'Squad' drama frustrating some House Democrats

CNN, of all sources!  "House Democrats were united in their vote to condemn President Donald Trump's racist tweets this week, but some Democratic lawmakers are quietly expressing concern that far-left progressives have outsized influence in their caucus.

"Several Democrats -- from across the ideological spectrum -- are growing tired of the repeated headlines involving four progressive congresswomen as the caucus tries to push its agenda. In conversations that took place before the President hosted a rally in North Carolina Wednesday night where the crowds chanted "send her home" in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Democrats said they want to keep the spotlight on the issues that got them elected, not a fight with the President.

" 'The President's words and actions speak for themselves. We need to focus on the issues that got (Democrats) here: jobs, health care ... instead of the issues the President brings up deliberately," said one House Democratic lawmaker, who asked for anonymity to speak freely. "Anything that takes away from bread-and-butter issues is playing into his hands."

" 'The President won this one," said another House Democratic lawmaker of the showdown. "What the President has done is politically brilliant. Pelosi was trying to marginalize these folks, and the President has now identified the entire party with them." . . .

And there will be plenty of provocations from the President, whose attacks on the "squad" only appear to be escalating. . . .

Off the record, House Dems tell CNN's Tapper that Trump was 'brilliant' snookering Dems into letting The Squad become their symbol
. . . "Kudos to Tapper for getting the truth out of the Dems, and for publishing it on Twitter.  It takes some guts for an employee of Jeff Zucker's CNN to tell the public things that don't support The Narrative that the Left continues to peddle." . . .

BUSTED! Twitchy Uncovers #DeportMelania Used by Known Democrats and Journalists  "Twitchy has uncovered massive fraud being perpetrated on America right now. Apparently, no one thought #DeportMelania was racist or deplorable when it was being used by verified Democrats and journalists (is there a difference?) on Twitter just a short time ago." . . .

First Lady, Melania Trump

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"Isn't it interesting how Democrats can say whatever they want and no one accuses them of racism? This is even worse than what Trump said because he suggested "#TheInsufferableSquad leave voluntarily. In the case of #DeportMelania, it seems that these verified Democrats were asking for ICE to step in. Of course, that’s what I would say if I were a humorless moron, but clearly, they were joking.

"It’s telling that the right can tell a joke when they see one and let it go while the left calls for heads to roll and even charges brought for fictitious crimes like Joy Behar, who thinks she's already living outside America, demanding that law enforcement charge Trump with “hate speech” crimes. LOL"  . . .