Podcast: On Civility, the Resistance Splits

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Podcast: On Civility, the Resistance Splits

CQ on Congress, Episode 109

Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters and Adam B. Schiff speak onstage at the LA Pride ResistMarch on June 11, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

By Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou

Posted June 29, 2018 at 3:33pm

Two political strategists, Democrat Ryan Clancy and Republican Rory Cooper, question whether progressives’ anger will help Democrats at the polls, while also predicting it bodes ill for lawmaking in Congress.

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