WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday took the rare step of publicly reprimanding one of its own members - retiring Democratic Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García - for what some of his colleagues have described as an attempt to subvert the election of his successor in Congress.

What made it even more surprising: It was a fellow Democrat who triggered the vote .

Centrist Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington has infuriated fellow Democrats for her surprise decision last week to force the House to take up the symbolic resolution against García. The Illinois Democrat, first elected in 2018, is under attack for allegedly coordinating his own retirement to ensure his hand-picked replacement would win his seat next year.

García announced his retirement shortly after his state's filing deadline on

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