These policies include, but are not limited to, removing Americans from their private healthcare system, raising taxes to fund healthcare for illegal immigrants, etc. Furthermore, progressives are going after members of their party who don’t necessarily agree with their policies which are further to the left.
McCarthy noted these dynamics and more in the following statements:
“This is internal war. This isn’t a family feud, this is beyond what anyone thinks. They’re challenging these Democrats in primaries. The socialist Democrats are taking over. Not only are they taking over the party, they’re going to take on any Democrat in that process as well.”
Battle of the Democrats: Progressives vs. Moderates
Progressives and moderates are certainly duking it out with one another; the battles are happening both in Congress and in the current 2020 presidential election. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of racism after the latter censured the way Ocasio-Cortez and other Reps. handle themselves online.
