Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg’s plan to spend $20 million to primary older Democratic incumbents in Congress has sparked intense anger from some lawmakers.

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    6 hours ago

    You are not alone in this. The party has long used gun control as a purity test, rejecting candidates (and alienating voters) who offer anything less than full-throated support for gun control.

    Until just now, when centrist control of the party is threatened.

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          5 hours ago

          You and David Hogg are Democrats, despite your irrational, centrist support for gun control. I’m apparently Wayne LaPierre because I oppose it.

          One of us is using gun control as a purity test. The other is not.

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            5 hours ago

            You want nothing to do with Hogg or his push to primary useless incumbents. And your only stated reason is because he’s not pro-school-shooting enough.

            Sounds like a purity test to me.

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              4 hours ago

              Nah, he’s still a Democrat, even though his position conflicts with the electorate. As are you.

              The “test” here isn’t one of purity. Here, the test is whether he can represent that electorate. He can’t.

              His position on gun control is the most obvious example, but it’s not the only one. He idolizes Pelosi and Clinton, and wants to replace “useless incumbents” with Baby Nancy and Baby Hillary.