Rep. Henry Cuellar
There’s No Such Thing As A Conservative ‘Blue Dog’ Democrat
- bipartisanship
- Blue Dog Coalition
- conservative Democrats
- Democrats
- Donald Trump
- liberals
- Pro-Life
- Rep. Colin Peterson
- Rep. Dan Lipinski
- Rep. Henry Cuellar
- Rep. Lou Correa
- Rep. Stephanie Murphy
- Rep. Tom O'Halleran
- Republican establishment
- Republican Senate
- RINOs
- Sen. Joe Manchin
- tax cuts
- virtue signaling
The real purpose of the Blue Dog Democrats is not to force Democrats to abandon secular liberalism, but to act as the recruiters or handlers of weak Republicans who can be wooed to support liberal policies through claims of bipartisanship or stymie President Trump in acts of virtue signaling.