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Refund the Police?
Well, that was fast.
That Democrats are deeply divided over whether or not to defund the police is no state secret. Behind the scenes, tempers are flaring.
Clashes between moderate Democrats barely hanging on to swing districts and militant progressives safely ensconced in deep blue ones are simmering just beneath the surface.
Public skirmishes, of course, have been few and far between.
Iron Nancy Pelosi, that veritable Congresswoman who went to Washington to fight the AIDS epidemic decades ago and now reigns supreme as the first, second and only female Speaker of the House, has done an excellent job of managing some of the more unruly House Members.
Grievances against fellow Democrats are to be discussed privately, with leadership, Pelosi told certain progressives popular on social media in 2019- not aired publicly on Twitter.
“Think twice,” before posting such statements, Pelosi advised her fellow Democrats; “Better yet, think once.”
So, after a few embarrassing online episodes- one involving Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) publicly accusing her Democratic colleagues of accepting bribes from wealthy Jewish interests and one during which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called Nancy Pelosi a racist- the Democratic Party Twitter kerfuffles mostly died down.