Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Friday said the 2020 presidential campaign will be tough and Democrats will "have to be ready to throw a punch—for the children." 
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed new language guidelines to re-shape the way people talk about those in the crime industry. Words such as "felon," "offender," and "convict" would be replaced by "person first" terminology. Under the proposal, a convicted criminal would be referred to as a "formerly incarcerated person," or "justice-involved individual," or even a "returning resident." 
Liberal advocacy group J Street defended Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) against accusations of anti-Semitism, telling the Washington Times such charges are "reckless." 
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) said during a recent interview that her former chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti's tweet attacking the moderate Blue Dog Caucus was “divisive,” adding she didn't approve of it.
The political action committee that helped cement the rise of the four Democratic congresswomen who eventually became known as "the Squad" has launched a set of Facebook ads fundraising off the recent diversity fiasco at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). 
Embattled Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) described his community of Baltimore as a "drug infested area" in a video from a 1999 congressional hearing. 
Rep. Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) called Friday for the House to pursue impeachment of President Donald Trump, arguing that the American public would be more supportive of impeachment if further hearings were held. 
CNN counterterrorism analyst Phil Mudd on Wednesday said Democrats in Congress need to “shut up” about impeaching President Donald Trump and focus on issues like health care.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told the media to be "messengers of truth" about former special counsel Robert Mueller's congressional testimony on Wednesday during a press conference after the conclusion of the hearings. 
California billionaire and presidential candidate Tom Steyer has released a new television commercial attacking fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi for the upcoming congressional recess. 