She likes those who she can control. She always had the party tow the line with her steering the ship. With the younger class she don't have as much control because of the free thinking they bring.
If the DEMS don't get with the times if we get another chance to vote again WE WILL LOSE.
There's a pattern of face freeze & falls (McConnell), & Pelosi with her broken hip incident... These senior citizens got to go. Their frail bodies are brittle & continue to get worse.
Pelosi was in office when Obama and Biden won their presidencies. Her influence was powerful. Though, she has made mistakes, to completely dismiss her accomplishments is…unwise at best.
Pelosi was having kids at AOC’s age. That tended to slow down women’s careers in those days. She followed the rules of society and her church. She probably resents someone who didn’t.
A thousand year old zillionaire sinking AOC to put in a another thousand year old relic with cancer so the Establishment Dems can keep the insider trading fiesta going is too on the nose.
If Nancy doesn’t approve, she still has the power to quash it. Nancy needs to now out of politics because she is not moving the Democratic Party forward
AOC has gumption and a willingness to call out people to be held responsible and accountable. It’s the bitter old woman syndrome to not recognize it’s time she stepped away. Nancy has served honorable and been a strong Dem, but it is time to pass the baton.
It's that generation. Before it was all about young politicians. Then boomers got in power and don't wanna let go.. they're freaking 80 years old!! Go golfing or learn shuffleboard.. take a cruise. It's time to retire. #termlilitsforall
It was learned by joining anti-racist groups and listening. Term limits have a few different issues. One is that minorities tend to take longer to build the necessary momentum.
Another issue is that term limits hand the keys to lobbyists, who are a constant. Happy to elaborate.
In my own experience women hate other women out of jealousy, be it a partner, intelligence, skill, appearance. I avoid women, if at all possible. Men too lol. OK I avoid ppl.
Nancy doesn’t want to relinquish power to the next generation. The Democrat party is its own worse enemy. Nancy and the rest of leadership should be mentoring younger representatives to be able to step into leadership roles to move the party forward.
because @aoc.bsky.social is everything Pelosi isn't...
ethical
doesn't get rich off insider stock trading
questions the norm
tries to fight for everyone, not just the rich
isn't an institutionalist
doesn't back down
C'mon God, don't play dumb! You know Pelosi knows that AOC knows how eyeballs-deep Pelosi is into insider trading probably better than anybody else in the Cosmos! 🤣 #RappinWithGod
I’m going to get a lot of hate for this but the class war runs deep. Even with dems. Pelosi is worth over 120 million dollars. You can say the right words to make people believe you have their best interests but if you keep the focus on the culture war, your money is safe. She has no reason at
All to fight this class war because if she does, she loses money. And that is a hard pill to swallow as a democrat. You can be on the right side of all the cultural issues and still be the enemy of the people.
True, as nice a guy as he was (relatively) he was a continuation of the already established order....more of the same...more war...more bank bailouts...more for profit healthcare...the sooner the established order dies the sooner things can get better...
One senate vote away from us having a single payer system.
The President cannot do it without the senate. Blame Obama if you want… more people need to be sold on radical change to the left than have been in order to change things….
We have had National Health Insurance in Taiwan since 1995. The system has improved over the years. No wait times, high quality care and very affordable. So I know what I'm talking about when I call the US healthcare system complete garbage in terms of accessibility.
Right, during his campaign he made it seem like he was a change agent. This is precisely why the end results were so disappointing. He even let Hillary Clinton in to work and drone other countries. Not sure why he even let that corrupt tool in. The ACA didn't even have a public opinion.
Err, it's better than before but it's not a huge step forward. The ACA isn't cheap enough and is practically 1/4th towards real Universal healthcare that over 50 Democratic countries have.
Scary change he represents...neo conservatism gone insane! That's why businesses love him...he doesn't give a f#"k about anyone but himself and doesn't care for anything other than money...he would sell his children out if there was something in it for him, I just hope America can survive him..again
Yo Nancy Pelosi is the most effective house speaker in history. And we don’t know for certain that she worked against AOC so I am keeping my powder dry.
It’s disheartening to see so much hate here. Many are criticizing Nancy unfairly. She’s achieved a great deal, not everything we’d hope for, but still a lot. These attacks play right into the right’s narrative. Let’s aim higher and support each other instead of tearing down.
Oh my god with this kumbaya bullshit. Nancy should be gone. So should the rest of the geriatric crowd. Their time came and passed and their sick obsession with power is nauseating. We need public servants, not neoliberals padding their portfolios with blatant insider trading. Nancy can suck an egg.
