{"id":2653824,"date":"2026-09-02T19:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-ally-turns-back-to-centrist-who-voted-to-condemn-dsa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:57:10","slug":"jeffries-ally-turns-back-to-centrist-who-voted-to-condemn-dsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-ally-turns-back-to-centrist-who-voted-to-condemn-dsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries ally turns back to centrist who voted to condemn DSA"},"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%2Fjeffries-ally-turns-back-to-centrist-who-voted-to-condemn-dsa%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=2653824&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>Democratic frustrations linger over Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp perez (WA) and Jared Golden (ME),who sided with Republicans to push a vote condemning socialism and the democratic Socialists of America,breaking party unity. Rep. Jim McGovern (MA),a top Democrat on the House Rules Committee,expressed disapproval,noting he was blindsided by their votes and did not receive prior notice. These two Democrats were among the few who voted to bring a GOP-led package condemning socialism to the House floor, a rare breach of party cohesion. Their actions caused turmoil within the Democratic Caucus, with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries considering possible disciplinary measures, though none have been enacted yet. McGovern highlighted that this division hindered the party\u2019s messaging and ability to influence the legislative agenda, emphasizing the importance of unity, especially in the minority. the incident underscores internal party tensions and the challenges of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >maintaining solidarity amid procedural disagreements<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democratic<\/a> frustrations toward Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-golden\/\">Jared Golden<\/a> (D-ME) lingered on Wednesday after the pair sided with Republicans to force a vote on condemning <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\">socialism<\/a> and the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, turned his back to Gluesenkamp Perez as she testified before his panel about proposed changes to congressional sexual harassment policy if Democrats retake the majority.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4710845\/nicole-malliotakis-aide-struck-by-lightning\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Malliotakis aide uninjured after being struck by lightning in New York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4710804\/ralph-norman-lone-vote-chuck-edwards-censure\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ralph Norman explains why he was the lone vote against Chuck Edwards censure<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4710815\/jeffries-weighing-kicking-centrist-democrats-bucked-him-off-committees\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jeffries won\u2019t rule out kicking off committees centrist Democrats who backed condemning socialism<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI really wasn\u2019t interested and paying attention,\u201d McGovern told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cTo be honest with you, I didn\u2019t even get the courtesy of even a heads up that she was going to vote [for] the rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gluesenkamp Perez and Golden were the only Democrats to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4708607\/jeffries-blindsided-two-house-democrats-join-gop-force-vote-denouncing-socialism\/\">vote in favor<\/a> of bringing to the House floor a package of bills that included a GOP-led resolution denouncing socialism and the DSA. The defections mark a rare occasion of Democratic members breaking with leadership on a procedural measure, typically seen as tests of party unity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding insult to injury, the defections came even as GOP hard-liners were ready to paralyze the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"1250\">House<\/a> over an unrelated dispute with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on funding the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defections roiled the Democratic Caucus, with House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"790\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) admitting he was \u201cblindsided\u201d by the decision. As of Wednesday afternoon, Democratic leadership has yet to discipline the centrist pair, although an effort to strip them of their committee assignments is being weighed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photo that captures the vibes of today \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udcf8<\/p>\n<p>MGP testified Wednesday before Rules Committee<\/p>\n<p>The Dem Rules ranking member Jim McGovern turned his back on her during her testimony <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wIx6XEre12\">pic.twitter.com\/wIx6XEre12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ally Mutnick (@allymutnick) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/allymutnick\/status\/2095238667308589499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGovern said the decision by Gluesenkamp Perez and Golden to buck Jeffries and side with Republicans was a distraction from the Democrats\u2019 midterm election messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead of speaking about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordability\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"21532\">affordability<\/a> this week, we had to speak about socialism because the rule brought up all these guttural bills, so yeah, I\u2019m a little pissed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGovern added that if Democrats stuck together, they \u201ccould have changed the agenda this week\u201d in the House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Massachusetts Democrat emphasized the need for his party to be united, particularly while it\u2019s in the minority and lacks the power to move legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNinety percent of the amendments that my fellow Democrats offer are blocked, and all the bills that were brought up are all closed. I mean, just that alone should give members pause and say, \u2018You know, I\u2019m not going to vote for this.\u2019 Democrats get screwed by the Republicans all the time in the [rules committee],\u201d said McGovern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4710187\/key-jeffries-ally-democrats-focus-elections-golden-glusenkamp-votes\/\">TOP JEFFRIES ALLY TELLS DEMOCRATS TO MOVE PAST DEFECTION DRAMA AND FOCUS ON NOVEMBER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, he stopped short of suggesting a specific punishment for Golden and Gluesenkamp Perez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want people to have each other\u2019s back in the Democratic Caucus,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats upset over Gluesenkamp Perez and Golden siding with GOP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4399,"featured_media":2653825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jim-mcgovern-e1788385882550.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[74816,20608,74849,50470,34432],"class_list":["post-2653824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alliance-2","tag-centrist","tag-dsa","tag-jeffries-2","tag-political-shift"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jim-mcgovern-e1788385882550.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653824","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\/4399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2653824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653828,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653824\/revisions\/2653828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2653824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2653824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2653824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}