Posted on 12/17/2020 9:28:03 AM PST by Onthebrink
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) believes that there needs to be new leadership in the Democratic Party and has launched direct attacks at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.).
The progressive firebrand argued that Democrats failed to develop a succession plan for the “next generation” of lawmakers after Pelosi, Schumer and other leaders in the party step down.
“I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party,” Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept in an interview published Wednesday. “I think one of the things that I have struggled with—I think that a lot of people struggle with—is [that] the internal dynamics of the House has made it such that there’s very little option for succession.”
Pelosi, 80, is the only candidate for the House Speaker position, facing no challenges in re-election, but she’ll need to grapple 218 Democratic votes to secure her speaker title. Democrats are projected to win around 226 House seats, only allowing Pelosi to afford to lose just eight Democratic votes.
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It’s harder to install windows than it is to throw rocks at them.
AOC/Omar
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