NEW: Democrat Rep. Calls Out Member Of Her Own Party On House Floor, All Hell Breaks Loose

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) has managed to tick off half her own party, sparking a House vote Monday night to rebuke Rep. Chuy García (D-IL) for engineering a glide path for his chief of staff to take his seat.

Gluesenkamp Perez is blasting García for what she calls “election subversion,” a charge that’s infuriated Democrats who say she’s torpedoing party unity at the worst possible time.

One House Democrat griped to Axios that “people were extremely frustrated last week” when Gluesenkamp Perez forced the vote just as the House cleared a government funding bill most Democrats detested.

A senior Democrat piled on, telling Axios lawmakers are “very pissed” the flap is creating fresh infighting right before an expected vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Leadership plans to smother her resolution with a motion to table, lawmakers said. The two-page measure scolds García for dropping his reelection bid right before Illinois’ filing deadline, clearing the field for his chief of staff, Patty García, who is now the lone candidate on the primary ballot.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he “strongly” backs García and dismissed Gluesenkamp Perez’s move as a “so-called motion of disapproval.”

“Representative García’s actions are beneath the dignity of his office and incompatible with the spirit of the United States Constitution,” the resolution declares.

García’s fellow Illinois colleague, Jan Schakowsky, erupted in support for her longtime pal after Gluesenkamp Perez filed the resolution, screeching on the House floor.

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García insists he intended to run again but bowed out only after his doctor and wife urged him to put his health and family first.

His office rushed talking points to colleagues on Monday, insisting he “followed all requirements and deadlines under Illinois law” and warning that the vote “creates distraction and divisiveness among Democrats.”

But not everyone is falling in line. Several moderates told Axios they might buck leadership and back Gluesenkamp Perez when the procedural vote hits the floor.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), a close ally of Gluesenkamp Perez, made his own feelings clear, noting he announced his retirement months before his state’s deadline.

“If I know I’m going to get done then I should get done so that there is time and space for people to make the decision to offer their name. … Every day that I now wait is taking time away from someone else,” he said.

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