Democrats pick Gerry Connolly for Oversight post, rejecting Ocasio-Cortez bid

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Democrats pick Gerry Connolly for Oversight post, rejecting Ocasio-Cortez bid]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday picked 74-year-old Rep. Gerry Connolly to lead the party next year atop an influential congressional committee, pushing aside growing calls for generational change in leadership ahead of a second term for Donald Trump.

In a closed-door meeting, the majority of the caucus voted for Connolly to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee over 35-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who campaigned on calls to pass the torch to younger leaders. Connolly has seniority on the committee, having served on it for 16 years. The vote was 131-84.

“I think my colleagues were measuring their votes by who’s got experience, who is seasoned, who can be trusted, who’s capable and who’s got a record of productivity and I think that prevailed,” Connolly told reporters after the vote.

Just something for the lurkers who think their Democrat overlords give two hairs off a dead rat's butt about them, progress, change, or anything else other than their own power and pocketbooks.  Saw some rumblings that the vote was orchestrated by Pelosi, the 84 year old who has been in Congress since the late 80s and hasn't changed squat but her net worth.  Not that I think AOC is worthy of her seat in Congress, much less a high ranking committee position, but it's funny when reality beats moonbats over the head, even when they don't realize/acknowledge/accept it.

Edit: found a couple of those rumblings

https://newrepublic.com/article/189500/pelosi-aoc-oversight-committee-democrats
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/pelosi-aoc-democrats-house-oversight-trump.html

[SVPete]

Dem Congressional misleaders are in a cleft of the Dem Party's own cleaving: on one side, dude(ttes) who are ancient; on the other side, dude(ttes) who are air-headed nuts and/or anti-Semites.