reckless endangerment," and even loved a comment
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Radical Peter Chatzky & His Wife Really Love Political Violence
Newly unearthed social media posts reveal that Zohran Mamdani-loving radical Peter Chatzky and his wife are staunch supporters of political violence.
Despite claiming that his campaign is about "compassion and empathy," Chatzky's wife posted on social media that, "we need to deport white men in their 20's," said that lawmakers not wearing masks "should be brought up on charges of reckless endangerment," and even loved a commentcelebrating President Trump's "demise."
These comments are in line with the hateful and violent anti-law enforcement, antisemitic agenda Peter Chatzky espouses.
Read the full story here or see excerpts below:
EXCLUSIVE: Rich Democrat Candidate's Wife Called Bible 'F*cking Stupid,' Loved Joke About Trump's 'Demise'
Daily Caller
Adam Pack
January 12, 2026
Susan Chatzky, the wife of a Democratic House candidate, made a series of inflammatory Facebook posts over the course of a decade, in which she deemed the Bible "fucking stupid," appeared to joke about President Donald Trump's death and suggested that young white men to be deported or imprisoned.
Susan's husband, Peter Chatzky, a wealthy tech executive and deputy mayor of his affluent Westchester County village, is vying to unseat Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler in a contest that could be among the most competitive races of the midterms. His wife's comments appear to be at odds with the "compassion and empathy" Chatzky called for when announcing his congressional run.
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In August 2025 while responding to the news of Taylor Swift's engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce, Chatzky appeared to call attention to Trump's hypothetical death.
"The interwebs are so excited, you would think 'it' had happened," Chatzky wrote on her Facebook page.
An account in the comments clarified the "it" in question was the death of the current president.
"Imagine being Trump and knowing people are super happy for Taylor but bummed the breaking news wasn't [sic] his demise," the user wrote, adding a laughing emoji.
"What a great day that will be!" the user added with a praying emoji at the end.
Chatzky reacted with a heart, referred to on Facebook as a "love."
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), House Republicans' campaign arm, slammed Chatzky's inflammatory comments in a statement to the DCNF.
"Radical Democrat Peter Chatzky and his wife are despicable," NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O'Toole said. "They unabashedly support using hateful, discriminatory rhetoric and violence to get what they want. That is no way to lead, and Chatzky is unfit to serve the Hudson Valley in Congress."
In October 2015, Susan Chatzky posted a graphic purportedly showing the number of mass shootings that year through September. In an exchange in the comments lamenting several shootings that day, she called for more drastic measures.
"I hate to say this, but I think we need to deport white men in their 20's. Or put them in internment camps," Chatzky said. "I'll really miss my sons."
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That month, Chatzky also argued members of Congress who declined to wear masks in the Capitol should face criminal prosecution.
"The lawmakers who refused to wear masks should be brought up on charges of reckless endangerment," Chatzky wrote.
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/01/14/new-radical-peter-chatzky-his-wife-really-love-political-violence/
NRCC: Lawlessness First - Nellie Pou Backs Abolish-ICE Caucus
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Lawlessness First: Nellie Pou Backs Abolish-ICE Caucus
Nellie Pou and her very own Congressional Progressive Caucus have made the Democrats' agenda crystal clear: defund ICE, weaken Customs and Border Patrol, and leave the border wide open. Just today, they threatened to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless border enforcement is stripped out.
Pou is siding with chaos, lawlessness, and violent criminal illegal aliens over the safety of New Jerseyans.
"Out
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Lawlessness First: Nellie Pou Backs Abolish-ICE Caucus
Nellie Pou and her very own Congressional Progressive Caucus have made the Democrats' agenda crystal clear: defund ICE, weaken Customs and Border Patrol, and leave the border wide open. Just today, they threatened to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless border enforcement is stripped out.
Pou is siding with chaos, lawlessness, and violent criminal illegal aliens over the safety of New Jerseyans.
