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Progressives Try Ousting Democrat Border Critic Rep. Cuellar

Lawyer Jessica Cisneros said she will be challenging incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Texas, in the Democratic primary. (Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call).

By    |   Monday, 09 August 2021 08:53 AM EDT

The intensifying Democrat infighting, waged at the border between the moderate and progressive wings, is set to spill into the open as a “squad” acolyte plans to take on one of the few non-Republican voices raising alarm about that “other” border, along the United States’ southern boundary.

Marisa Herman

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The intensifying Democrat infighting, waged at the border between the moderate and progressive wings, is set to spill into the open as a "squad" acolyte plans to take on one of the few non-Republican voices raising alarm about that "other" border, along the United States'...
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