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Summary

Progressives criticized House Democrats for choosing Rep. Gerry Connolly over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the top Democratic seat on the House Oversight Committee.

The 131-84 vote, reportedly influenced by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sparked backlash against the party’s “gerontocracy,” with critics like MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others arguing it prioritizes seniority over fresh ideas.

Connolly defended the decision, citing his experience, but progressives argued it reflects the Democratic Party’s resistance to change, hindering its ability to address future challenges and energize younger voters.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

why are the fucking boomers so resistant of letting go of power? pelosi is 84 years old, she belongs in a nursing house, not politics

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Well... how about a third Party of Sanity?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Sorry. No. I did the math on this and I've determined that a vote for Sanity is just a vote for Trump.

You need to end FPTP voting first. So please call the republican congressperson in your gerrymandered district currently authoring the "Ban Liberals From Voting Act of 2025" and let them know you'd like to make it easier for him to lose. If we all work together, we can make it possible for a Libertarian to win a House Seat in 2036.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, these people don't learn.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Exactly. This isn't a mistake or incompetence, it's the point.

It's what they're paid to do. War over social issue symptoms with their "opposition" to present a false choice to the rubes who believe they're "free," while protecting the completely captured economy exactly as it is... From the people suffering it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago

rich old white guy: i have an idea - lets have a rich old white guy do it instead

[all vote yea]

:/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

it’s fine I’ve got experience

A fat lot of good your fucking “experience” has done us lately, wouldn’t you say, Connolly, you ossified, cancer-ridden, insider-trading, neoliberal establishment fuck.

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