It is being reported that Nancy Pelosi is actively working to defeat AOC’s bid to lead democrats on the powerful House Oversight Committee. Salon reports that Nancy is lobbying democrats to support 74 year old Gerry Connolly instead. Pelosi has clashed with AOC in the past over the direction of the democratic party and the two obviously have differing views of how the party should be run in the House.
The House Oversight Committee has a powerful and important role as it has broad investigative powers including over one very important branch in our government: the executive branch.
If ever there was a time for the old guard within the democratic party to sit down and shut up it is now. Nancy needs to stand down and get out of the way. Pelosi confidently declared that the dems would take over the House on election day. Yeah. Uh. WRONG. It should be obvious from the disastrous results of the previous election that the party needs new blood to take over. We need fighters with the fire in their bellies to take it straight to the fascists on the other side. We need new leaders who are smart enough to realize the old world of the old guard is dead and that doing things the same way over and over and over (and continuing to lose) is not only stupid, but makes it appear as though maybe you kind of like the system as it is. When a large swath of the voting populace holds a view that there is no difference between the two parties then it is high time for radical change.
Personally I think AOC is the PERFECT democratic rep to wield investigative power over the incoming fascist regime. Again, we’re going to need some serious fighters in our corner willing to bring it against these goons. AOC has proven time and again see has the chops to fight this cult.
If you have the time and energy and want to feel as if you have some agency in changing the languid democratic party then getting on the phone, sending an email, etc right now to your congressperson supporting AOC would be good. Hell, even contact Pelosi’s office. I personally would like to see Pelosi defeated in her attempt to block AOC’s path of ascension.
Get out of the way Nancy, you’re blocking progress.
