Nancy Pelosi ‘Actively Working to Tank’ AOC’s Committee Bid
The former speaker is campaigning for Rep. Gerry Connolly to win the role as top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
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Oh, Pelosi bad....
Ever stop to think that she may owe political favor to AOC's competitor? The democrats hold elections for chairs, and there is lots of this.
Nevermind..
Pelosi bad....
Kind of irrelevant what her reasoning is. It’s a bad and stupid move politically. People are frustrated with the dems and are disengaging. They need change in leadership if they want to remain relevant. Pelosi and her ilk are out of touch and will run the country into the ground if they don’t step aside.
AOCs competitor is very well liked, even by AOC, and the caucus is roughly cut in half. It's a vote, let's see what happens. Pelosi gave up the leader role, but that doesn't mean every chair is up for grabs.
you're not wrong, but you said it in a really fucked up and removed way.
So your defense of Nancy Pelosi is that she might be corrupt and screwing over AOC as quid pro quo? That's meant to make us feel better?
My defense,if you can call it that, is that she's paying back a political favor to Gerry Collins who is running against AOC. That is the way the House and political favors work. You may not like it, but I assure you AOC does it to.
Regardless of this action, Pelosi is bad.
Write better.
How are you so consistently on the wrong side of every issue? Are you like a staffer for a conservative Democrat or something?
No. Just a realist in an unreal world.
If you're a realist then you would know every chair in the House of Representatives is up for grabs every 2 years.
Tis true. But, I was talking about committee chairs
Every Chair.
16 committee chairs are chosen every congress. The Republican caucus leaders choose theirs. The democratic caucus elects theirs, with the Dem leader playing a large role in aligning per senority. This year, Jeffries has decided to stay out of it giving the opportunity for younger congresspeople to take additional responsibilities. So essentially there is an internal campaign going on right now and the caucus will vote later. It has nothing to do with the election for the representative in the first place.
I didn't say it did. But that happens every 2 years for sure. Nobody is guaranteed their seat, in their district or their committee.
Two separate things. But whatever the case you have to be a member of the caucus in order to vote for committee chair and that means you already won your district.
And neither is guaranteed. It's really a very simple concept. I'm not sure what you're having trouble with.
It's not only simple, but meaningless. But, hey, thanks.
Some Dems are so cynical they do things they don't believe in because they believe it works.
You can say that about a lot of people, not only dems. It's like saying all repubs move like a herd while doing and saying what they think is popular
We can say a lot of people are cynical like that, but we can also say even more people are turned off by that cynicism.