"Outof touch Democrats like Nellie Pou are committed to abolishing ICE, openly endorsing lawlessness and putting New Jersey communities at risk to satisfy their radical base. Faced with a choice, Nellie Pou didn't hesitate, she chose radical ideology over public safety." - NRCC Spokesman Maureen O'Toole
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/01/14/lawlessness-first-nellie-pou-backs-abolish-ice-caucus/
NRCC Launches Ad Hitting Gray's Radical Immigration Votes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Jan. 14, 2026:
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NRCC Launches Ad Hitting Gray's Radical Immigration Votes
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a paid advertising campaign exposing Democrat Adam Gray for putting criminal illegal immigrants in our country over the safety of Californians.
As a state assemblyman, Adam Gray voted to give illegal immigrants driver's licenses. In Congress, Gray doubled down by voting against $170 billion to enforce immigration law and deport criminal illegal immigrants,
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Jan. 14, 2026:
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NRCC Launches Ad Hitting Gray's Radical Immigration Votes
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a paid advertising campaign exposing Democrat Adam Gray for putting criminal illegal immigrants in our country over the safety of Californians.
As a state assemblyman, Adam Gray voted to give illegal immigrants driver's licenses. In Congress, Gray doubled down by voting against $170 billion to enforce immigration law and deport criminal illegal immigrants,voted to allow illegal immigrants to influence our elections, and refused to keep the government open to prioritize benefits for illegal immigrants instead of the critical programs Californians rely on.
"From Assemblyman to Congressman, Adam Gray's out of touch, radical immigration votes put criminal illegal immigrants first and the safety of California families dead last. Californians deserve a Congressman who will put their safety first." - NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez
SCRIPT:
VO: An innocent life, taken. A bright future snuffed out by an illegal who shouldn't be here.
REPORTER: A military family about to start the next chapter of their lives, until a sudden head-on crash killed their eight-year-old daughter. Now the suspect is a 25-year-old with a history of DUIs and who entered the country illegally.
VO: Adam Gray voted to give criminal illegal aliens driver's licenses.
He voted against funding to deport dangerous criminals.
Adam Gray is dangerously radical on immigration.
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WATCH THE AD HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQmq2m8uVs&feature=youtu.be
Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/01/14/new-nrcc-launches-ad-hitting-grays-radical-immigration-votes/
DNC: Donald Trump's "New" Health Care "Plan" - A Whole Lot of Nothing - Again
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Donald Trump's "New" Health Care "Plan": A Whole Lot of Nothing -- Again
After a decade of promising to put forward a comprehensive health care proposal, Trump has failed to deliver anything but "concepts of a plan"
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Today - after Donald Trump and Republicans slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid and refused to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, sending health care premiums skyrocketing - Trump released his health care "plan." The framework includes brief proposals with
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Donald Trump's "New" Health Care "Plan": A Whole Lot of Nothing -- Again
After a decade of promising to put forward a comprehensive health care proposal, Trump has failed to deliver anything but "concepts of a plan"
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Today - after Donald Trump and Republicans slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid and refused to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, sending health care premiums skyrocketing - Trump released his health care "plan." The framework includes brief proposals withscarce details and does not take meaningful action to lower health care costs for everyday Americans.
The plan would undermine the ACA, including those with preexisting conditions. Just today at the White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt said that coverage for people with pre-existing conditions is still an open question.
In a video, Trump is leaving it up to Americans to figure out their own health insurance coverage for themselves and their families on their own, saying, "You'll make a great deal."
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"Donald Trump is papering over the cracks. First, he made the largest cuts to health care in history to pay for tax breaks for the rich. Then, he let the ACA tax credits expire, driving health care premiums up by an average of 114% for millions of Americans. Now, as working families pinch pennies to afford health care or drop their coverage completely, he's rolling out a plan that does nothing at all to meaningfully lower costs. Trump has never felt the squeeze of rising bills -- which is why he hasn't bothered to do anything to lower costs for everyday Americans. As Americans lose patience over his broken promises, he's scrambling to salvage Republicans' midterm hopes by pushing a half-assed health care plan after failing to make their lives more affordable."
Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan" does nothing to substantively bring down health care costs. His plan is unlikely to meaningfully lower drug prices, and his direct cash payments meant for Americans to purchase health care would fail to lower health care costs and could send the ACA into a "death spiral." His own administration officials have questioned whether Trump's plan to send money directly to Americans for health care was "sustainable."
More than 20 million Americans have seen their health care premiums skyrocket, and 4.2 million Americans are projected to lose their health care coverage entirely because of Trump and Republicans' refusal to extend the ACA tax credits. Trump's Big Ugly Bill makes the largest cut ever to Medicaid, puts over 300 rural hospitals at risk of closing, and forces an estimated 10 million Americans to lose their health insurance. No wonder over half of the public says Trump has made the cost of health care worse.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/donald-trumps-new-health-care-plan-a-whole-lot-of-nothing-again/
Brian Fitzpatrick Shows His True Colors in Brutal Philly Magazine Profile
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Brian Fitzpatrick Shows His True Colors in Brutal Philly Magazine Profile
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Fitzpatrick says he won't hold a town hall, praises the Big Beautiful Bill, calls the Inquirer biased, and airs petty political grievances... instead offering solutions for Bucks and Montgomery families
This can't be the profile Brian Fitzpatrick was hoping for.
Philly Magazine goes deep on the vulnerable Republican congressman this morning... and Fitzpatrick's comments are illuminating.
Key segments
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Brian Fitzpatrick Shows His True Colors in Brutal Philly Magazine Profile
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Fitzpatrick says he won't hold a town hall, praises the Big Beautiful Bill, calls the Inquirer biased, and airs petty political grievances... instead offering solutions for Bucks and Montgomery families
This can't be the profile Brian Fitzpatrick was hoping for.
Philly Magazine goes deep on the vulnerable Republican congressman this morning... and Fitzpatrick's comments are illuminating.
Key segmentsinclude Fitzpatrick insulting his own constituents by saying that town halls are designed to "waste people's time" (he hasn't held one in more than 8 years)... Philly Mag reporting that "there were things in the OBBB he liked a lot" (he was the deciding 'yes' vote to advance the Medicaid-cutting bill out of the House)... Fitzpatrick claiming that local newspapers are 'hack partisan outlets' (he specifically insults the Inquirer )... and the brutal assessment from Philly Mag that "for all his talk of bipartisanship, he rarely casts a vote that makes a difference" - which they describe in their words as "the kid-gloves act."
Here are the key segments you need to read for yourself:
Philly Mag on "the two faces of Fitz" :
* Democrats in his district [...] noted that his no vote was essentially inconsequential -Republicans had enough yes votes that the One Big Beautiful Bill passed anyway. In contrast, those Democrats will tell you, when a version of the bill came before the House a month earlier, Fitzpatrick had not only voted for it, but had effectively put it over the top. The final tally was... wait for it... 218 to 217.
* It was a perfect example, Dems say, of "the two faces of Fitz" -on one hand preaching consensus and cooperation, on the other reliably siding with his fellow Republicans when their agenda is on the line. [...]
* This raises the issue that Democrats most often bring up when they weigh in on Fitzpatrick: that for all his talk of bipartisanship, he rarely casts a vote that makes a difference.
* Over the years, for instance, Fitzpatrick has broken with Republicans and joined Democrats in supporting, among other things, gun control legislation, LGBTQ rights, and the CHIPS Act -but in all those cases, the bills were going to pass whether he supported them or not. As one Democratic member of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation has put it: "He's always with us -when we don't need him."
On Fitzpatrick's refusal to hold an in-person town hall :
* Not that everyone is a fan. In addition to questioning whether his independence is more for show than impact, opponents charge that Fitzpatrick can be, well, a little weaselly when it comes to explaining and owning what he's done. For instance, while he's acknowledged that he didn't vote for Donald Trump in 2016 -he penciled in Mike Pence - Fitzpatrick has declined to say if he voted for Trump in 2024. As for his ubiquity in his district, critics say he can be quick and slick about it - a handshake here, a photo there, then out the door, with no real substantive exchange about issues.
* Indeed, over the past year the progressive group Indivisible has ridden Fitzpatrick hard for having held only one in-person town hall during his entire time in Congress -and that was back in 2017.