Agree, she should be, but attacking her accomplishes nothing. It pits the left against the left & then right wins. Claiming people who spent their lives in service are in it for power is nonsense. They have been and will fight for the progress of all. They just do it based on different guidelines.
So how about women’s rights, civil rights, lgbtq+ rights, aca, climate protections, everything else we have achieved and fought for. So that wasn’t the centrist left supporting those things? So the right have us these? You need to rethink this. I get we need more, but that isn’t true. They gave alot
To recognize the valid achievements Pelosi made is simply fair. To criticize her for some unwise decisions is also fair. Zero-sum, all or nothing thinking is not fair, nor is it useful.
Absolutely. Progress is progress. I wish it were faster. I vote for it to be faster the best I can, but if others don’t agree then we have to try harder to convince them of it. Attacking them or throwing a tantrum by saying things like they never help isn’t productive & is likely counterproductive.
I think Nancy and Biden believe AOC is pushing too hard and fast for the system they’re familiar with. Their caution reflects an old-school political mindset, but Trump has changed the rules. In today’s reality, AOC’s urgency feels necessary to address the challenges of this new era.
Time for any Democrat age 70 or older to walk away from Congress and the Senate by 2026.
You had your glory, you made your $ and you had your chance to shine.
Fighting for society and democracy you mean. Is it not possible that we have only gotten what we have as a result of those 70+. Is jt possible they have the knowledge and wisdom to fight the right and stop gerrymandered, electoral college, citizen united, racist bigoted members from winning more?
It's the likes of AOC who need to step up as leaders for the Democrats in the future. Trump winning again proves people want change, and the Democrats rn represent the status quo. That needs to change if the Democrats are to stand any chance in 2028 and beyond.
Agreed. I want to belong to a party that fights and adapts to challenges. I don’t want to belong to a party that constantly capitulates to this extreme agenda we’re facing. I have zero faith that the current leadership of the dems has any idea how to even start identifying what the problems are!
I’m not sure we have what it takes either, but we won’t succeed if we keep infighting, oversimplifying issues, and using speculation or right-wing talking points. Support those defending democracy. Debate the policy and approach, don’t attack the person or assume nefarious intent.
The House loss in 2010 was driven by broader factors like backlash to the Affordable Care Act and the Tea Party wave, not just Pelosi. Criticizing the status quo is fair, but winning elections often requires balancing bold goals with practical strategies.
There’s no succession plan. The old guard failed to pass the reins to the next generation (who would now be in their 50’s and 60’s). Now it’s absolutely time to hand them over, but they will go to the one after that (in their 30’s and 40’s). And that totally freaks them out. A failure to plan.
The Ranking Member of Oversight doesn’t get to use it as a platform for his/her personal policy goals. Both APC and Connolly would be taking direction from Leader Jeffries.
I understand, & yes, they would be. I would have preferred AOC, but since that didn’t happen, we need to push forward. I don’t think it’s fair to assume bad intentions from the leadership. I believe they want to win as much as anyone. Their approach might be flawed, but I don’t question their intent
Good question. Nancy Pelosi won't leave the Democratic Party stronger. By backing another old guy. She should be backing real change for the party, much needed change to fight against what is happening.
AOC is young, highly intelligent, articulate, and engaged. All Pelosi has left are money and cerebral atrophy. The green-eyed monster is living large these days.
Its understandable, no elderly person wants to see their life's work proven a failure by some upstart so you never let them have a chance. See e.g. Arron Rogers/Jordan Love
Given Occam’s Razor - Pelosi sees herself in a very young and vibrant AOC, while she unwillingly winds down her life and career. She can’t help but hate her.
Feels threatened by a more Progressive and well loved fellow woman and default to being white first and let envy leave us to react like we always do, supporting the tenets of white supremacy and the patriarchy.
Was it Pelosi? But would not be surprised, but Democrats need to foster their young. I am 61 yrs old. Dems need to foster their young if we can survive
AOC doesn’t support Congresspeople trading stocks. People want to be self-righteous about Nancy but she’s made herself a large fortune through her stock trades while serving in Congress.
Because Nancy Pelosi is corrupt, and AOC is trying to stop politicians from making money from their postictal decisions. Bernie Sanders and AOC are the only two politicians I like for this reason alone.
Jasmine Crockett is another one. There are about a dozen that could turn it around but they are getting put down by the zombie "leaders". But biology will change that eventually. We need term limits. Desperately.
Yes, but they do not count. The overwhelming majority of the public also wants UH. But if you promote it as a candidate, your party will get you out of the race.
