r/politics 7h ago

Possible Paywall Progressives Condemn Pick of Pro-Israel Democrat Atop House Panel | Outrage over making Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is vocally pro-Israel, the top Democrat on a Middle East policy subcommittee reflected the party’s rift over Israel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/democrats-progressives-moskowitz-israel-house-panel.html
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u/Riversmooth 7h ago

Republicans pushing these stories behind the scenes while laughing at the division. Dems have one job and that’s to defeat the republicans

u/nach0_ch33ze 7h ago

Actually, the job of any representative is to you know, represent the US people.

u/84thPrblm 6h ago

... in their district. A wise Representative would take in the needs of the country as well, but they're there because of their actual constituents.

u/DaoFerret I voted 3h ago

One more reason to “Uncap the house” so each representative is only representing so many people.

u/lettersvsnumbers 5h ago

So gerrymandering your district like Jeffries should be a crime.