The anti-Trump Democrats vs. the anti-war Democrats

This is one of the most important dividing lines in the new House majority

President Trump.
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Nancy Pelosi is back. The first time she claimed the speaker of the House's gavel, Democrats took control thanks not only to an unpopular Republican president but also public revulsion against the war in Iraq. A dozen years later, the GOP commander-in-chief sufficed on his own.

Anti-war progressives are nevertheless poised to play a key role inside the new majority. Democrats are regaining the House of Representatives right as President Trump is considering an end to U.S. involvement in at least two wars. In addition to the possible withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan, Congress is also on the verge of stopping American participation in a third war (Yemen).

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.