House Democratic infighting subsides as party focuses on push to impeach Trump

By Paul Kane
11/23/2019, 6:00:00 a.m.

For almost four months, House Democrats have enjoyed something that once seemed unattainable: relative calm inside their caucus.

Democrats have tamped down the internal friction that dominated the spring and summer, creating divisions along ideological and generational lines, as they instead focus on the far more consequential battle of trying to impeach President Trump.

The self-proclaimed “Squad” — the four young, first-term liberal congresswomen who clashed earlier in the year with fellow freshmen from swing districts — has drifted into the background with so much attention now focused on the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry.

None of the more than 60 freshman Democrats sits on that key panel, which has given the newcomers a chance to learn the ropes without the kleig lights of cable news chasing them every which way.

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