Posted on 03/05/2019 4:33:43 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
At the end of freshman orientation, Rep. Abigail Spanberger was in a bind.
The Virginia Democrat had hoped to grab an office next to her closest buddies in the new Congress — a group of fellow military veterans who’ve dubbed themselves the “Gang of Nine.” But she hadn’t gotten a chance to check out the spot her colleagues had chosen and it was time to make a decision.
“I had that split-second moment, like, do I choose an office I haven’t seen... or give up on your friends?” she recalled in an interview.
Spanberger stuck with the group, solidifying the ties of former CIA agents, Marine Corps vets and a Navy helicopter pilot who have become one of the most visible crews of freshmen roaming the House. They now text everyday in a group chat, are seated together on the House floor and eat Chinese food while waiting for late-night votes.
Within the House class of 2018, the biggest in a generation, some of the most high-profile Democratic freshmen have begun to splinter off into their own cliques.
The creation of such alliances is a longtime tradition on Capitol Hill — a play not just for friendship, but influence. Together, these freshmen have a much better chance of bending the fractious caucus in their direction.
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Gang of Nine. “We would never vote with Pelosi!!! We are moderate!!! Right up until the votes are actually taken and then we are totally with ole Nan.”
What a crock. The fool em gang. Hey, we served in the military, that means we are allowed to vote with Stalin.
The democrats have ruined the big cities and now they are ruining our great country. Keep praying for God’s intervention.
Eff them.
Congress really is a joke.
Maybe those who say just burn it all down and start over are on to something.
Bitches
Should it be more like “Square Pegs” or “The Breakfast Club”?
...not to mention entire states.
It’s all about diversity.
Haley Stevens of Michigan and Colin Allred of Texas, are co-class presidents.
This is the dame that beat Brat, the hussy.
She is doing EXACTLY what all dims, left, libs do.
Find a “gang”, a clique, a fraternity, a coven.
NONE are individuals, something I cherish.
The first group shouldn’t buy any property. Pelosi will make them vote the party line. They won’t be around long.
how do freshman cliques and voting as a block serve the interests of ALL of their constituents, and not their own political ambitions?
“The Squad” take the short yellow bus to class every day.
I hate them all
Congress is useless and irrelevant so they can be one big happy club collecting a taxpayer check doing nothing but acting like they are in high school.The country is in real trouble.
The Who’s who of nobodies.
Do they think they are in Junior High ?
Sounds like Mean Girls.
Sounds like a waste of taxpayers ‘ money to me. What LIB LUNATICS.
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