Nancy Pelosi is at war with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and their accolytes. Pelosi pointed out that this crew had very few votes in Congress but that they made a lot of noise on Twitter. Ocasio-Cortez responded that Speaker Pelosi seemed to be singling out representatives who were women of color for constant criticism. Putting it in simpler language, Pelosi called AOC and her friend troublemakers without power and AOC called Pelosi a racist in response. The battle then escalated. Another far left Democrat called his fellow party members who voted for emergency funding to help handle dealing with all the asylum seekers detained at the border the "child abuse caucus". It was a strong blow by one lefty Dem against his fellow party members. That attack came even though the bill he was criticizing passed both the Senate and the House with a majority of Democrats voting for it.
Over the weekend, the Netroots Nation had its annual convention. It's a far, far left group of progressives who spent much of their time and energy criticizing Pelosi and the few more moderate Democrats. Some of the commentary was downright nasty. Of course, once AOC decided to label Pelosi a racist, there's little left of any reserve in the Democrats' new civil war.
The interesting thing has been to see the Democrat presidential candidates respond to these ongoing attacks. Just imagine what would happen at the next presidential debate if the following question were asked: "Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Speaker Nancy Pelosi unfairly singled out women of color in Congress for criticism, in effect calling Pelosi a racist. By a show of hands, how many of you agree with the criticism made by Ocasio-Cortez?" That question would likely lead to a riot and the banning by the DNC of any further appearances of the reporter in future debates. Questions like that can't be asked to Democrats according to the unwritten rules of media conduct directed towards the Dems. Of course, if the people involved were Republicans, you can imagine the coverage. We would have weeks of non-stop emphasis on the subject.
I may have missed it, but I have yet to see even one of the Democrat presidential candidates being asked about this intra-party fight. Shouldn't we know if Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders think that Pelosi is a racist? Don't we want to know if Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris side with AOC over Pelosi? Until now, essentially every major Dem candidate has jumped onto the bandwagon of the issues being pushed by AOC. We really should know from each candidate if they think Pelosi is a racist.
UPDATE -- To prove my point, Bernie Sanders was asked about the AOC/Pelosi feud on a Sunday morning show today. The question asked was whether or not Sanders felt Pelosi was being "too tough" on progressives like AOC. No mention of AOC calling Pelosi a racist was made. The reporters didn't even repeat what either woman had said. For the average viewer who didn't keep up with the details of the story, this seems like an uninteresting bit of fluff, not the new progressive leader accusing the Speaker of racism. By the way, Sanders sided with AOC in the dispute. He said Pelosi is too tough on AOC and her group although he stayed away from anything that would indicate that the charge by AOC had been that Pelosi was racist.
Over the weekend, the Netroots Nation had its annual convention. It's a far, far left group of progressives who spent much of their time and energy criticizing Pelosi and the few more moderate Democrats. Some of the commentary was downright nasty. Of course, once AOC decided to label Pelosi a racist, there's little left of any reserve in the Democrats' new civil war.
The interesting thing has been to see the Democrat presidential candidates respond to these ongoing attacks. Just imagine what would happen at the next presidential debate if the following question were asked: "Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Speaker Nancy Pelosi unfairly singled out women of color in Congress for criticism, in effect calling Pelosi a racist. By a show of hands, how many of you agree with the criticism made by Ocasio-Cortez?" That question would likely lead to a riot and the banning by the DNC of any further appearances of the reporter in future debates. Questions like that can't be asked to Democrats according to the unwritten rules of media conduct directed towards the Dems. Of course, if the people involved were Republicans, you can imagine the coverage. We would have weeks of non-stop emphasis on the subject.
I may have missed it, but I have yet to see even one of the Democrat presidential candidates being asked about this intra-party fight. Shouldn't we know if Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders think that Pelosi is a racist? Don't we want to know if Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris side with AOC over Pelosi? Until now, essentially every major Dem candidate has jumped onto the bandwagon of the issues being pushed by AOC. We really should know from each candidate if they think Pelosi is a racist.
UPDATE -- To prove my point, Bernie Sanders was asked about the AOC/Pelosi feud on a Sunday morning show today. The question asked was whether or not Sanders felt Pelosi was being "too tough" on progressives like AOC. No mention of AOC calling Pelosi a racist was made. The reporters didn't even repeat what either woman had said. For the average viewer who didn't keep up with the details of the story, this seems like an uninteresting bit of fluff, not the new progressive leader accusing the Speaker of racism. By the way, Sanders sided with AOC in the dispute. He said Pelosi is too tough on AOC and her group although he stayed away from anything that would indicate that the charge by AOC had been that Pelosi was racist.
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