AOC Loses Bid For Top Seat After Pelosi Schemed Against Her
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Rep. Gerry Connolly will be the leading Democrat on the House Oversight Committee instead.

Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) lost her bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, defeated 131-84 by Rep. Gerry Connolly in a secret caucus vote.

Reports suggest former Speaker Nancy Pelosi actively lobbied against AOC, backing Connolly by making calls and using political capital to sway votes.

Connolly, 74, cited his experience and record as decisive factors in his victory, despite progressive disappointment over AOC’s loss.

Supporters viewed AOC’s bid as a chance to revitalize Democratic strategy, calling the outcome a missed opportunity for the party.

  • btaf45@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 hours ago

    The Democrats copied Republican talking points with COVID, Trans people, police brutality and funding, the border “crisis”

    I don’t remember any of that happening.

    a non-white woman running on the platform of “Back to 2016 Trump’s America”.

    Treason Trump gave rich people and corporations a gigantic tax cut and raised taxes people making under 75k. Kamala was going to raise taxes on corporations and lower taxes on the middle classes. Tax rates are the #1 thing everyone should be focusing on because wealth inequality is the driver of almost all other problems.