Inside the Democratic Party’s Struggle to Rein in Trump

With the August recess fast approaching, Democrats remain divided over whether to fight fire with fire

Matt Laslo
GEN
4 min readJul 22, 2019

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U.S. Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kathy Castor, and Donna Shalala listen as  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks.
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TThis summer’s subpoenas, aimed directly at the heart of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, have been flying from Democrats, but the majority party in the House still hasn’t made much headway in…

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Matt Laslo
GEN
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