AOC says her life 'completely transformed' for the better after Pelosi stepped down from leadership

"The amount of times she told me that stupid 'I have protest signs older than you in my basement' shit," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a text that's cited in the book. "Like yeah but mine don't collect dust."

Spicy!!

IMO it became very evident very quickly after Trump became president, that Pelosi was extremely bad for the Democrats. Pelosi actively prevented Democrats from acting on issues that had a clear majority and great significance.
It's absolutely a plus for Democrats that Pelosi is finally out.

"I thought things would get worse," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in another text cited in the book. "I thought a lot of my misery was due to leadership more broadly having a thing against me. But … my life has completely transformed. It's crazy. And it's that that made me realise it was kind of just [Pelosi] the whole time."

"Senior members talk to me, [committee] chairs are nice to me, people want to work together," the congresswoman added. "I'm shocked. I couldn't even get floor time before."

Very interesting. Like AOC, I thought that she'd be in trouble under Jeffries, who has a reputation in NYC as someone who is really confrontational with the left, whereas Pelosi is seen as at least sort of progressive. I wonder if the difference has something to do with age - Pelosi is probably more progressive for her age cohort than Jeffries is for his, but she's just so ancient.

Pelosi had some serious contempt for the younger generations. She gripped to power like a military junta. She definitely believed in seniority and made you adhere to the ruling class tradition. Fuck her.

Pelosi had to actually pass legislation so she needed every vote by hook or by crook, and AOC was among the crowd that needed to be cajoled often.

Jeffries has only been in leadership as the minority leader so he can just oppose most legislation from the Republican House, and it's not like AOC is going to want to somehow oppose it even harder. He doesn't need to do the cajoling.

Boomers need to go. Its that simple!!

Breaking News: Did you know Nancy Pelosi's a bitch?

The article notes that Jeffries has been described as more available for "a quick text", among other things.

Does Nancy Pelosi know how to text? My own grandparents are slightly older and still view texting as some sort of weird fad that only teenagers do.

of course a republican and a democrat wouldnt get along. they have completely different ideals.

say it. i dare you.

A lot of the improvement AOC is experiencing could also be due to her becoming a more seasoned congresswoman.

I feel like a lot of things will completely transform for the better when the silent generation and boomers are gone.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The book says Pelosi "spoke for nearly the entire lunch" when the two first met in San Francisco in July 2018, shortly after her upset primary victory against Rep. Joe Crowley.

"The amount of times she told me that stupid 'I have protest signs older than you in my basement' shit," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a text that's cited in the book.

"Senior members talk to me, [committee] chairs are nice to me, people want to work together," the congresswoman added.

In May, Business Insider reported that Jeffries was viewed as more of a consensus-builder than Pelosi — not just by progressives but by more moderate members of the party.

"There was a formality and a seniority to her office that gave it kind of this vaunted quality," Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said of Pelosi at the time.

Though no longer formally a member of leadership, Pelosi has remained in Congress as a rank-and-file lawmaker since stepping down, and she is running for reelection next year.

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Biden is next. Get that corporate tool out NOW

Let me book mark this and see how AOC feels after about 60 years. Not saying she's wrong but when you have a strong will like Nancy or Alexandria time doesn't really erode that away. I bet they were just way too similar to get along.

Narcissist overjoyed that other narcissist is gone. Who would have thought?

The shine is off aoc for me after this past year or so. She's making herself just a bit too important in her mind. Seen it before am watching it again. Politics takes the best and makes them all the same.