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Conor Lamb is a great example and I've told you this for a long time. Democrats are financially structured to make people like Lamb political eunuchs.

They claim to be moderate and independent, but they can't be if they want DCCC money, and PAC donor money.

They have no choice.
There were a lot more Democrats who wanted to oppose impeachment, but they simply could not. The Democratic Party doesn't promote independence.

Nancy Pelosi was threatened w/ mass primaries from the far left and she used the financial structure to threaten so-called "moderates".
Democratic candidates do not raise money for campaigns and the national committee. They fund races via PAC money and that's controlled by the leadership, who are controlled by big donors, two of which are running for president.

House Democrats absolutely need DCCC money.
And that my friends is why it was always a lie when the Trump District Democrats claimed to simply want to work on issues like healthcare.

They don't have the luxury of choice.

Look at Elissa Slotkin. Now embarrassing herself w/ toothless War Powers CR. She knows better, but...
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