Der 75-jährige Rivale von AOC für den Top-Komitee-Spot tritt beiseite
https://www.thedailybeast.com/aocs-old-rival-for-top-committee-spot-suddenly-steps-down/
Der 75-jährige Rivale von AOC für den Top-Komitee-Spot tritt beiseite
https://www.thedailybeast.com/aocs-old-rival-for-top-committee-spot-suddenly-steps-down/
32 Kommentare
Somehow, House Democratic leadership will block her again. Mark my words.
The centrists in the party plotted to keep her out. Pelosi probably knew he was going to step down and she went ti him and convinced him to take the post to screw AOC.
Oh gee, what a friggin shock.
Enough with the old ass Dems.
If the Democrats block her again, it will be proof they are fine with aging, inept, and ineffective leadership. As a life-long Democrats, I’m starting to believe they are just hanging on for the insider trading.
Should be easy to oppoint her now right? RIGHT???
No, they won’t of course
Centrist Democrats are just republican lite.
more brilliant planning by the Democrats. who couldn’t see this coming.
What annoys me the most about her losing this seat was I was told it was a great position to be in the limelight of attention. I’ve heard about that guy exactly one time and it was him saying “we made them scramble” but ultimately had no effect
This is the guy Dem leadership pushed everyone else out for. Didn’t even last 6 months. More embarassing „leadership.“
Hes stepping aside because he has cancer and he’s old as dirt. Thats how dirty pelosi did AOC, she was so determined to fuck with her that she pulled strings to get a half dead cancer patient the job instead.
Get all these life term corporate dem hacks out of the party already.
What a sad state that we’re celebrating this. There shouldn’t ever be any question about whether someone nearly a century old should be leading anything.
Yeah, the fucking idiot’s cancer came back. It’s no wonder the Dem are getting destroyed by the stupids.
This is how you lead !! Imagine where we would be had Ruth Ginsburg had done the same…..
Now stay out of the conversation this time, Nancy!
Just in time for the republicans to block the democrats from any kind of investigation. Makes sense.
If AOC ran for Hakeem Jeffries‘ seat she would win. Just sayin.
She needs to launch a hint at a presidential run, ramp up press releases, and streamline her ideas for working class Americans and what she aims to accomplish. I know she has progressive ideals, but would love for her to get a ‘working class American’ type of vibe started to hit home to those I can communicate her messages to.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
75 fucking years old. That asshole should be in a home. He was alive during Eisenhower’s presidency, and he still let this happen. We need a real third party
Just because he had cancer doesn’t mean he didn’t want to serve. Cancer is nothing to laugh at but he should had understood that we need younger and new members to combat the onslaught by the Republicans. Dems need to mentor and support younger members and future candidates with common sense talking points to reach everyone. We need both generations to work smarter.
Everyone in the thread saying the dems won’t nominate her to his spot while not realizing AOC isn’t on House Oversight anymore. She’s on Energy & Commerce now, she’s not going to be nominated to Minority Ranking Member
My parents are around 75, and they’re doing fine health wise, but I can’t imagine a world where they would want to step into a high pressure job of any kind. Either these people cling to the death to power, or being in congress is actually pretty fucking easy.
AOC would be an ideal choice for this position!
Good.
If they „give her“ the spot now that he’s vacated, it really doesn’t make all that much of a difference. They would have been able to make a statement if she had been given it earlier, they made a statement by not giving it to her, but the damage is done. The Democrats have seemingly made it clear that they don’t intend to make substantial changes to leadership, at least at this time.
“With no rancor and a full heart, I move into this final chapter full of pride in what we’ve accomplished together over 30 years”
Connolly who? Seriously, I pay pretty close attention to politics and before this guy *literally* used his own cancer diagnosis as a guilt trip to whip votes for this committee seat, I don’t think I’d ever heard of him. Gerry Connolly seemingly „accomplished“ piss all in his 1/3rd of a century in congress.
He failed to do anything meaningful or even mentionable in three decades so on his deathbed we honor him with the gift of an extremely important seat at one of the most critical moments of the nation’s entire history that he *knows* he won’t be able to do *anything* with because even if he weren’t completely useless before he’s now *dying of cancer.* And why? Half and half because it’s „his turn“ and because if the DNC has any singular issue they *actually* stand for it’s *shitting on their own base.*
Ding Dong, the Dud Is Dead!
Let’s not forget it was Pelosi who from a hospital bed pushed this guy instead of AOC.
I mean this as somebody who loves San Francisco with the bottom of their heart. We need to dump pelosi for anything. A literal ham sandwich would be better at this point.
How do they suck so much
So he’s been doing jack shit this entire time, too.
Great job Dems, yet another reason on the list.
I’m sure they will find a reason for her not to get it.
Pelosi needs to step aside and let someone who isn’t a centrist.