{"id":2112342,"date":"2023-11-30T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-book-details-bad-blood-between-pelosi-aoc-she-got-so-mad-at-me\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:02:35","slug":"new-book-details-bad-blood-between-pelosi-aoc-she-got-so-mad-at-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-book-details-bad-blood-between-pelosi-aoc-she-got-so-mad-at-me\/","title":{"rendered":"New book reveals Pelosi and AOC&#8217;s intense feud: &#8216;She was furious with me"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-book-details-bad-blood-between-pelosi-aoc-she-got-so-mad-at-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2112342&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New Book Reveals Intense Feud Between Pelosi and AOC: &#8216;She Got\u200d So Mad at Me&#8217;<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What appeared evident to the public was reportedly even \u2062more \u2064so\u200c behind the scenes: There\u2063 was bad blood between former Democratic \u200bHouse \u200bSpeaker \u200cNancy Pelosi and progressive Rep. \u200cAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New \u2063York.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ryan Grim, a \u2062reporter with The Intercept, documents in his new book, \u201cThe Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution,\u201d how things between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez\u2064 started\u2064 out on a\u2062 better \u2062note.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2063summer \u200cof 2018, Pelosi called\u200d to congratulate \u2062the then 28-year-old on\u2064 her upset victory over \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dick-morris-want-keep-trump-better-speak-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Joe Crowley<\/a>, who was then chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and was said\u2062 to have \u200ddesigns on ousting Pelosi as party leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2023\/nov\/30\/squad-book-aoc-nancy-pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez first met\u200d in person\u2064 in July 2018 in a\u2063 restaurant in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pelosi completely\u200c dominated the conversation, according\u2062 to Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC\u2019s chief of staff at \u200dthe time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe just keeps talking; it\u2019s a fascinating thing,\u201d Chakrabarti recalled. \u201cWe were eating, and \u2063she just talked \u2064the entire time \u2062without even\u200c taking a break. And I wasn\u2019t sure exactly what she was saying, but I\u200b was like, \u2018Huh, OK.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One topic that\u200c came up was Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s \u200ccall \u2062to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/forget-abolishing-ice-biden-admin-may-found-key-destroying-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abolish ICE<\/a>,\u201d the Immigration and Customs Enforcement \u2062agency. It was a key issue \u200cthe New Yorker \u2063ran on when unseating Crowley.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi told her the \u200dphrase had\u200c been injected into American \u2062politics by the Russians, and AOC\u2062 needed to drop \u2062it.<\/p>\n<p>When the\u200b Democrat \u200bleader showed up in New York \u2064during \u2064AOC\u2019s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-obama-enamored-with-beto-orourke-skeptical-of-joe-biden-in-2020-democratic-primary\/\" title=\"Book: Obama \u2018Enamored\u2019 with Beto O\u2019Rourke, Skeptical of Joe Biden in 2020 Democratic Primary\">general election campaign<\/a>,\u200d the candidate dodged \u200brequests for a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Then, shortly after \u200dbeing elected in\u200b November 2018, the congresswoman-elect \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/11\/13\/ocasio-cortez-climate-protestors-push-pelosi-962915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participated in<\/a> a sit-in regarding\u200d climate change in front of \u2064Pelosi\u2019s Capitol Hill office.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, after Democrats took control of the House and Pelosi \u2063became speaker for \u200da second time, Ocasio-Cortez and the other \u201cSquad\u201d members, \u2063Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and\u2063 Ayanna \u2063Pressley of Massachusetts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/06\/opinion\/sunday\/nancy-pelosi-pride-parade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted against<\/a> \u200ca bill Pelosi backed that included funding for\u200c border enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>It was compromise legislation between Republicans and Democrats, when the GOP controlled \u200bthe Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republicans-nancy-pelosi-fined-take-case-way-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelosi<\/a> \u2062 responded at the\u200b time that AOC and the \u2062Squad \u201chave\u200c their public whatever\u200d and their Twitter world. But they didn\u2019t have any\u200d following. They\u2019re four people, and that\u2019s how many votes they got,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/06\/opinion\/sunday\/nancy-pelosi-pride-parade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p>In the fight over immigration policy, the\u2064 then-speaker observed, \u201cSome of you are\u2062 here to make a\u2062 beautiful pate\u0301, but we\u2019re making sausage\u2063 most of the \u200btime,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/07\/10\/pelosi-progressives-twitter-1405763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ca closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting in July 2019, Pelosi\u200d chided members, including \u2062the Squad, for going public over their disagreements with House leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Y]ou got a complaint? You\u2062 come and talk to me\u2063 about it. But do not tweet\u2064 about \u200dour\u200b members and expect us\u200b to\u200b think that that is just OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At another caucus meeting in 2021, Ocasio-Cortez \u201cconfronted\u201d Pelosi over the infrastructure bill Democrats were looking to pass, saying it needed more social spending, including measures combat\u2062 to climate change, according to Grim\u2019s \u200dbook.