Posted on 07/25/2018 11:14:51 PM PDT by upchuck
Rep. James Clyburn (D., S.C.), the House assistant minority leader, said Wednesday that congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will need to wait her turn before she considers joining Democratic Party leadership.
"I would ask her to remember how long I had to wait to get here," Clyburn said on Buzzfeed's "AM to DM."
Clyburn also said many younger activists don't have the proper respect for older ones, such as himself, who dealt with segregation and civil rights in the Jim Crow-era South.
"Let’s not forget the history of all of this," Clyburn said. "And I think that all of the folks who have that mentality seem not to give much respect to those of us who sat in jails, as I did, so that they would have the kind of activities or the kinds of rights that they have today."
"So do I get any credit for being on the cutting edge of all of that?" Clyburn asked. "Or should the credit go to my children and grandchildren who are the beneficiaries of it? I think that we have to balance this out."
Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old democratic socialist who shocked the political world in June with an upset primary win over Rep. Joe Crowley (D., N.Y.) in New York's 14th Congressional District, has aggravated some Democrats, particularly after she accused Crowley of continuing to campaign against her.
Clyburn also responded Wednesday to growing calls within the Democratic Party for new leadership. He has served in House Democratic leadership with Reps. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Steny Hoyer (Md.) for several years, most of which has been in the minority.
"If I begin to show some senility, my wife would be the first one to tell me. And my children would second those emotions very forcefully," Clyburn said.
I wonder what his stance is on immigration.
Let’s hope she runs the demoncrat party. The “occasional courter” could destroy them faster than we ever could.
No need to wait!
All she has to do is marry Bill Clinton and she will have her political ‘career’ half-way made for her :)
The media will trip over their own feet (more than they are doing, already) to shove her down your throat!
and, she’s not bald and not black
You heard it here first. Crowley will retain the seat.
Just sayin....
‘Ratfight!!!!!
Just like Bernie had to wait his turn. At least he got a vacation house out of that deal.
It would be pretty funny if her primary win turns out to the the extent of the vaunted "Blue Wave."
No, no, no.
“Crazy Eyes” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is just the sort of leadership the House Democrats need to replace the ailing Nancy Pelosi.
I guess she’s just to socialicious for them.
I need to buy more popcorn...this is getting interesting...and the lady didn’t win the seat YET!!
She’s not even a House member yet...
Clyburn, it doesn’t rhyme with Clymer but it’s
the same thing.
That was “the turning point.” Hill didn’t herald the end of wait your turn politics but she was definitely one of the brightest camera flashes in it. Dems had been short selling common sense for a while when she became a Senator. Now if the crowdgasm wants it, the Dems will do it even if it mortgages their entire future.
A dead pig would have more sense than a Democrat.
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