{"id":2379832,"date":"2024-12-13T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-reportedly-working-against-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-house-slugfest\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T19:03:06","slug":"nancy-pelosi-reportedly-working-against-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-house-slugfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-reportedly-working-against-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-house-slugfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Reportedly Working Against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in House &#8216;Slugfest&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnancy-pelosi-reportedly-working-against-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-house-slugfest%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=2379832&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--><p>The article \u200cdiscusses the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ongoing internal strife<\/a> within the \u200ddemocratic Party following Donald Trump&#8217;s election victory. It highlights\u2064 a\u200b power struggle between progressive Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u200b and former\u2062 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the position of \u2062top Democrat on the House \u2064Oversight Commitee. Ocasio-Cortez,supported by\u200b many\u2063 younger members,is challenging 74-year-old Gerry Connolly,who is endorsed by Pelosi. The piece notes that Trump&#8217;s win has prompted a shift towards younger leadership within the party, with several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-u-s-public-consensus-the-nation-is-declining\/\" title=\"Poll Shows U.S. Public Consensus: The Nation Is Declining\">older democrats<\/a> stepping down \u2062or facing opposition. As tensions increase, Pelosi\u200c is seen as\u2063 trying to maintain control over party dynamics, while Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s alignment with\u200c the progressive &#8220;squad&#8221; makes her a focus of contention. the article suggests that\u200d the struggle\u2062 and power dynamics within the party may be exacerbated \u200bby past conflicts\u200b among party \u2063leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tremors and aftershock of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s Election Day victory are still reverberating through the Democratic Party over a month after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s starting to get ugly, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/12\/aoc-pelosi-oversight-committee-connolly-raskin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The combatants? New York Rep. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-americans-disappointed-by-democrats-for-decades-considering-trump\/\" title=\"Black Americans, disappointed by Democrats for decades, considering Trump\">progressive &#038;ldquo<\/a>;squad&rdquo; member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wow-aoc-terrified-trumps-victory-pushes-insane-theory-next-term-will-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> is in one corner, while Democrat figurehead and former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pelosi-refuses-call-quits-files-reelection-84-years-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> is in the other corner.<\/p>\n<p>The issue at hand? Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s newfound push to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Axios reported that the outspoken New York representative must stare down a &ldquo;Pelosi-led slugfest&rdquo; for that role.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The report noted that one of the aftereffects of Trump&rsquo;s victory has been the Democrats pushing out their own older party members in favor of younger ones.<\/p>\n<p>Many older Democrats, including New York Rep. Jerry Nadler (more on this shortly), have either already bowed out of committee races or are planning to.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many members are concerned about [the] precedent these races are setting,&rdquo; a senior House Democrat told Axios.<\/p>\n<p>In Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s case, the 35-year-old representative is challenging 74-year-old Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly.<\/p>\n<p>The 84-year-old Pelosi reportedly backed Connolly in this race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pelosi has been approaching colleagues urging them to back Connolly over Ocasio-Cortez,&rdquo; the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>Punchbowl News <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/house\/nancy-pelosi-aoc-house-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a> reported that Pelosi was working &ldquo;to defeat&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pelosi&rsquo;s best efforts, Axios noted that Ocasio-Cortez &ldquo;has pretty much the entire [Oversight] Committee with her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Still, lawmakers stressed that it is not a firm lock,&rdquo; the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what happens to the role, it&rsquo;s evident now that Pelosi would prefer to have her finger on the pulse of everything and everyone associated with the Democrat Party.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, by virtue of being part of the far more left-leaning &ldquo;squad,&rdquo; clearly does not have the general backing of Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>And neither did the 74-year-old Nadler.<\/p>\n<p>Many eyebrows were raised on Capitol Hill when Nadler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/longtime-democratic-rep-jerry-nadler-bows-leadership-nancy-pelosi-gets-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down<\/a> from the top spot on the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month, with many looking at Pelosi for having meddled to get in Rep. Jamie Raskin, 61.<\/p>\n<p>While all of this consternation appears to be a direct result of Trump&rsquo;s election win, it&rsquo;s also worth noting that Pelosi has been accused of meddling in top Democratic affairs even before that.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most infamously, many reports have suggested that there is a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/insiders-biden-isnt-telling-truth-feels-obama-pelosi-pushed-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lingering bad blood<\/a> between incumbent President Joe Biden and Democrat brass like Pelosi and former President Barack Obama over the way Biden was unceremoniously ousted from his re-election bid.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In one corner is New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the progressive &#8220;squad,&#8221; while in the other is former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The central issue is Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s ambition to lead the House Oversight Committee, which she faces significant opposition from Pelosi and her allies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2379833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AOC-vs-Pelosi-on-Oversight-Committee-Leadership-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46754,41096,32304,32551,37324],"class_list":["post-2379832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-congressional-leadership","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-political-conflict"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AOC-vs-Pelosi-on-Oversight-Committee-Leadership-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379832","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379836,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379832\/revisions\/2379836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}