WASHINGTON, D.C. [JERRY CORNFIELD]—Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington succeeded Tuesday in getting the House to publicly reprimand a Democratic colleague.

“I got my ass handed to me yesterday in debate, but I am profoundly encouraged to have been a small part of the long work of affirming that in America, we choose our leaders,” Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez wrote on X. “Thank you to the 22 Democrats who stood with me.”

But she needed support of nearly every House Republican as the vast majority of her own party, including six fellow Washington Democrats, opposed her resolution targeting Rep. Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois, for an electioneering toe-tap to anoint a successor.

Gluesenkamp Perez applauded Garcia’s career in public service and said he was retiring for honorable r

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