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    Don't call these freshmen Democrats a 'Squad'

    by Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times Aug 08, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros of Yorba Linda, a freshman member of Congress in a historically Republican swing district, spent a recent Sunday telling constituents about what he's accomplishing in Washington in hopes they will reelect him.

    But he and other vulnerable California Democratic Party freshmen are discovering just how hard it can be to compete with the national political narrative revolving around President Donald Trump, his tweets and tensions between Democratic leadership and others in the party who hope to push it further left.

    At his Fullerton district headquarters last month, Cisneros answered questions from constituents about homelessness and veterans' services, and directed staff to assist with immigration cases and disability benefits.

    It didn't take long for talk of Trump to creep in.

    Some liberal voters pushed Cisneros to support an impeachment inquiry, which he has thus far

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