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Ocasio-Cortez passed over for influential House committee (Somali Muslim ditched by Dems, as well)
NYPOST.COM ^ | 1/10/19 | Marisa Schultz

Posted on 01/11/2019 3:35:42 AM PST by Liz

Ocasio-Cortez didn’t get a seat on the powerful tax writing committee she sought to push her progressive agenda of Medicare for All, free college tuition and a green new deal. Instead, the New York slot on the House Ways and Means went to a moderate Democrat, Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi, a former CPA, attorney and county executive. Suozzi will assume the committee seat of Rep. Joe Crowley, the Queens Democrat Ocasio-Cortez defeated last year in a stunning upset.

Ocasio-Cortez sought the spot (which is usually off limits to freshman reps) with the backing of progressive groups that pushed for a slate of fresh-faced candidates to earn posh assignments.

Michigan Rep. Somali Muslim, Rashida Tlaib, made a play for Appropriations, but she too was passed over.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 116th; berniesanders; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; joecrowley; marisaschultz; michigan; newyork; ocasiocortez; occasionalkotex; radishtitlab; rashidatlaib; speakerpelosi; tomsuozzi; vermont; waysandmeans
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To: Liz

That’ll teach those MF’s. ;)


21 posted on 01/11/2019 4:46:15 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: hoosiermama

“But, but, but, she’s special! /S”

If I didn’t know anything about her, if I hadn’t heard her speak, I’d find her very attractive. She reminds me of Evita Perrone. Not that I found Perrone attractive, but because she captured the hearts of millions even though she was a very evil woman. Somehow, you don’t usually find nice women capturing the hearts of millions and also wielding political power. Margarette Thatcher and Golda Meir wielded political power and did a good job of it, but I don’t think either “captured” any hearts. They plucked intellectual strings rather than emotional strings.


22 posted on 01/11/2019 4:48:48 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Liz

There will soon be a split in the DNC. Neo-Liberal vs. Commies.


23 posted on 01/11/2019 4:49:22 AM PST by bmwcyle (If you don't believe in organized mind control, you are an example it works.)
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To: Gen.Blather

She is dangerous ....IMO!


24 posted on 01/11/2019 4:51:01 AM PST by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: BeauBo
Nancy should put all the new Democrat radical firebrands on a new, highly classified, "Quarantine Committee."
No cameras are allowed, the firebrands have to wait out the process, as House maintenance cranks up the AC until icicles form.

I like it.

25 posted on 01/11/2019 4:51:02 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: bmwcyle

That would be nice....very nice.


26 posted on 01/11/2019 4:51:44 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Gen.Blather

“To the Bolsheviks, the enemy wasn’t capitalism, it was the Mensheviks.”

And once the Mensheviks were taken out they turned on their fellow Bolshies, as Leon Trotsky could attest to.
If he hadn’t been beaten to death.
Seems Mexico City wasn’t far enough away after all.


27 posted on 01/11/2019 5:00:25 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: Liz
Musical Committee Chairs - Which of the new kids will be left out?


28 posted on 01/11/2019 5:04:32 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: OrioleFan

I understand Pelosi immediately appointed Ocasio-Cortez to work in the Demodummie’s coffee shop (she’s an ex-bartender) and the Muzzie from Michigan to emptying trash cans (she’s good with “trash”)


29 posted on 01/11/2019 5:05:00 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: oldvirginian

There was a “Babylon 5” episode where a theocratic race had created technology to enforce the religious purity of their people. The technology wiped out every last member of the species, because in the opinion of the technology, nobody was pure enough.

This is the Left today. Notice how the various special interest groups attack each other. Lesbians hate trans-women. The black Left doesn’t get along with the Hispanic Left. They remind me of that Babylon 5 episode. When the Left was under the firm control of the Clinton centrists, it was a disciplined machine that consistently won elections. Now, I expect the most challenges to Democrats will be other Democrats. The primaries in California are an example of what is to come.


30 posted on 01/11/2019 5:15:39 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

I don’t find Occasional-Kotex either beautiful or evil. She’s completely uneducated and strident, and she’s got enough teeth to “volunteer” at the local beaver dam, helping to knaw down trees.


31 posted on 01/11/2019 5:43:00 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Liz

RACISSSSSSTTTTTT


32 posted on 01/11/2019 5:48:59 AM PST by krug
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To: DaveA37

A/O/C could also use her invaluable experience as a bartender to tend bar at Congress’ perennial cocktail parties on Capitol Hill .....to which they all gravitate after-hours.


33 posted on 01/11/2019 5:52:28 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Seniority wins out. It always will.


34 posted on 01/11/2019 5:56:37 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: SunkenCiv
Oca Cor is a mental midget and a rabid, communist; and the filthy mouthed, mad dog Muslim from Michigan is an anti-American, anti-semitic, Palestinian terrorist lover.

They both aptly represent the DEMON RAT party, but the DEMON RAT party is still trying to hide who and what they REALLY ARE from the American voter. Fortunately it is too late, that horse has left the barn.

35 posted on 01/11/2019 6:00:01 AM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: Liz

Obviously racism.


36 posted on 01/11/2019 6:01:36 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Liz
Already posted here. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3718948/posts
37 posted on 01/11/2019 6:16:50 AM PST by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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To: Liz

OC’s mouth is writing checks her ass can’t cash.


38 posted on 01/11/2019 6:24:01 AM PST by AU72
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To: Liz

In other words the seat went to someone who is qualified.


39 posted on 01/11/2019 6:31:08 AM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Liz

Freshman congress critters rarely ever get in these positions anyway.


40 posted on 01/11/2019 6:39:54 AM PST by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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