ICYMI: The Hogg Rebellion Goes After Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

May 16, 2025

In case you missed it, the Democrats are eating their own again and this time, the Hogg rebellion is targeting Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

“The verdict is in, and out of touch Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has been nothing but a complete failure in Congress. She’s too weak for the left and too radical for the rest of Washington because she delivers nothing but an extreme political agenda that’s failed everyone.” — NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez

Democratic Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez won in a Trump district. Now she faces an uprising from the left
The Associated Press
May 16, 2025

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Whether the second-term congresswoman’s strategy succeeds will be decided by voters in next year’s midterm elections. But for some progressives in her district, it is proving inadequate to counter the authoritarian tilt of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

At two town halls she hosted recently, crowds shouted questions or chanted, “Vote her out!” Many vowed to support a more liberal primary challenger.

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Hundreds of people showed up at her town halls last month. Many were furious over her recent votes to censure Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump’s speech to Congress and for a measure that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

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So far, one Democrat, Brent Hennrich, has announced a primary challenge. On his website, the former movie theater operations manager who filed to run this week dismissed Gluesenkamp Perez’s moderation as the wrong approach for the moment.

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This week, Pacific County Democrats began considering whether to call on the state party to refrain from endorsing Gluesenkamp Perez as long as another Democrat is challenging her.

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Perhaps no one has enjoyed the mounting criticism of Gluesenkamp Perez more than Republicans, who say she is being “abandoned” by Democrats.

“Vulnerable Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is getting primaried and no one’s shocked,” the National Republican Congressional Committee said in a statement. “She’s too weak for the far left, too radical for Washington’s families, she doesn’t belong anywhere.”

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