{"id":1665054,"date":"2022-09-29T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665054"},"modified":"2022-09-29T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:21:06","slug":"these-pacific-northwest-democrats-say-theyre-moderates-their-records-show-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-pacific-northwest-democrats-say-theyre-moderates-their-records-show-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"These Pacific Northwest Democrats Say They\u2019re Moderates. Their Records Show Otherwise."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthese-pacific-northwest-democrats-say-theyre-moderates-their-records-show-otherwise%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=1665054&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> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Kim Schrier have long supported progressive policies.<\/p>\n<p>   Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Rep. Kim Schrier.   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/josh-christenson\/\" title=\"Posts by Josh Christenson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Josh Christenson<\/a> \u2022 September 29, 2022 4:15 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Democrats in tight House races in the Pacific Northwest are pledging to buck the Biden administration, casting themselves as moderates willing to buck the president&#8217;s agenda. But their records may undermine their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon Democratic candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner promised in <a href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/2f480747-8b96-494f-8b16-fd08f5176e05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a campaign ad<\/a> to &#8220;lower costs&#8221; and &#8220;stand up to her own party,&#8221; which she says is &#8220;not getting the job done in Congress.&#8221; Until recently, the congressional hopeful called herself a &#8220;proud progressive&#8221; and supported progressive legislation like the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Rep. Kim Schrier (D., Wash.) <a href=\"https:\/\/mycmag.kantarmediana.com\/KMIcmagvidbin2\/HOUSE_WA08_SCHRIER_LISTEN_AND_LEARN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a campaign ad earlier this year<\/a> that she was &#8220;taking on the Biden administration&#8221; over its proposed gas tax suspension. But Schrier has voted with Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-congress-votes\/kim-schrier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 percent of the time<\/a>, passing trillions of dollars\u2019 worth in federal stimulus that economists say has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/this-study-shows-how-bidens-stimulus-contributed-to-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fueled inflation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ads come as vulnerable Democrats rush to court voters who are dissatisfied with Biden\u2019s handling of the economy. Nearly three-quarters of Americans list inflation as their top concern in the midterm elections, an ABC News\/<em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs-cdn-prod.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/publish_document\/62135712-e40d-4c38-9ec3-d3b9218cad1d\/published\/62135712-e40d-4c38-9ec3-d3b9218cad1d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> found this week.<\/p>\n<p>In Schrier\u2019s case, the pivot to pocketbook issues clashes with her legislative record. In February, Schrier introduced a bill <a href=\"https:\/\/schrier.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-schrier-introduces-legislation-suspend-gas-tax-lower-costs-washingtonians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to suspend the federal gas tax<\/a> until 2023, months before the administration\u2019s request for a mere <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/democrats-think-bidens-gas-tax-holiday-is-a-gimmick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-month gas tax holiday<\/a>. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D., Ore.) at the time said the gas tax suspension was &#8220;not going to give consumers significant relief&#8221; and would instead drain funding to infrastructure and related jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Schrier <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/swing-district-dem-says-partys-stimulus-spending-drove-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> in a June 2021 telephone town hall that Democrats&#8217; spending led to inflation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew that there was a possibility that this could lead to inflation,&#8221; Schrier said. &#8220;We all feel it a little bit, that everything feels a little more expensive. On top of that, gas is more expensive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Schrier did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In April, McLeod-Skinner affirmed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1AiQpC2O-dI&amp;ab_channel=DemocratTracking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support for the<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Northwest Democrats in tight House races are pledging to buck the Biden administration in a bid to seem moderate. Their records could undermine their efforts.<br \/>\nThe post These Pacific Northwest Democrats Say They\u2019re Moderates. Their Records Show Otherwise. appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}