Liberals target Ways and Means chairman with primary challenge

Published July 22, 2019 1:18pm ET



The mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts announced he will launch a primary challenge against House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, who liberals say “had to be dragged kicking and screaming to request Trump’s tax returns.”

Neal, 70, is among the highest-ranking House Democrat targeted so far by liberals, who are eager to push the Democratic caucus further to the left in the next election.

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