Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland reportedly offered an unexpected overture at a Democratic fundraiser in Miami on Sunday, arguing that his party should keep its doors open even to one of the Republican Party’s most polarizing conservatives: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
His remarks underscored a moment of political fluidity in Washington, where shifting loyalties and internal party disputes have become increasingly common.
Speaking at the 2025 “Blue Bash Brunch,” Raskin told the audience of Florida Democrats that the party must strive to be, in his words, “a huge, vast tent,” one that welcomes all “patriots” who are willing to “stand up for the Constitution and for the Bill of Rights today.” He went so far as to suggest there should be “room for Marjorie Taylor Greene, if she wants to come over,” a line that drew a mixed reaction from attendees.
Greene, long known as a stalwart supporter of President Donald Trump, has in recent months taken increasingly sharp aim at her own party’s leadership. While maintaining her support for Trump’s broader agenda and continuing to oppose Democratic policies, she has broken with Republicans on several high-profile issues. She has joined Democrats in calling for the release of the full Jeffrey Epstein files and has pressed GOP leadership to produce a comprehensive plan addressing expiring health care subsidies.
Those divergences have only intensified her conflict with the president. Over the weekend, Trump withdrew his endorsement of Greene, publicly branding her a traitor — a characterization she “resoundingly denies,” according to the article. The public rift has left Greene politically exposed, even as it has generated interest among some Democrats who see her criticisms of GOP leadership as signs of a fractured Republican coalition.
Raskin framed his outreach not as ideological compromise but as a bid to expand the Democratic Party’s appeal. Throughout his remarks, he presented the Democrats as the true guardians of American institutions at a time of rising political acrimony. Describing himself variously as a “liberal,” a “progressive,” and, notably, a “conservative,” he argued that the term conservatism should apply to those committed to preserving longstanding national commitments.
He listed a wide range of policies and laws — from Social Security and Medicare to the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act — as institutions in need of protection. His formulation cast Democrats as defenders of both constitutional rights and long-standing social programs, suggesting that a broad ideological spectrum now fits under the party’s umbrella.
“Everything that party of authoritarians wants to destroy is everything we’re going to conserve and defend in America,” he said, offering one of his sharper critiques of Republican leadership. He concluded with a declaration meant to frame the Democrats as the natural home of Americans across the political spectrum: “We are the party of the conservatives, the liberals and the progressives. All the patriots today are in the party of democracy. That’s who we are.”
Raskin’s comments signal that Democrats see political opportunity in the GOP’s internal divisions, even if embracing a figure like Greene remains, at best, a hypothetical. Yet by expressing willingness to welcome a conservative who has grown disenchanted with her own party while still supporting Trump’s agenda, Raskin also highlighted the shifting boundaries of party allegiance at a time when traditional ideological lines appear increasingly strained.
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