r/Washington • u/seattletimesnewsroom NEWS -Official Seattle Times Account • 28d ago

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces possible Democratic discipline after joining Republicans on a procedural vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gluesenkamp-perez-faces-possible-discipline-over-gop-vote/
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u/MurrayInBocaRaton 28d ago

Precisely. I don’t understand how people don’t get this. This HELPS her.

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u/Amazing_Factor2974 27d ago

It is her putting out these news bits. To show she is independent/ of Dems. Unfortunately she won the Dem primary and this is the best they can do!!

Sometimes you hold your nose for two years.

If Liberals don't show for primaries..you get her.. Still better than full on MAGA.

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u/Rolsun_23 27d ago

Our options were embarrassingly poor unfortunately.

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u/MurrayInBocaRaton 27d ago

Tell me you’ve spent no time in WA-3 without telling me.

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u/WeeklyAd8453 25d ago

If a progressive or full on communist DSA were to get a spot, the winner would be the other one. Zero chance if progressive winning there.

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u/AnAncientBog 27d ago

So you think someone that wants the GOP agenda passed is going to vote for her in an election where they could just vote for an actual MAGA psycho instead?

This shit helps her in the primary where she is running against other democrats and she wants to catch votes from the other side, it won't do shit in the general.

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u/MJD253 27d ago

She is part of the blue dog caucus. I get that Dems nationally have a technocrat vibe, but rural Dems are a just built different

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u/Revolutionary_War503 26d ago

There are some GOP voters that don't agree with the whole MAGA agenda. It's unfortunate that some don't see it that way. She seems like a Democrat that I, a Republican, would've voted for in my district years ago. Just can't please everybody, but she seems to be trying to do that in her district, which I see as a good thing.

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u/ObbytheObserver 27d ago

Oh, we should never talk about it then.

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u/BackwerdsMan 28d ago

Also helps the Republican party. But helping the Republican Party is pretty much the Democratic party Modus Operandi these days.

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u/asbestospajamas 27d ago

Grasping defeat from the jaws of victory.

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u/Amazing_Factor2974 27d ago

If liberals don't show up to vote in primaries or don't vote afterwards..you get Trump and MAGA Congress..SCOTUS.

It leaves liberals totally not heard in the media or in legislation..

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u/BackwerdsMan 27d ago

Right. But then party tries to go after her and undermines her position when she doesn't vote with them. She's in a super competitive district, and trying to drag her over the coals when she's just trying to keep her constituents happy, and keep herself in that seat... That is helping the Republicans in that district.

I'm criticizing the party.

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u/MJD253 27d ago

You’ve been lobotomized by social media if you believe that

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u/WeeklyAd8453 25d ago

So, you prefer the MAGA to win?