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in a rare\u200c phone call between the two women, \u200cAOC \u2062told Pelosi that her\u2064 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee vendors \u201csucked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-immediately-attempts-cash-tucker-carlsons-firing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> said \u201cthat \u2063it was strange \u200bthat\u200b after\u2062 I beat Crowley\u2062 not a single person bothered to ask how I beat him \u2026 \u2064and how I think we should pay attention \u200band ask\u2064 questions when that happens, to\u2063 spot weaknesses. She got so mad at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grim cites\u2062 texts from Ocasio-Cortez \u2062throughout his\u200d book, including one from her to him regarding Pelosi saying, \u201cThe amount of times she told me that stupid \u2018I have protest signs older\u200b than you in my basement\u2019 s***. Like,\u2062 yeah, but mine don\u2019t collect dust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez told the author that\u2062 since Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has taken \u200bover as leader of the House Democrats her\u2063 life has improved \u2064drastically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought \u2063a lot of my misery was due to leadership more broadly having\u2062 a thing against me. But \u2026 my life \u2063has completely\u200b transformed. It\u2019s crazy. And \u200bit\u2019s\u2063 that that made me realize it was \u200bkind\u200d of just \u200c [Pelosi] the \u200bwhole time.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-book-details-bad-blood-pelosi-aoc-got-mad\/\">New \u200bBook Details Bad Blood Between Pelosi, AOC: &#8216;She Got So Mad at Me&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What specific accusations\u2064 did Ocasio-Cortez \u2063make against Pelosi in \u200bher interview \u200bwith The Washington \u200bPost?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Lic with their \u200bdisagreements and for using social media to criticize fellow Democrats. The feud between\u200b Pelosi \u200band the Squad seemed to escalate when Ocasio-Cortez \u2063accused Pelosi of targeting young women of color \u200bduring an interview with The Washington Post. Pelosi dismissed the accusation, stating that she respects \u2063everyone \u200cand that \u201cour caucus has been very respectful of every opinion,\u201d according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The tension between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez\u200d reached its peak during the\u200d 2020 Democratic primary season. Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president, while Pelosi publicly supported former Vice President Joe Biden. Ocasio-Cortez criticized Pelosi&#8217;s\u2063 endorsement, arguing \u200dthat it represented \u200bthe old establishment and did not align with the\u2062 progressive movement.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their\u2062 differences, Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez have\u200b also\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-gop-lawmakers-join-letter-demanding-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-apologize-to-ted-cruz-over-attempted-murder-allegation\/\" title=\"13 GOP Lawmakers Join Letter Demanding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Apologize To Ted Cruz Over \u2018Attempted Murder\u2019 Allegation\">found common ground<\/a> on\u2062 certain issues. \u200cThey both supported the passage of the For the People Act, a bill aimed at strengthening voting rights and \u2064reducing the influence of money in politics. \u2063They have also collaborated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goldman-sachs-commits-to-reach-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2030\/\" title=\"Goldman Sachs Commits To Reach Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2030\">climate change initiatives<\/a>, with Ocasio-Cortez praising Pelosi&#8217;s leadership on the issue and Pelosi acknowledging the need for bold \u2062action.<\/p>\n<p>Grim&#8217;s book\u200d offers an inside\u200c look at the personal\u2062 dynamics between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez, shedding light\u2062 on the intense feud that \u200cplayed out both publicly and behind closed doors. It highlights \u2063the challenges of navigating ideological differences within the Democratic Party and the struggle for power\u200d and influence.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063feud between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez\u200c reflects broader divisions within the Democratic Party between the establishment and progressive wings. It raises\u2062 questions about the future direction of\u2062 the party and the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-things-to-know-about-the-united-auto-workers-strike\/\" title=\"Key points about the United Auto Workers strike: \n\n1. Ongoing strike by United Auto Workers.\n2. Impacts major automakers in the United States.\n3. Demands include better wages, job security, and healthcare benefits.\">find \u2062common ground<\/a> and unity. As the Democratic Party continues\u200b to \u200bevolve and grapple with\u2064 its own\u2064 internal dynamics, the feud between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez serves as a reminder of the complex and contentious nature of politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his new book, &#8220;The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution,&#8221; reporter Ryan Grim reveals that the public&#8217;s perception of tension between Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was even stronger behind the scenes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":2112343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2112342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2112343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}