And they want it all - the downside to Diversity and Inclusiveness. The current Democrat ruling base thought to imcrease their political power by opening the gates to any and all. Playing the identity politics card and balkanizing the party. Needless to say, this was not a well thought out strategy as all of the newcomers are now scrambling to amass as much power and press as they can. This is forcing the current ruling base into the sidelines - witness "The Squad" of AOC, Taliab, Omar, etc... putting Nancy Pelosi on the sidelines.
From Politico:
DCCC in 'complete chaos' as uproar over diversity intensifies
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is in full-blown turmoil.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) was set to make an unplanned trip to Washington from her district Monday amid an outcry from top black and Latino lawmakers over a lack of diversity in the campaign arm's senior management ranks.
Bustos’ sudden return to D.C., just days after Congress left for a six-week-long August recess, comes as aides and lawmakers are calling for systematic changes to the DCCC, the party’s main election organ.
POLITICO reported last week that black and Hispanic lawmakers are furious with Bustos’ stewardship of the campaign arm. They say the upper echelon of the DCCC is bereft of diversity, and it is not doing enough to reach Latino voters and hire consultants of color. In addition, several of Bustos’ senior aides have left in the first six months of her tenure, including her chief of staff — a black woman — and her director of mail and polling director, both women.
In the most dramatic move so far, Texas Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Filemon Vela told POLITICO Sunday that Bustos should fire her top aide, DCCC executive director Allison Jaslow.
Heh - the more fractionated they become, the less overall power they have. Fun to be watching this from the other side of the aisle.
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