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Fresh off hip replacement surgery, Nancy Pelosi, 84, secured another victory. House Democrats on Tuesday afternoon decided that 74-year-old Gerry Connolly—who announced his throat cancer diagnosis in November—will serve as ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, besting 35-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a closed-door caucus vote. “Gerry’s a young 74, cancer notwithstanding,” said Virginia Democrat Don Beyer, a Connolly ally. Pelosi had opposed the 35-year-old’s run for the role, “approaching colleagues urging them to back Connolly over Ocasio-Cortez,” Axios reported last week.

Don Beyer is also 74, which is why he won't say 74 is too old.

These people won't step down, as painful as it may be we need to primary them completely out of office if we want a chance against fascism.

The Democratic Party needs to be burned to ashes. And I say this as a Democrat. It's time for it to go the way of the Whigs.

Nancy Pelosi, 84

She should have retired from professional politics 19 years ago.

Were basically governed by an HOA board.

the party would rather have members who play nice with money and power and make public pointless grandstanding actions in public rather than members who connect with the actual people, listen to the people, and fight for the people.

with 3 exceptions, I have always voted for the democratic candidate in the 22 years that I have been eligible to vote. and I refuse to register with the party because the national party does stupid shit like this. it's as though they are intentionally trying to never join the party. and yet I get bombarded with fundraising emails and snail mail. MEIN GOTT the begging.

i vote for democrats because they are closer to where I am and they are viable. how many nonpartisan voters like me aren't that tactical and stay home and cost themselves elections?

before this election I was not in favor of an electoral age cap for office. now I'm strongly in favor of one. it's clear as day that these gerontologic electeds who have been in office since clinton and bush, the first bush, that they are so out of touch that mercury has a better chance of touching pluto than they are with the base of the party. vote out all of the olds. I don't just want them not in power but still in office because then they could still have influence behind the scenes. get them away from the controls of power.

If we don’t elect more progressives into the Democratic Party then progressives wont be able to make decisions in the DNC let alone win elections against the GOP.

When she won the Speaker vote she immediately came out and said she would focus on bringing the Demo party back together. Not ensuring the country gets the best product... But ensuring they were as tight as possible. That told me what she really cares about. Don't even look at her stock purchase history... Shit.

“Gerry’s a young 74, cancer notwithstanding,” said Virginia Democrat Don Beyer, a Connolly ally.

Fucking LOL

At this point I only want to vote for one thing. Term limits.

This bitch

is she the trump of democrats?

A few win, most lose. That's America.

If Trump does go full dictator, the only upside will be that all these self-serving greedy old bastards will be the first against the wall.

"Why is this still legal?" sasy, someone who doesn't vote for change and has no ambition to vote every cycle.

term limits should be 6 months

The Democratic Party is bought and paid controlled opposition.