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This article is delicious.
Let's annotate it, shall we?
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(Love the Rick Perry glasses she thinks make her look smart
) https://prospect.org/politics/establishment-strikes-back-aoc-versus-centrist-democrats/
Let's annotate it, shall we?
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(Love the Rick Perry glasses she thinks make her look smart
) https://prospect.org/politics/establishment-strikes-back-aoc-versus-centrist-democrats/
Committees like E&C, Ways & Means, and Appropriations have outsized influence and money power. (They are often called the “money” committees... because members can earn lots of money in campaign contributions from industries with business before them.)
- Yeah, that's not why
- Yeah, that's not why
"AOC was expected to secure a prized position on E&C... Among other issues, the committee has jurisdiction over health care and climate change issues."
-- That right there explains why no one should have let her near it.
-- That right there explains why no one should have let her near it.
But in a surprise, last-second Steering Committee meeting Thursday...centrist Democrats put on a show of support for Rice and against AOC, in what looks to have been a process-defying attempt to keep AOC out of the seat."
-- That's not "process defying" that's PROCESS.
-- That's not "process defying" that's PROCESS.
"Hakeem Jeffries came out in support of Rice... as did Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)."
-- Imagine that. She tried to get them beat by fundraising and campaigning for their opponents. Payback's a bitch.
-- Imagine that. She tried to get them beat by fundraising and campaigning for their opponents. Payback's a bitch.
After Ocasio-Cortez was nominated, Henry Cuellar opposed, commenting:
“I’m taking into account who pays their dues and who doesn’t work against other members whether in primaries or in other contexts."
-- That gets a
“I’m taking into account who pays their dues and who doesn’t work against other members whether in primaries or in other contexts."
-- That gets a
"The other seat was expected to go to progressive Sylvia Garcia, but was contested by, Lizzie Fletcher. Garcia, the other priority for progressives, was left off the slate without even a vote."
-- Sounds like they had pretty unrealistic expectations.
-- Sounds like they had pretty unrealistic expectations.
"It was a resounding and surprising defeat for progressives, who just days ago had no reason to believe both AOC and Garcia would be left off the committee, or even that this would be settled this week."
-- "We don't have a seat at the table so we have no idea what's going on."
-- "We don't have a seat at the table so we have no idea what's going on."
"Many of the representatives who came out most forcefully against Ocasio-Cortez have close ties to oil and gas."
-- It wasn't because AOC is incompetent and disloyal. It's because everyone else is corrupt.
-- It wasn't because AOC is incompetent and disloyal. It's because everyone else is corrupt.
"According to people familiar with the proceedings, AOC's recent interview with The Intercept, where she said Pelosi needed to go... loomed over the proceedings."
-- Wasn't a very smart thing to do right when leadership is handing out Committee assignments. What did she expect?
-- Wasn't a very smart thing to do right when leadership is handing out Committee assignments. What did she expect?
"Last week, it was Cuellar who again voiced opposition to Garcia, leading some to believe the seat would not be filled by a representative from Texas at all."
-- Cuellar has seniority, power, and allies, and he leveraged that against the Left. What would you expect him to do?
-- Cuellar has seniority, power, and allies, and he leveraged that against the Left. What would you expect him to do?
"But the treatment of AOC and Garcia looks like a shot across the bow that will have progressives on high alert."
-- You bet your ass it is. Take note.
-- You bet your ass it is. Take note.
"If other assignments go this way, it's an open question whether the progressive bloc will oppose Pelosi’s speakership on January 3."
-- "If Nancy doesn't BEND THE KNEE, we'll punish her by making McCarthy Speaker. Now REWARD US FOR OUR LOYALTY!"
I double dog dare them.
/Fin
-- "If Nancy doesn't BEND THE KNEE, we'll punish her by making McCarthy Speaker. Now REWARD US FOR OUR LOYALTY!"
I double dog dare them.
/Fin
"WHY IS EVERYBODY ALWAYS PICKING ON ME 
YOU'RE ALL CORRUPT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON YOUR STUPID COMMITTEE ANYWAY. I'M LATE FOR A PHOTO SHOOT" https://twitter.com/rangerlongshot/status/1340172105304875009
YOU'RE ALL CORRUPT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON YOUR STUPID COMMITTEE ANYWAY. I'M LATE FOR A PHOTO SHOOT" https://twitter.com/rangerlongshot/status/1340172105304875009
