Democratic party shift could leave moderates with no home

As the Democratic party moves further to the left, some are speculating what could happen to the party’s more moderate members.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has singled out Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy as one Democrat who could face an uncertain future.

National press secretary Michael McAdams tells News 96.5 WDBO unless Murphy embraces some of the party’s more progressive positions like universal healthcare, the Green New Deal, and higher taxes, she could face tough opposition from within her own party in the 2020 primary.

"We heard just yesterday Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez telling a Democratic conference she will have a list and will be willing to challenge these folks if they don't hop on board with these radical ideas like the Medicare for all plan we saw announced this week," said McAdams.

“We’ve seen across the country that folks that are trying to be bipartisan, they’re getting primaried from the radical left and Stephanie Murphy will be the latest victim of them if she doesn’t get on board with these proposals,” said McAdams.

Murphy, who is a co-chairman of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition in Congress issued her own written statement to News 96.5 WDBO addressing the NRCC’s claim.

While the party’s left wing has gotten outside attention for its aggressive moves to push Democrats in their direction, the splinter faction is made up of the party’s moderates — many of them freshmen taking their first congressional votes.

They insist they are not going to be dissuaded from voting with their districts, and many are warning that majority control is at stake.

“It’s this class of members that got elected that are the reason we have the majority...Many of them come from these [moderate] districts, and their promise to their constituents was that they were going to put people over politics.”