{"id":1388127,"date":"2022-03-18T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388127"},"modified":"2022-03-18T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:00:19","slug":"rep-stephanie-murphy-flames-party-for-promising-rainbows-and-unicorns-abandoning-moderates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-stephanie-murphy-flames-party-for-promising-rainbows-and-unicorns-abandoning-moderates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Stephanie Murphy Flames Party For Promising \u2018Rainbows And Unicorns,\u2019 Abandoning Moderates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-stephanie-murphy-flames-party-for-promising-rainbows-and-unicorns-abandoning-moderates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388127&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Retiring Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy called out Democratic leadership for repeatedly siding with the left flank of the party against moderate members during a Friday interview.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, a <a href=\"https:\/\/bluedogcaucus-murphy.house.gov\/members\">co-chair<\/a> of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, speculated that congressional leaders direct left-leaning interest groups to advocate for their specific positions and browbeat moderates. She noted her experience receiving criticism for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/politics\/os-stephanie-murphy-kates-law-20170630-story.html\">vote<\/a> to support Kate\u2019s Law, a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/06\/29\/house-passes-two-trump-backed-immigration-bills\/\">bill<\/a> that increased prison sentences for illegal immigrants found re-entering the country, as well as her lukewarm <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/stephanie-murphy-reconciliation-full-bill-artificial-deadline\/\">support<\/a> for the Build Back Better social spending package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of these outside groups that purport to represent a specific interest are just an extension of leadership. Instead of purely focusing on their issue area,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/18\/stephanie-murphy-democrats-congress-house-00018272?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=f84ae832-d366-4e0d-a63d-13763d6cf34b&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Politico\u2019s Rachael Bade.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy noted her experience with organized labor and environmental groups during infrastructure negotiations. Those groups remained focused on the Build Back Better package, despite the fact that the bill had not yet been written, and not the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Like Democratic Party leadership, labor and environmental groups urged members to wait to support the IIJA so that they could vote for Build Back Better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabor didn\u2019t start whipping the infrastructure bill until three months after it had passed the Senate,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/stephany-murphy-reelection-2022-retirement-democrat\/\">Murphy<\/a> explained, saying she thought that party leadership sends \u201csmoke signals\u201d to outside groups telling them that they should support a piece of legislation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7394036\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7394036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden speaks during the SEIU Unions for All Summit in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had environmental groups that were calling us before the legislation text for the Build Back Better Act had been put out, calling us saying, \u201cIf you don\u2019t support that, we are going to delist you,&#8217;\u201d she added. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t define it specifically because nobody had seen the text. But we had the text for the infrastructure bill and not a peep out of them advocating for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murphy also noted the large amount of money Democratic interest groups have spent against moderate members of the party. Outside groups have spent more than $424,000 against frontline Texas Rep. Henry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/races\/outside-spending?cycle=2022&#038;id=TX28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuellar<\/a>, according to OpenSecrets. Murphy herself beat back a 2018 primary <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210228194041\/https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/politics\/os-ocasio-cortez-chardo-richardson-20180627-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenge<\/a> from an American Civil Liberties Union attorney endorsed by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>A frequent critic of the \u201cSquad\u201d and other left-wing Democrats, Murphy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yznzxm0ld3M\">complained<\/a> about a \u201ctoxic\u201d environment with \u201cplenty of Dem-on-Dem violence.\u201d She directly blamed party leadership for that atmosphere in the interview. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/11\/murphy-anti-hate-resolution-hollow\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Dem. Rep Labels Anti-Hate Resolution \u2018Hollow At Its Core\u2019)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t promise rainbows and unicorns when you know that you don\u2019t have the votes for it. Because the difference between rainbows and unicorns and political reality is going to be disappointment and anger,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/pressgallery.house.gov\/member-data\/casualty-list\">31<\/a> House Democrats who have already announced that they will not run for re-election in 2022. Her seat is considered a prime pickup opportunity for Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retiring Florida Rep. 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