Launches New Report Displaying Susceptible Swing District Members Voting in Lockstep with Marjorie Taylor Greene
WASHINGTON – As reported right now in Politico’s Morning Rating, MoveOn Political Motion unveiled a core a part of its 2024 political program to win again the Home. The group is concentrating on 18 weak Republican Home members from districts Biden carried in 2020—deemed the “Complicit Caucus.” The seven-figure program includes high-level organizing efforts with its 600,000+ members in these districts. MoveOn members will mobilize in-district to have interaction in actions, constituent workplace visits, relational organizing, phonebanking, canvassing, texting, and different occasions with allies. MoveOn will even pursue polling, analysis, paid media, and social media campaigning to flip these districts.
Kicking off this system is the discharge of a brand new evaluation of key votes from the primary 100 days of the 118th Congress, which exhibits that the 18 Home Republicans from swing districts Biden carried in 2020 have voted in lockstep with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“Whereas these Home members attempt to move themselves off as moderates to their constituents and the media, they’re in reality enabling and pushing the MAGA agenda in Washington,” mentioned MoveOn Government Director Rahna Epting. “They’re the Complicit Caucus, voting with the novel proper wing and inflicting actual injury to our households, communities, and nation.”
The 18 Home Republicans Representing Swing Districts that Biden Gained in 2020
Rep. Don Bacon (NE-2)Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-5)Rep. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6)Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (NY-4)Rep. John Duarte (CA-13)Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1)Rep. Mike Garcia (CA-27)Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (NJ-07)Rep. Jen Kiggans (VA-2)Rep. Younger Kim (CA-40)Rep. Nicholas LaLota (NY-1)Rep. Michael Lawler (NY-17)Rep. Marcus Molinaro (NY-19)Rep. George Santos (NY-3)Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-1)Rep. Michelle Metal (CA-45)Rep. David Valadao (CA-22)Rep. Brandon Williams (NY-22)
Voting Document
MoveOn’s evaluation centered on 36 key votes the 118th Congress took on Home governance (management, guidelines, committees) and on ultimate passage laws that deeply divided the chamber. Voting habits not included on this evaluation contains procedural votes (motions to recommit, droop the principles, or adjourn; ordering the earlier query; quorum), votes on amendments, and votes on laws that handed with sweeping bipartisan help, similar to The PRC is Not a Creating Nation Act.
A overview of those 36 key votes finds that the 18 Home Republicans from swing districts that Biden carried in 2022 voted 100% with ultra-MAGA Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene on 32 of them (see chart under). Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick from southeastern Pennsylvania broke from Rep. Greene and the remainder of the swing district Republicans thrice, and Rep. Mike Lawler from the Westchester suburbs of New York broke from Rep. Greene and the remainder of the swing district Republicans as soon as.
All 18 swing district Home members sided with Rep. Greene to elect Kevin McCarthy speaker, regardless of the quite a few concessions he made to the novel proper wing of the Republican occasion.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to intestine the Home ethics guidelines and let corrupt congressional colleagues go unchecked.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to slash funding for the IRS and permit rich tax cheats to go undetected.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to arrange a Choose Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Authorities so as to launch a shameless January 6 counter investigation. It’s an concept that MTG satisfied Speaker McCarthy of so as to “inform the opposite facet of the story.”
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene for a pair of anti-abortion measures.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to permit extra drilling on public lands.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene on 4 payments to undermine COVID protections. Rep. Fitzpatrick was the only Republican to vote towards a fifth COVID invoice aimed toward ending COVID telework choices for federal employees.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to overturn the legal justice reform and voting rights measures handed by the democratically elected D.C. Metropolis Council.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to take away Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Home Overseas Affairs Committee, a baseless and bigoted vote that was political retribution for Reps. Greene and Paul Gosar being faraway from committees for inciting violence towards Democrats.
All 18 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to dam funding plan managers from bearing in mind environmental and social elements of their funding selections.
16 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to dam the Biden administration from making use of the Clear Water Act to wetlands and different waterways. Rep. Fitzpatrick was the only Republican vote towards this decision. Arizona Rep. David Schweikert didn’t vote.
17 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to additional allow far-right teams pushing for e-book bans and dangerous new restrictions on transgender college students. Rep. Lawler voted towards this invoice, together with 4 different Republicans.
17 swing district Home members voted with Rep. Greene to move a sweeping power package deal that will undo nearly the entire local weather change laws Democrats handed final yr. Rep. Fitzpatrick was the only Home Republican to vote towards this laws.
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