A group of House Democratic "moderates" seem to be increasingly bent on enabling Donald Trump and his Republicans.
They're undermining House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her efforts to fight Trump on behalf of the children in Trump's concentration camps on the border, threatening to vote against another border aid package, and forcing her to take up the bill the Senate passed on Wednesday. The House is planning on voting on an amended version of the border package, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't take up, trying to jam Pelosi.
So the "moderates," who have continued to be bolstered by Pelosi's problematic leadership team of Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn, are going to help out McConnell. So far 12 of them have said they'll vote against Pelosi's bill. She can afford to lose just 18. The new package amends the Senate bill by adding provisions to "place additional restrictions on how the administration may spend the money and specify basic standards of care for the thousands of migrant children being held at the border, many in reportedly horrific conditions."
These Democrats apparently don't agree that the administration needs to be reined in and forced to treat these families—these little children—with a basic degree of humanity. They want to let Trump carry on as he has been, and they want McConnell to win this fight against Pelosi.
What the fuck are they thinking?