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25. Pelosi's not an admirer of AOC. She actively worked to tank AOC's bid for Ranking Member on the Oversight Committee

Reply to llmart (Reply #20)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:33 PM

Jul 11

in favour of a terminal esophageal cancer-ridden septuagenarian (Gerry Connolly), who then died several months later.

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One of the main arguments made against AOC was that she lacked enough time/experience in the House (problematic claim as she already had served as Vice Ranking Member on Oversight). She was elected in 2018, sworn in on January 3rd, 2019 and is now in her 4th term.

BUT the new Ranking Member on the Oversight Committee is Robert Garcia, who has only been in the House since January 3, 2023, so AOC has around 3 times the length of House tenure than Garcia did. He also is an ex Republican (up until he was around 30yo, he is 47yo now).

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The cover-up is hardly a surprise. But what makes no sense Bluetus Jul 11 #1

that's a stellar qualification NJCher Jul 11 #8

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She's such a fucking whore. mobeau69 Jul 12 #51

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They're Theo-Bolsheviks, and should be treated as seditionists JHB Jul 12 #27

I Would Qualify That By Saying That I And My Honey Take Each Other To Church Regularly MayReasonRule Jul 12 #47

bragging. Drunk with power. Evolve Dammit Jul 11 #12

this whole thing is really weird with mixed information ClaudetteCC Jul 11 #13

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She'd be fired if she even thought about bringing Mar a Lago Mussolini to heal alfredo Jul 12 #28

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She has only 2.1 million followers for her personal account on Bluesky, versus 12.7 million on X. highplainsdem Jul 11 #4

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Especially when her followers on Xhitter Captain Zero Jul 11 #22

Similar to Bernie appearing on Fox News, Joe Rogan, Andrew Schulz, etc. thought crime Jul 12 #29

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She needs to represent the people SocialDemocrat61 Jul 12 #34

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It's a purity test SocialDemocrat61 Jul 12 #39

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She is absolutely fearless. llmart Jul 11 #20

Pelosi's not an admirer of AOC. She actively worked to tank AOC's bid for Ranking Member on the Oversight Committee Celerity Jul 11 #25

Well, I happen to agree with her that she needs to have more experience. llmart Jul 12 #49

Explain the one term (plus several months) ex Republican Robert Garcia's lack of experience (3 times less than AOC) Celerity Jul 12 #50

Well said SocialDemocrat61 Jul 13 #52

The more time passes, the more I love AOC. Maru Kitteh Jul 12 #30

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