I don’t know, but Pelosi should look in a mirror and see herself in AOC. Except for being born into privilege (Pelosi), their backgrounds are similar. Smart, educated, responsible and very capable individuals who serve “For the People.”
Pelosi has been around wealthy donors and Wallstreet for so long that she built herself an Ivory Tower, and when someone like AOC is saying things that challenge Pelosi's understanding of what regular Americans are looking for, she's unwilling to change.
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My daughter deals with the same shit at her job.
If the DEMS don't get with the times if we get another chance to vote again WE WILL LOSE.
There's a pattern of face freeze & falls (McConnell), & Pelosi with her broken hip incident... These senior citizens got to go. Their frail bodies are brittle & continue to get worse.
Gun laws are too restrictive! We should be able to walk down the street while holding guns at head level!
AOC is someone who challenges that
Plain and simple
Democrats will continue to lose because of Nancy
And they deserve to lose
Progressives need to break off and form their own party
And after promising the American people that he would only be a one term president
which was the entire reason he won in the first place
🤦♂️
How about SCOTUS
The “quiver of arrows” famous last words from her
How did that end up? Oh yeah, three far right extremists lied their way to power
One being a rapist as well, awesome
When EVERYONE told her to retire
It was Hillary Clinton and Pelosi telling her to stay on
Clinton was going to be president, white feminism = white supremacy
They didn’t want Obama to choose her replacement
Oops look what happened
The bad still outweighs the good
And it’s not close
Everything that she has done since 2014 was bad
Maybe in her early years she did “some good”
But her entire career, bad outweighs the good
Pelosi was the one that told Obama to make Biden his running mate to “make the ticket moderate”
Biden being VP made him the deciding factor in senate, the ACA ended up being more conservative as a result
🤷♂️
Not to mention pushing many police funding bills that ended up militarizing them further
So no Pelosi can go fuck herself 🤷♂️
She was a lot like AOC when she was younger. Maybe a little jealousy there.
But the really went and
Fukked up AGAIN!
Or maybe she has an issue with Oversight from someone not in her pocket.
Little from column A, little from column B I suppose.
We should try not to eat our own.
Nancy Pelosi is a national treasure.
Peace.
She has had a remarkable career and now she should retire.
People need to learn to retire.
Hell, let’s apply that to judges too.
Also, term limits.
Have a great day!
Thank you for the serotonin
I am interested to see. Thank you:)
Another issue is that term limits hand the keys to lobbyists, who are a constant. Happy to elaborate.
to die someday.
Try telling them that, though.
Unpopular subject among them, especially in 2024.
ethical
doesn't get rich off insider stock trading
questions the norm
tries to fight for everyone, not just the rich
isn't an institutionalist
doesn't back down
when people say Hurry Sundown,
Nancy Pelosi knows they ain’t
talking about AOC.
The President cannot do it without the senate. Blame Obama if you want… more people need to be sold on radical change to the left than have been in order to change things….
I am saying Barack, with the largest senate majority for democrats since the 90’s, - was one vote shy of it.
The president can do a lot, but they cannot make financial policy on their own.
We helped them, repeatedly, and they never reciprocated.
You had your glory, you made your $ and you had your chance to shine.
AOC: They want to inspect genitals of women at the bathroom entrace.
Trump: They're eating the dogs.
#Absurdities!
Nancy is not.
~ Much like the #Nancy who snitched on Luigi.
I love that you’re psychic
(So tell us...)
She will maintain the status quo at all costs because it benefits her directly.
Pelosi is not a friend of the common American. No corporate dem is.
1) beat the masses into submission
2) give the masses enough to keep them quiet
Apartheid today, apartheid tomorrow, apartheid forever.
Genocide today, genocide tomorrow, genocide forever.
Nancy, your expiry age of retirement has exceeded its expiry date. Please leave & let the next generation lead!
Can't retire.
It’s all you they/them.
Feels threatened by a more Progressive and well loved fellow woman and default to being white first and let envy leave us to react like we always do, supporting the tenets of white supremacy and the patriarchy.
Of course she did.
Easy call.
Of course, the only thing they hate more than progressives are leftists.
Not exactly the best way to win over your colleagues.
Pelosi has been around wealthy donors and Wallstreet for so long that she built herself an Ivory Tower, and when someone like AOC is saying things that challenge Pelosi's understanding of what regular Americans are looking for, she's unwilling to change.
Millions of Trumps cultists hate me and I've done absolutely nothing to them but wish to exist.