Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, who edged out New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) for a top Democratic post in December before stepping down, died from esophageal cancer on Wednesday, becoming the third Democrat to die in office this term.
The late congressman made headlines in December when, with support from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he defeated AOC to lead the House Oversight Committee, despite reportedly violating stock trading laws, according to Raw Story. AOC would have been the youngest Democrat to chair a House committee at 35 years old.
More people with no future making decisions for the rest of us… Stellar.
We need age caps now. Same retirement age as pilots. These people will not even live long enough to deal with the consequences of their shitty policies.
They’re burning the building down on their way out, and it blows my mind that we have formed a mob to physically remove these corrupt dinosaurs from office.
it wont matter, instead we will get two faced lobbyists stooge like harris. bernie is senior enough but they never let him anywhere near a role of impact even when he is worshiped by a huge portion of voter base both on the left and right.
new dnc is run by ultra rich for the ultra rich, they don’t care about defeating trump. only in keeping out actual leaders that voters want.
Ya know, we probably shouldn’t have people holding representative office who are literally dying of old age. We need age and term limits, and we needed them at least 5 years ago…
Will anyone be held accountable for this obvious elder abuse? Feinstein was by far the worst example, but this is just sad that it keeps happening.
Alternatively but related - boomers, it’s time for you to relinquish your grip on power. For fuck’s sake, just stop already.
Democrats are too afraid AOC will actually change something
becoming the third Democrat to die in office this term
"Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.’ "
There’s nothing nefarious going on. The problem is that the people making the decisions in this country are mostly geriatric.
I know, but I couldn’t help myself
RIP Bozo
So does this mean AOC will now get to lead the House Oversight Committee?
They’ll wheel out another self-interested, corporate octegenarian who they’ll argue is most interested in resolving our suffering despite the fact that they will only protect their power & position while also allowing fascism to freely grow.
Assuming they can’t find someone else, and the necromancers fail to reanimate him, possibly
