House, Democrats and socialism
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House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain joins Dagen McDowell to discuss House Democrats' internal conflict after two members voted to allow a vote on a resolution condemning socialism.
The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution denouncing “socialism in all its forms,” boosting a Republican messaging push just two months before the midterm elections. It also calls for passage of a GOP-backed voter ID bill — language that further diminished Democratic support for the measure,
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Jeffries won’t rule out kicking off committees centrist Democrats who backed condemning socialism
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told reporters Wednesday that leadership has not ruled out stripping the two centrist Democrats who broke with leadership on Tuesday of their committee assignments.
Fetterman told Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Tuesday that while he would not be switching political parties, he will remain critical of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Nearly all House Democrats rejected the resolution decrying socialism after Republicans included language backing the SAVE America Act, which the party largely opposes.
Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates outcomes on election nights The Democratic rank-and-file does have a higher view of socialism than capitalism.
Gillen also has signed that pledge, amid efforts by the National Republican Congressional Committee and others to also group her in ads with left-wing figures like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens).
House Republicans force Democrats to vote on condemning socialism and capping the Supreme Court at nine justices amid the left's inter-party civil war.