In December, Nancy Pelosi intervened to keep AOC from getting the top spot on the oversight committee, and giving it to 74 year old Gerry Connolly, despite him having cancer.
Now, he's dead. Have the past 5 months been an important time for Congressional oversight?
Now, he's dead. Have the past 5 months been an important time for Congressional oversight?
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In this time of Trump, it’s it important that at least SOME norms are upheld???
Are they actually TRYING to keep the old skeletors in office?
These old farts have done NOTHING while Trump steamrolls our constitution.
Sat there and drew their fat paychecks. Two of the top DEMS have been selling their books.
Time for NEW and YOUNGER leaders.
Just the same stuff from social media liberals who like the GOP in the freedom caucus just believe yelling the loudest is more important than majorities
It's sad that he died but Nancy Pelosi should have cared more about her Democracy than her friend(s).
If you mean "why don't other Congress people in power decide to get out of her way instead of holding onto their power because that's why they're there", I don't know what to tell you. It kinda answers itself.
If you’re talking about Pelosi still holding office, the best person SF DSA could find to primary her was a known workplace sex pest
TWICE
In case you were wondering
but hey by your logic why can't those smart perfect neo liberal centrists beat the american nazi party?
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He's a 70 year old white guy.
It should still be AOC.
With the chaos we have right now, a bunch of old timers with experience in how it has always been done are teats on a boar. What is needed is the energy, fire, and skin in the game from our young legislators.
"Because Connolly was older and ill" doesn't answer that question.
Read. The. Articles. Not. Just. The. Headlines.
And for bonus points, explain the path for Rep. Ocascio-Cortez to lead Oversight.
GO:
It's a form of political negligence that borders on criminal.
Dickhead.
The Congressional Dems themselves INSISTED on putting this own goat into their net AFTER Biden clinging to power until it caused a disaster.
Buying Bitcoin has better r/r.
Who do we think would’ve done a better job at providing oversight?
Sure buddy, resign please
Then he had his team leak the "advisers say he won't run again" bit so people would buy it but he'd be able to deny it later
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/02/watch-i-decide-mass-rep-lynch-gets-heated-with-constituents-at-boston-rally.html
But Nancy Pelosi has a long history of attacking AOC which is both pathetic and despicable.
They are all WAY OLDER than Connelly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/politics/bernie-sanders-hospital.html
I’m guessing AOC would not be good with jettisoning two of her biggest supporters in Congress.
Elizabeth Warren knows more about the CFPB, the Demon Vought’s current perch, than anyone.
Markey wants a New New Deal & experienced the measurable successes in the wake of the first one.
He EARNED IT.
AOC has never even passed a single bill & has consistently been ranked one of the least effective members of Congress.
My point isn't about GC's credentials. It's about a party that favors seniority over ability. GC's appointment, regardless of his qualifications, is indicative of a party that doesn't see the fight they face and prefers business as usual over effectiveness
relative to clinton and obama, biden has a few points in his favor and at least he never did that annoying "punch left" shit the other two did - but his failures outweigh his (small) successes by a wide margin
Just gobsmacking hubris that set women's rights back thirty years.
People need to learn that no one is indispensable.
No. Literally zero.
Did you take a HS Civics class?
That’s not how Congress works. It’s by majority.
Sorry Kiddo, Nancy fought for GC precisely because he was dying.
As his final honor to public service.
And if we can’t get the entire party together…
We will lose again.
And it’s precisely why we lost in 24…
And we will lose again in 28.
Grow up. Quickly.
Very well put, pal.
Where is it enshrined that we must give our oldest political power?
This is why the Democrats are known as the loser party.
Now, Connolly's ghost will be an unstoppable force of eternal oversight! He'll be able to travel through walls and floors, so he can spy on MAGA's closed door plotting completely undetected!
It's 5D Uno.
Can you be specific about the failings of Connolly as chair?
Who has the authority to call hearings? (hint: not Dems)
Who has the authority to subpoena people (hint: not Dems, because the R Chair would never hold their own people accountable)
Fuck off with this bullshit.
Running your mouth doesn't help people. LEGISLATION does, and she's not helping.
Imagine if the Warriors had kept Steph Curry as a backup point guard behind guys like Nate Robinson until Curry was at retirement age himself, then insisted on starting him over someone young and talented.
The 2024 election was decided by Democrats...
Facing a binary choice, lots wouldn't support a black woman.
The Dem response since the election.
Note how comfortable some "old party" Dems really are.
Everything else is blood-boiling with its accuracy.
Rather than treating it like a real job in the front lines in the war on democracy
It was just better than the alternatives and scolding center right assholes like you showing up aren't entitled to the world bending to your senile will.
That is equally grim
Being an walking orb of cancer doesn't make you immune to being called out for doing a bad job.
What exactly did he bring to the role in the 5 months he held it and do you think he did everything possible someone could do with that role as America descended into fascism?
It's also not ableist to discuss who should be in positions of power and who shouldn't and the why and why not of it.
(rhetorical question)
Objecting to giving a 74 year old dying man an elite position of power is not ableist. Eat shit.
so obviously we should only blame them and go back to twiddling our thumbs
Yes, at this point, everything is the fault of the democrats
If Obama had given us the universal, single payer healthcare he promised, the democrats wouldn't lose another election
If Biden kept the covid protocols and prevented 1 mil deaths, Harris might have had a chance
Is everything Dem's fault? No. Should we demand better? Yes.
You want to pretend the Dem party is good? Get rid of the first 100 bad ones.
How many voters has she registered?
How many election officials signed up during her tour?
How many people has she recruited to run for state/local office?
Pretty sure I haven’t hear her mention states that have elections this year.
https://www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/2025/05/bernie-sanders-brings-fighting-oligarchy-tour-philadelphia-may-day/405012/
Their donors want this.