Rep. Stephanie Murphy says freshman class is more than just progressive firebrands

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Rep. Stephanie Murphy says freshman class is more than just progressive firebrands

"There are actually quite a few women who are in the moderate, center-left kind of space,” the Florida Democrat says.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/stephanie-murphy-moderate-progressive-freshman-democrats-080087

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Updated: 12/10/2019 11:06 AM EST



Rep. Stephanie Murphy on Tuesday asserted that ideological differences between progressive freshman congresswomen and less liberal Democratic lawmakers have not inhibited consensus-building among the party’s members in the House of Representatives.

“I don’t think so, and I actually would challenge the notion that the women that have come in are on the progressive end,” the Florida Democrat said at POLITICO’s Women Rule Summit in Washington.



“I think we have a nice, you know, spread across the ideological spectrum within our Democratic caucus, and there are actually quite a few women who are in the moderate, center-left kind of space,” added Murphy, who is a co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of House Democrats who prioritize fiscal responsibility and national defense.



The 2018 midterm elections saw several female Democratic candidates, many with backgrounds in the military or intelligence community, emerge victorious in competitive races to capture previously Republican-held seats — including Reps. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Elaine Luria of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia.

But Murphy acknowledged that much of the media’s coverage of the new class of lawmakers has focused on the party’s progressive wing. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan have garnered significant attention for their far-reaching policy proposals and the racist attacks on them by President Donald Trump.

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But Murphy acknowledged that much of the media’s coverage of the new class of lawmakers has focused on the party’s progressive wing. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan have garnered significant attention for their far-reaching policy proposals and the racist attacks on them by President Donald Trump.