‘Let’s make these folks famous’: the leftwing push to raise 18 Republicans’ profiles
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#69Y8X)
Indivisible is targeting little-known GOP House members in swing districts for the 2024 election. Co-founder Ezra Levin says: They are basically Marjorie Taylor Greenes in how they vote'
Juan Ciscomani. Tom Kean Jr. Brian Fitzpatrick. Marc Molinaro. David Schweikert. Brandon Williams ... Many Americans would struggle to identify who these people are or what they do.
They are all, in fact, Republican members of Congress. And progressive activists argue that their fate is more crucial to the future of American democracy than more high-profile rightwing political figures such as Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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