Battleground Democrats make USMCA push amid impeachment furor
Source: Politico
A group of battleground House Democrats on Thursday staged a dramatic show of support for President Donald Trump's NAFTA update at a special caucus meeting on the issue, upping pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the final stretch of negotiations.
The moderate Democrats privately worked to rally support for the trade deal ahead of the caucus-wide discussion, encouraging each other to show up and voice support for the deal, according to multiple people familiar with the conversations.
“Some of them said, ‘Hey, we’re the ones that brought the majority and we want this. We need to go back and show that we can do something,’” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), a vocal supporter of USMCA, told POLITICO. “Nobody wants to just talk about impeachment.”
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The meeting comes at a pivotal moment for the USMCA’s fate, with Pelosi earlier Thursday declaring that a deal between Democrats and the Trump administration is “imminent.”
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