{"id":1582621,"date":"2022-08-01T11:40:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1582621"},"modified":"2022-08-01T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:40:55","slug":"its-embarrassingly-hypocritical-dem-rep-bashes-partys-primary-meddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-embarrassingly-hypocritical-dem-rep-bashes-partys-primary-meddling\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s Embarrassingly Hypocritical\u2019: Dem Rep Bashes Party\u2019s Primary Meddling"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fits-embarrassingly-hypocritical-dem-rep-bashes-partys-primary-meddling%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=1582621&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DCNF-Torres-Blasts-DCCC-Featured-e1659366684604.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Another Democratic congressman slammed his party for meddling in Republican primaries during a Sunday appearance on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s embarrassingly hypocritical,\u201d Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York told \u201cThis Week\u201d host Jon Karl. \u201cI mean, we cannot credibly defend democracy and then prop up candidates who are an existential threat to the very democracy that we\u2019re defending. And in politics, when you try to be too cute and clever, it often backfires.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/phillips-ball-democrats-meddling-gop\/\">(RELATED: \u2018I\u2019m Disgusted\u2019: Dems Turn On Their Own Party For Interfering In GOP Primaries)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DCCC is not God, it cannot guarantee the outcome of the general election,\u201d Torres continued. \u201cAnd when you prop up a conspiracy theorist in a Republican primary, you run the risk of sending an extremist to the United States Congress, and that\u2019s an egregious misuse of Democratic resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres is the latest Democrat to raise concerns about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee promoting Republicans endorsed by former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota said he was \u201cdisgusted\u201d by the efforts to promote a primary opponent of Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan in a Tuesday Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/phillips-ball-democrats-meddling-gop\/\">post<\/a>. The Democrats\u2019 meddling in Republican primaries was also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/28\/cnn-dccc-meddling-john-avlon\/\">criticized<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/25\/raju-hunt-sotomayor-2022-cnn-democratic-party\/\">panelists<\/a> on CNN multiple times last month.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Coaston of the New York Times echoed Torres\u2019s criticism of the meddling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are bad candidates,\u201d Coaston said. \u201cAnd then for the DCCC to decide that it\u2019s 2010 again and they can make some fun financial move of backing these candidates, full well knowing that all of these races are going to be close because of how polarized our country is and especially how polarized a lot of these regions are. Like, you\u2019re messing around in elections in Pennsylvania and Michigan? Michigan, especially the Grand Rapids area, which is a historically red district, what are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DCCC and Torres did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Democratic congressman slammed his party for meddling in Republican primaries during a Sunday appearance on ABC.\u201cIt\u2019s embarrassingly hypocritical,\u201d Democratic Rep. 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