Texas lawmaker Veasey sees himself as the Democratic party's future
FORT WORTH -- Rep. Marc Veasey thinks he’s the future of the Democratic Party: Moderate, African-American and focused on helping Democrats reconnect with the working-class voters who abandoned them for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
In recent weeks, he’s also joined a handful of other up-and-coming Democrats in criticizing his party’s current leadership, suggesting Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s days as head of the party could be numbered. Democrats, he said, have abandoned the center of the country in favor of coastal strongholds.
But those remarks could mean Veasey, who represents an overwhelmingly Democratic and minority-heavy district, could open himself up to a challenge from the left in 2018.
He also risks looking opportunistic in taking shots at Pelosi, who he campaigned alongside just three months ago in Dallas. And after his comments questioning her future, he wrote a Facebook post reinforcing his support for her.
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