BLUE-ON-BLUE ACTION: DCCC snub emboldens insurgent liberals: ‘If that means getting blacklisted … then so be it.’
Liberal activists are furious that the House Democrats’ campaign committee is refusing to do business with consultants who work against incumbent Democrats — but the pollsters and strategists affected say the snub might prove to be a blessing.
Several of those likely to end up on the wrong side of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s new rule say they will no longer feel beholden to the party’s establishment and will have the chance to grow on their own.
“You’re creating a market for people that are running challenger candidates,” said Sykes Global Communications President Michael Oliva, who worked with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her stunning 2018 upset victory in New York.
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