'They have Kevin McCarthy, who is not gonna be able to bring that caucus—in my view—together,' PramilaJayapal said of the GOP winning the House majority. 'They're gonna fight with each other.'
Predicting GOP infighting, she said that"what we might get is a really sharp contrast: Republicans trying to strip Social Security and Medicare" and Democrats serving as the last line of defense.As major election watchers on Wednesday officially announced that Republicans had secured a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives by winning at least 218 seats, top Democrats—whose party maintains control of the White House and Senate—tried to send a message of hope.
"I think the lesson for us here is we might have to be an opposition party in the House, with Republican leadership... but we also have to be a proposition party," said Jayapal, chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus ."We have to show people what we stand for—give people hope that if we get into office, we will do what we did again in this last term."
"The line of defense is gonna be in the Senate and the White House," Jayapal explained."What we might get in the House—I hate this—but what we might get is a really sharp contrast: Republicans trying to strip Social Security and Medicare" while Democrats attempt to protect key rights and recent progress.
During the campaign season for this past cycle, Republican candidates made clear they wanted to try to use the fight over raising the debt ceiling to force spending cuts, specifically targeting Social Security and Medicare. Along with passing appropriation legislation during the lame-duck session, the CPC leader stressed that"we also do need to make sure to take some tools that they're gonna use to hold us hostage off the table—so that's the debt ceiling.
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