Fury: Liberals And Moderates Rage At Each Other At Closed-Door Meeting Of House Democrats Fury: Liberals And Moderates Rage At Each Other At Closed-Door Meeting Of House Democrats https://media.townhall.com/townhall/reu/ha/2019/60/2241e2a1-981e-4908-ada9-72e6ebe5c1cc.png Earlier this week, House Republicans scored a second surprise victory on a 'motion to recommit,' one of the lower chamber minority's few procedural tactics.  During a legislative battle over gun control legislation, more than two dozen Democrats backed a GOP proposal to require that ICE be notified whenever an illegal immigrant is flagged attempting to purchase a firearm.  Republicans succeeded in another MTR gambit several weeks ago, adding language condemning anti-semitism to a foreign policy vote, a move clearly designed to isolate and shame Rep. Ilhan Omar.  Following these losses, Democratic leadership is reeling, leading to a fiery closed-door party meeting, during which various factions of the party reportedly sniped at each other: House Democrats exploded in recriminations Thursday over moderates bucking the party, with liberal Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatening to put those voting with Republicans “on a list” for a primary challenge. In a closed-door session, a frustrated Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lashed out at about two dozen moderates and pressured them to get on board. “We are either a team or we’re not, and we have to make that decision,” Pelosi said, according to two people present but not authorized to discuss the remarks publicly. But Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), the unquestioned media superstar of the freshman class, upped the ante, admonishing the moderates and indicating she would help liberal activists unseat them in the 2020 election. Corbin Trent, a spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez, said she told her colleagues that Democrats who side with Republicans “are putting themselves on a list.” Moderate-leaning Democrats did not take kindly to such threats, reminding more left-wing members that the new majority was built by freshmen who were able to win purple and even red-tinted districts: They insist they are not going to be dissuaded from voting with their districts, and many are warning that majority control is at stake...Inside the Democratic meeting, one of those freshmen — Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (N.M.) — reacted sharply to Ocasio-Cortez’s comments and rose to urge her colleagues to respect the political reality of representing a swing district , according to multiple people present. A spokesman for Torres Small did not respond to a request for comment. ( FULL STORY IN LINK BELOW ) https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/03/01/fury-moderate-democrats-rage-at-aocs-proposed-enemies-list-n2542449