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AOC loses key vote in House Oversight race to Gerry Connolly
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an Old. White. man.
Seriously. It's pissing me off; more so the republicans doing it. we need minority voices. We can't expect the republicans to do it- lets just be honest here. and I doubt very much if Connolly will be able to push back nearly as much as AOC can and will. (never mind, whether or not he's willing.)
An old white man with cancer that he announced a month ago. He should be focusing on his treatment, not adding more to his plate.
What the fuck? This is a special dipshit cherry to put on top of just automatically choosing the oldest option. Even if the leadership still hate AOC, choose someone who's definitely going to be at the top of their game, not award important positions to so he can be proud while taking time off for his pressing health needs.
He won because Pelosi wanted him to win. That is literally the answer.
And give up all that juicy government funded healthcare?
Don't they get it for life as a perk? All he'd lose is the power
For the moment, maybe.
but I'm fairly certain he'd get better healthcare as a serving rep over a 'former' rep.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Connolly
The Congressman's Congressman. He represents the district right outside DC. Also, prior to running for office he worked as an aide to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations where he managed committee oversight of international economic issues, international narcotics control, and United Nations and Middle East policies, and published reports on U.S. policy in El Salvador, Central America, Israel, and the Persian Gulf region.
So, expect a guy who will toe the line on all our accumulated foreign policy blunders while banging a gavel to silence another generation of anti-war protesters.
It gets worse than that, of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Connolly#Legislation_sponsored
Sponsoring legislation with Darrell Issa - a shameless, virulent Silicon Valley shill of a politician - as Trump lards up his cabinet with Friends of Peter Thiel is a bleak sign for the future.
Dude is probably already in diapers. Old as fuck
Apparently diagnosed with cancer, on top of it all.
Democrats would rather nominate a corpse to high office than a Millennial.
Yeah, the cancer diagnosis should have been enough for him to be out. What a shit-show.