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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the White House plans to target 18 House Republicans from districts Biden won
CNNIn parts of the West Wing and Capitol Hill, theyre known as The 18 the 18 House Republicans elected in districts where voters supported President Joe Biden over Donald Trump. His aides are putting together plans to squeeze and shame them in the hopes of peeling off a few key votes over the next two years.
To the president and House Democratic leaders, they are the path back to the majority in 2024, and maybe even to some actual governing in between. Democrats are already making plans to pressure these Republicans to break with their party and let their Biden-supporting voters back home know about it if and when they dont.
The 18 themselves are not so convinced.
Arent they going to work to get us to lose next November no matter what? scoffed a skeptical New York Rep. Mike Lawler, the freshman who beat a five-term incumbent in one of the countrys most Biden-leaning district that is currently represented by a Republican. Bipartisanship and compromise does not mean just me and a bunch of Republicans in Biden districts just acquiescing to the White House. They need to understand they need to come to the table as much as we do.
To the president and House Democratic leaders, they are the path back to the majority in 2024, and maybe even to some actual governing in between. Democrats are already making plans to pressure these Republicans to break with their party and let their Biden-supporting voters back home know about it if and when they dont.
The 18 themselves are not so convinced.
Arent they going to work to get us to lose next November no matter what? scoffed a skeptical New York Rep. Mike Lawler, the freshman who beat a five-term incumbent in one of the countrys most Biden-leaning district that is currently represented by a Republican. Bipartisanship and compromise does not mean just me and a bunch of Republicans in Biden districts just acquiescing to the White House. They need to understand they need to come to the table as much as we do.
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How the White House plans to target 18 House Republicans from districts Biden won (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2023
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That is how it is done. Joe knows how to work the Senate and the House.
redstatebluegirl
Jan 2023
#1
Excellent! And regardless of what they say to the press (like Lawler's statement)
Scrivener7
Jan 2023
#2
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)1. That is how it is done. Joe knows how to work the Senate and the House.
Scrivener7
(50,935 posts)2. Excellent! And regardless of what they say to the press (like Lawler's statement)
they have to see this as an opportunity to leverage their positions to become more popular for their next election.
Go Joe!
Zambero
(8,964 posts)3. Yes, Rep. Lawler, Dems will work to defeat you in 2024 no matter what
However, in terms of how much political ammunition Dems can stockpile as a means of showing you the door, the ball is very much in your court. If Republican legislators in blue-leaning swing districts cave to MAGA pressure, they will be summarily associated with Trump-Gaetz-Boebert craziness, a turnoff for many if not most voters in their districts. They might want to think twice before throwing in with McCarthy's hostage-takers.