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.
Stole the house seat from AOC. Call me Gerry Atric.
DNC death numer three. That’s a Gerry Hattrick.
Replaced with someone over 70? You know the party’s Democratic
I would read your book of poetry
Well done.
May he rot in hell…
He didn’t take the House Seat, he took a role within the organization.
Hilarious … the only way to beat the old Democratic party is to wait for them to die
There’s always plenty of gerontocrats to take over.
This is sounding more and more like a Lord of the Rings sequel every time
Let’s not pretend super old democrats are the only bad ones.
Yeah, age isn’t so much the issue when we have decent older people like Bernie Sanders and younger douchebags like Josh Gottheimer running around, the problem is that newly elected Democratic party members have all been told that they need to vote for the people who have been in DC the longest and one day eventually it will be their turn
That would be bad enough on its own, but coupled with the destruction of any kind of campaign finance regulations making it a lot easier for moderate Democratic party members to secretly work work with rich donors and Republicans to make sure progressives don’t stay in DC for long, we’ve ended up with a senior group of Democratic lawmakers who have shitty policies their voters hate and only know how to solve their problems through hippie punching
Are the good policy choices here in the room with us?
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Even conservative think tanks agree, universal healthcare AT WORST would cover every American and cost the same as we are currently paying.
So, we pay the same to not cover every American or we pay the same to cover every American. Which is the good policy choice?
A: The policy choice that continues to funnel money to politicians fundraising activities (and pockets).
Did you know that the oldest mummy found was actually found in the United States?
Cue Pelosi…
“Hatshepsut has more energy than I do!”
So she’ll be replacing him, right?!
Or did Democrats just shit themselves in the for again and that seat will now remain empty like they did with that cryptkeeper lady from California who wasn’t even different enough to go to Congress and do her job
They will just hand it to the guy he named in his place “temporarily” and refuse to have new committee elections
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It would be so goddamn funny and on brand if the democratic establishment’s plan to keep AOC out of that committee chair backfires so hard that she becomes president or 360 no scopes Schumer.
Let’s gooo!
Stay classy, telling a reporter to “kill yourself” for factually reporting on Connolly publicly announcing his cancer diagnosis.
Why does the party value fealty and seniority so implicitly? There’s a place for the ‘elder statesman’ voice to share institutional wisdom and tribal knowledge, but this man cannot seriously have had more vigor and energy to pour into leadership than someone under half his age…
delete yourself and kill yourself or not the same thing
Go on and delete yourself, then.
So clever.
Ok then what does it mean, o enlightened one?
These assholes are so scared of losing power and corporate money they’re willing to drop fucking dead on the floor of Congress rather than let the new generation take over.
Fuck these boomer assholes.
This will be the legacy of the boomers. They lucked into massive wealth, closed the door behind them, and made sure we had to pry the reigns of societal control from their cold, dead hands. I feel for all the boomers that never escaped poverty and will still be dragged through history with the greediest generation on record to date.
Whats with these old fucks not stepping down and enjoying what little they have left of their lives. Same with biden
They’re literally unable to do anything else except remain in their protected little cocoons arguing with each other while people fawn over them and pay them for their favor.
They’re like the minor peerage of old. All trying to hang on to their name and title to keep their ego afloat.
It’s the addiction of power. Once someone has acquired it, they can’t give it up. Only exceptional people have the strength to resist and step down. Take Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had been teetering on the line between this world and the next for years, if she had retired while Obama was president, the SCOTUS wouldn’t be so out of balance now. But she just couldn’t do it.
congressional healthcare is insane!!! why give that up in the years you need it the most!!!
They don’t need that, they’re rich.
Don’t they keep it for life?
I believe you have to serve 2 or 3 terms to keep it for life.
I agree, but it’s weird as fuck that people on Lemmy say this while asking for Bernie
That’s out of pure desperation.
Bernie is the compromise.
I haven’t seen much asking for Bernie. Lots of praising Bernie for doing what’s right and we should have had him in 2016, but I see a lot more asking for AOC.
Bernie has passed the baton to aoc, bernie supporters want him to run, and hes fighting for a good cause to change a corrupt system completely different then the old fucks clinging to power
Nothing is black and white. Bernie may be a geezer, but he has consistently good policy positions for his entire career, and has more integrity than the rest of the senate combined.
Geriatric democrats trying to keep their grip on their right wing agenda.
thanks pelosi, you lich. i hope they find your phylactery.
This is literally the epitaph of the Democratic party.
The Democrats are like ancient kings who killed their children for fear of usurping their rule. Now the enemy is at the gates and they have no generals, the few champions they do have were cowed long ago.
Schumer, pelosi, Ginsburg, and all the other fossils who refuse to retire until they fucking die are just as responsible as the orange piece of shit is for the current state of amerikkka
No, they are not. False equivalence just takes the focus off the people who really are responsible. Trump, his enablers, and his supporters created this disaster.
A lot of useless Democrats failed to stand up and try to stop it. They have much to answer for, but they are in a different category.
My guy, they are part of the enablers
When Alexander the Great died, his empire devolved into infighting and instability. Why would he plan for his successor at such a young age?
These democrats dying in office, leaving no protege nor successor in the wings, are doing the same thing to America but they have no excuse.
But guys, it was his turn! Just like Hillary in '16. Forget what the people want, we need to worry about stroking egos here.
Biden still got his turn though
