going nuclear

In case you missed it, the DCCC is finally following through on months of threats to eviscerate progressive challengers in crowded House primaries, beginning in Texas’ Seventh District.

Tonight, the DCCC is attacking Laura Moser – endorsed by progressive groups such as Democracy for America and Our Revolution Texas – as “a Washington insider, who begrudgingly moved to Houston to run for Congress.”

What’s more: “As of January 2018, she claimed Washington, DC to be her primary residence in order to get a tax break. And she has paid her husband’s Washington, DC political consulting firm over $50,000 from campaign contributions; meaning 1 of every 6 dollars raised has gone to her husband’s DC company.”

And the DCCC’s spokesman doubled down, saying: “Unfortunately, Laura Moser’s outright disgust for life in Texas disqualifies her as a general election candidate.”

Surely this won’t spark a progressive backlash against the heavy hand of Washington. Surely this won’t elevate Moser and embolden the progressive groups behind her to escalate this into all-out war.

With friends like these…