That's something that has always weirded me out. Super-blue districts send partisan zealots like Maxine Waters to represent them, but super-red ones send blatant turncoats like Crenshaw and Kevin McCarthy - snakes who absolutely can't wait to stab their supposed constituents in the back, again and again and again. It even extends to the Senate seats, states which are supposed to be strongly to hyper-conservative like Texas or South Dakota are represented in the upper chamber by McConnell proteges like John Cornyn & John Thune instead. If the Democrats ever have a similar problem at least their 'problematic' Senator comes from a state where them not marching in lockstep with the turbo-progs makes sense, like Manchin from WV. What gives?
The explanation seems easy. Maxine Waters types are supported by the establishment. Matt Gaetz types are opposed by the establishment. Indulging Waters has no cost for the Democratic Party, while indulging Gaetz would be very costly indeed to the GOP - in terms of the amount of establishment blowback they would get.
That's something that has always weirded me out. Super-blue districts send partisan zealots like Maxine Waters to represent them, but super-red ones send blatant turncoats like Crenshaw and Kevin McCarthy - snakes who absolutely can't wait to stab their supposed constituents in the back, again and again and again. It even extends to the Senate seats, states which are supposed to be strongly to hyper-conservative like Texas or South Dakota are represented in the upper chamber by McConnell proteges like John Cornyn & John Thune instead. If the Democrats ever have a similar problem at least their 'problematic' Senator comes from a state where them not marching in lockstep with the turbo-progs makes sense, like Manchin from WV. What gives?
The explanation seems easy. Maxine Waters types are supported by the establishment. Matt Gaetz types are opposed by the establishment. Indulging Waters has no cost for the Democratic Party, while indulging Gaetz would be very costly indeed to the GOP - in terms of the amount of establishment blowback they would get.
In other words, the party decides.