* Fitzpatrick fires back fiercely when I mention town halls. They're not models of civic discourse, he says; they're staged gotcha moments exploited by hyper-partisan activists. "Isn't it interesting that no one ever called for me to have a town hall when Joe Biden was president?" he asks. "They're looking to waste people's time; they're looking to embarrass people. They're looking to get a video clip they can use AI to distort."
On Fitzpatrick ignoring local press inquiries :
* If he's not eager to engage publicly with left-wing ideologues, Fitzpatrick hasn't always been so accessible to the local press, either. In a piece it published last spring about Fitzpatrick's voting record, the Bucks County Courier Times noted that the congressman hadn't replied to at least eight requests for comment sent between February and April that year. The Inquirer has reported similar experiences of ignored requests for comment.
* I bring this up to Fitzpatrick, who initially says that calls from reporters can sometimes be overwhelming. "We probably got 25 today, between Politico, CQ, Roll Call, CBS News, the Washington Post," he says. "They want to talk about the ACA. They want to talk about Ukraine." But a few minutes later, he allows that whether he sees a publication as biased is also a consideration. When I say that I don't perceive either the Courier Times or the Inquirer to be hack partisan outlets, he replies, "The Inquirer is." He likes Inky reporter Julia Terruso, he continues, "but we've had some experiences with the Inquirer that have not been great. They've shown their true colors. And I hope they get better." (After endorsing Fitzpatrick's reelection in 2018 and 2020, the paper's editorial board went against him in 2022 and 2024, citing, in part, his vote against the post-January 6th impeachment of Trump.)
On Fitzpatrick's refusal to sharply criticize the Trump Admin :
* But he's far less blunt when I bring up some other Trumpian issues. When I ask how he feels about what's happened to his beloved FBI under Kash Patel, Fitzpatrick calls it "heartbreaking." But then he adds, "You know, we've seen the weaponization of the Justice Department now, I believe, in two administrations." Of Trump's recent call for six Democratic members of Congress to be hanged after they posted a video reminding U.S. troops of their duty not to obey an unlawful order, Fitzpatrick calls it "unbecoming" -not exactly the harshest language one might use in condemning, you know, a threatened execution. (A threatened execution of people with whom one works closely on the issue of... getting along.)
* [...] But the kid-gloves act also reflects the reality that, though Fitzpatrick wishes otherwise, politics remains a team sport.
On Fitzpatrick voting for - and praising - the Big Beautiful Bill :
* Fitzpatrick says there were things in the OBBB he liked a lot [...] What's more, he says he tried to temper some of the harsher parts of the bill, working to ensure, for instance, a Medicaid provider tax rate of 6.5 percent, which would have protected Philly-area hospitals. When the bill came up for that vote in the House in late May, Fitzpatrick voted yes -hoping, he says, that the Senate might make the bill better. [...]
* Fitzpatrick's telling of how all this went down is plausible, though it ignores the fact that the first version of the bill -the one he supported -was pretty damned harsh itself, calling for $750 billion in cuts to Medicaid and nearly $200 billion in cuts to SNAP, all while adding more than $3 trillion to the national debt. Labor unions and nonprofits were just as opposed to that version of the bill as they were to the final one.
* And, of course, Fitzpatrick's narrative also doesn't include the political math at play: Vote against the final version of the bill, and it wouldn't really make a difference. But vote against the first version? Well, now you've torpedoed Trump and MAGA world's prized bill. And so the distinguished gentleman from Bucks County, a lifelong Republican, made the decision to vote with his team.
On Fitzpatrick being more vulnerable than ever :
* Democrats are feeling good about their chances of unseating him. November's election results suggested that the political winds are blowing in their favor. (Democrats swept Bucks County's row offices.) And the party believes they'll have a strong opponent for Fitzpatrick [...] It doesn't hurt that the D.C.-based Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has targeted Fitzpatrick's seat as one it thinks it can flip.
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/brian-fitzpatrick-shows-his-true-colors-in-brutal-philly-magazine-profile/
