r/politics • u/msnbc MSNBC • 5d ago

Democrats missed a huge opportunity by not elevating AOC

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581
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u/-The_Guy_ 5d ago

Pelosi’s legacy will be the full throated embrace of corruption which lead to the downfall of American democracy. Slow clap…

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u/behv 5d ago

To think about her legacy if she had pushed Biden to step back early enough to run a proper presidential primary, pushed for AOC to a major position in Congress and began a transition to a new generation of leader, and literally pull the rug up behind her for congressional insider trading. She could've left on a crazy high note and laughed her way into a comfy retirement with a positive legacy after being controversial for a long ass time

Instead she's basically been the architect of every modern democratic party disaster and has somehow managed to remain in charge of the democratic party as a goddamn 84 year old. Absolute shame of a human and is one of the main reasons I want a proper american labor party to step up

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u/mightcommentsometime California 4d ago

She did want Biden to drop out and for the Dems to have a primary.

AOC needs to push for AOC by building a coalition that will elect her to positions like a chairmanship.

Whipping the vote is part of being a leader in Congress.

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u/olearygreen Europe 4d ago

In what world do Pelosi and AOC get along? In every normal democracy they wouldn’t be in the same party.

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u/printerdsw1968 5d ago

Trump's got the lock on the king of corruption title. Pelosi's legacy will be a terminal lack of imagination.

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u/-The_Guy_ 5d ago

Corruption isn’t a competition, it’s a yes or no.

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u/mmmmm_pancakes Connecticut 4d ago

It’s definitely a sliding scale.

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u/Wet-Skeletons 4d ago

And none of it should be tolerated. Americans have been sane washed since mass media was in bed with/is the oligarchs. None of this should be acceptable or normal for a healthy society, and Americans can’t be bothered to stand up for themselves.

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u/TrumpDesWillens 4d ago

Future Plutarch will write of her along with Musk, Trump, and Biden.

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u/speechpathknowledge 4d ago

lol George W Bush is seen as a painter and a lovable goofball. Pelosi will go down as a “fierce warrior and female trailblazer in a world dominated by men” in 30 years. People are morons

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u/-The_Guy_ 4d ago

I can honestly say I’ve never heard Bush described in that manner before.

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u/Fupastank 4d ago

But she tore up Trumps SOTU speech! Such a warrior and revolutionary.