The fact that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to fight one another is sometimes described as a sign of vitality, particularly as compared to the enforced unanimity of the Trump-era GOP (give or take an MTG or Thomas Massie). But sometimes, fairly personal disputes are blown up into factional battles that really don’t merit an ideological interpretation. That seems to be the case with the vote of disapproval in the House yesterday for veteran congressman Chuy Garcia of Illinois.

Garcia recently chose to retire from the House due to distressing family and medical concerns, but he timed his announcement so close to the candidate filing deadline for the 2026 Democratic primary that only one would-be successor, his chief of staff, Patty Garcia (no relation to her boss), was ab

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