During Tuesday's House Democratic leadership press briefing, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) discussed Democrats being primaried by younger challengers.
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00:00Thank you. I saw that Whip Clark was in Indianapolis for an event with Congressman Andre Carson last week.
00:06I know that he's facing one of the primary challengers.
00:11Do you expect leadership to step in and do more events with members facing younger primary challengers?
00:17If members want us to visit, we try to accommodate and visit.
00:23I appreciate Whip Clark making the time to go to Indianapolis.
00:26I know she and Lori also spent part of the weekend at Molly McGovern's funeral.
00:34Being there for one another as part of our Democratic family is so incredibly important in this time for the McGovern family.
00:43So in between all of that, the fact that Whip Clark made time for Andre Carson in Indianapolis is great, and we appreciate that.
00:53You know, I'm not as popular. The vice chair and I aren't as popular as other members of the leadership team.
00:58But when they ask, we will try to make a trip and accommodate and be helpful.
01:04We are a Democratic caucus family.
01:07And just as we have done in the past few years, if members want us to travel and to be seen and to help them, town halls, events, political matters, we want to ensure our members succeed.
01:22And we want to be there for one another.
01:24And so that continues to be kind of a guiding force of this leadership team.