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Maddad ☑️ (maddad@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 06:38:08 JST Maddad ☑️

Dems Choose 74-Year-Old Gerry Connolly Over AOC for Key Committee Role
WTF is wrong with these people.....
We need new young blood in there now..
The old ways didn't work...😡
Democrats on Tuesday voted for Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) to become the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, electing him to the key position by a vote of 131-84 over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who was also vying for the role.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/aoc-committee-oversight-vote-connolly-1235208146/
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1. House Democrats’ Steering and Policy Committee voted Monday night to recommend Connolly — who is 74 years old and was recently diagnosed ‘with cancer — for the spot. The move was a hit for the 35-year-old Ocasio- Cortez, but she pressed on with her candidacy. The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee — which is headed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y) — voted 34 for Connolly and 27 for Ocasio-Cortez on Monday, and the caucus clearly took its recommendation to heart. The race has been part of a larger push by younger Democrats to replace veteran lawmakers at the top of committees. Ocasio-Cortez would have become the youngest Democrat to lead a House committee if the vote had gone her way on Tuesday. On Monday, Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), 52, bested Agriculture Committee ranking member David Scott (D-Ga.), 79, and Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.), 72, tolead the Agriculture Committee. “This is not a position I seek lightly,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a letter earlier this month in a bid to colleagues. “The responsibility of leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee during Donald Trump’s second term in the White House is a profound and consequential one. Now, more than ever, we must focus on the Committee’s strong history of both holding administrations accountable and taking on the economic precarity and inequality that is challenging the American way of life.”
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2. Connolly, however, reportedly has a powerful ally. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been gathering support for the 74-year-old candidate behind the scenes. Last week, when speaking to the National Catholic Reporter, Pelosi said that she is backing “newer members who are running for office,” adding, “This is with all the respect in the world for the chairmen who had been there and the contribution that they had made over time. But now others have come forward, and I respect the fact that they’re ready to take charge of their committees, and I support that.” ‘When speaking to Rolling Stone in September, Pelosi discussed her own decision to step down from the speakership and knowing when to pass the torch. Earlier this month, however, she made it clear she would support Connolly — who announced in November that he was diagnosed with esophagus cancer but has begun treatment — for the top seat. While Pelosi told Politico she wasn’t certain on who would be in the Oversight race at the time, she has “supported Mr. Connolly for that, should it be open.” @
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  Jesse Saenz (jesse_saenz@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 06:38:07 JST Jesse Saenz
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  @maddad not just a 74-year-old, which should be reason enough to not consider him for a leadership position when the Dems desperately need new leadership, but a 74yo with a recent esophagus cancer diagnosis.
  On the other hand, you have #aoc who is perhaps the most well known name of her generation, but the old guard are refusing to relinquish any power to make way for true progress
  
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  Jesse Saenz (jesse_saenz@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 06:54:32 JST Jesse Saenz
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  1. Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland Follow RBG refused to resign at age 83 and died at the end of Trump's term. He picked Barrett and 87-year-old Senate Judiciary head Dianne Feinstein didn't put up a fight. Now an 84-year-old Pelosi is pushing a 74-year-old with cancer to block the rise of a popular young progressive. 09:54 • 17/12/24 From Earth • 172K Views 769 Reposts 53 Quotes 8,1K Likes 268 Bookmarks 17 Trending replies Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland • 9h But the problem with the Democrats is the existence of trans people, I'm told 16 17 49 1,4K
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