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Flip Five — Welcome PAC [1]

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Date: 2025-06

Five Votes from a Stable House



We are at our best when looking past differences to reach out and build a big tent Democratic Party that can win a majority. Right now, winning a majority means flipping five of the 11 Republican “Problem Solvers” who represent Biden-won districts and combining them with the united bloc of 212 Democrats led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

These are vulnerable Republicans who have partnered with centrist leaders to publicly pledge to work across party lines - including specifically when setting rules and speakerships. This was their promise to voters, and election analysts have shown that the candidates making these bipartisan Problem Solving promises receive a 3% increase in vote share. But now they are threatening to quit this bipartisan effort, blaming Democratic Problem Solvers and siding with Marjorie Taylor Greene & Lauren Boebert over the promises they made to their voters.

They must be informed of their leverage, persuaded to use it, and then defeated if they do not.

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