• Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Oh, Pelosi bad…

    Ever stop to think that she may owe political favor to AOC’s competitor? The democrats hold elections for chairs, and there is lots of this.

    Nevermind…

    Pelosi bad…

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      6 hours ago

      So your defense of Nancy Pelosi is that she might be corrupt and screwing over AOC as quid pro quo? That’s meant to make us feel better?

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        6 hours ago

        My defense,if you can call it that, is that she’s paying back a political favor to Gerry Collins who is running against AOC. That is the way the House and political favors work. You may not like it, but I assure you AOC does it to.

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      9 hours ago

      How are you so consistently on the wrong side of every issue? Are you like a staffer for a conservative Democrat or something?

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          5 hours ago

          Some Dems are so cynical they do things they don’t believe in because they believe it works.

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            5 hours ago

            You can say that about a lot of people, not only dems. It’s like saying all repubs move like a herd while doing and saying what they think is popular

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              5 hours ago

              We can say a lot of people are cynical like that, but we can also say even more people are turned off by that cynicism.

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          8 hours ago

          If you’re a realist then you would know every chair in the House of Representatives is up for grabs every 2 years.

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                8 hours ago

                16 committee chairs are chosen every congress. The Republican caucus leaders choose theirs. The democratic caucus elects theirs, with the Dem leader playing a large role in aligning per senority. This year, Jeffries has decided to stay out of it giving the opportunity for younger congresspeople to take additional responsibilities. So essentially there is an internal campaign going on right now and the caucus will vote later. It has nothing to do with the election for the representative in the first place.

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                  7 hours ago

                  I didn’t say it did. But that happens every 2 years for sure. Nobody is guaranteed their seat, in their district or their committee.

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                    6 hours ago

                    Two separate things. But whatever the case you have to be a member of the caucus in order to vote for committee chair and that means you already won your district.

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      12 hours ago

      Kind of irrelevant what her reasoning is. It’s a bad and stupid move politically. People are frustrated with the dems and are disengaging. They need change in leadership if they want to remain relevant. Pelosi and her ilk are out of touch and will run the country into the ground if they don’t step aside.

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        12 hours ago

        AOCs competitor is very well liked, even by AOC, and the caucus is roughly cut in half. It’s a vote, let’s see what happens. Pelosi gave up the leader role, but that doesn’t mean every chair is up for grabs.