{"id":2380892,"date":"2024-12-17T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-suffers-painful-career-blow-at-the-hands-of-her-fellow-house-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T10:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:26:25","slug":"alexandria-ocasio-cortez-suffers-painful-career-blow-at-the-hands-of-her-fellow-house-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-suffers-painful-career-blow-at-the-hands-of-her-fellow-house-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suffers Painful Career Blow at the Hands of Her Fellow House Democrats"},"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\">28<\/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%2Falexandria-ocasio-cortez-suffers-painful-career-blow-at-the-hands-of-her-fellow-house-democrats%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=2380892&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>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">recent developments<\/a>, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) of New York was \u200dunsuccessful in her \u200cattempt to secure a leadership\u2064 position on the House Oversight Committee, \u2064with the committee favoring her opponent, \u200dRepresentative Gerry \u2063Connolly of Virginia. According to reports, Connolly received 34 votes compared to AOC&#8217;s 27. Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s bid for power was met with resistance from more senior \u2062party members, notably former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who\u200b reportedly influenced the vote in favor of Connolly. This defeat has raised questions about AOC&#8217;s approach\u200b within the Democratic Party, as critiques suggest that her attempts\u200b to align\u200d with\u2063 the \u2062party establishment ultimately \u200cundermined her credibility. Following the \u2064vote,\u2064 AOC expressed her\u200b determination to remain active and engaged in her efforts within Congress despite the\u2062 setback. Meanwhile, other leadership changes included\u2063 Representative angie Craig of Minnesota winning a race for the ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee. The full Democratic\u200d caucus will still vote \u2064on the recommendations \u2063made by the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.  <\/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>Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York failed in her first bid to parley her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high-profile publicity<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">political power<\/a>, according to new reports.<\/p>\n<p>The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is recommending Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia to become the ranking member of the powerful House Oversight Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/16\/aoc-house-steering-committee-oversight-connolly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was seeking to upend a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-manufacturing-is-quickly-collapsing\/\" title=\"Chinese Manufacturing Is Quickly Collapsing\">senior legislator<\/a> despite opposition from former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-reportedly-working-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-slugfest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: Tonight, Pelosi successfully couped AOC from the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>AOC has spent the past 4 years being largely compliant with the Dem Establishment, only for them to reject her again.<\/p>\n<p>Hilarious. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BaDXVb7WgZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/BaDXVb7WgZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vince Dao (@VinceDaoTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinceDaoTV\/status\/1868887883068887485?\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gerry-connolly-beats-aoc-key-vote-oversight-ranking-member-rcna184427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>, Connolly received 34 votes against 27 for Ocasio-Cortez. NBC cited a member of the panel it did not name.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been shuffling leadership in the House with the expressed intent of taking on the incoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland challenged Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York to become the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. Raskin&rsquo;s success prompted the race for his former position on the Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">re: House Oversight Committee<br \/> So AOC lost out to a centrist 74-year-old repesentative from the DC suburbs after Pelosi whipped votes in his favor. The moral of the story is that AOC traded in any credibility she may have had in order to chase power &amp; she lost 1\/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Holly&#127817; (@HollyBlomberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HollyBlomberg\/status\/1868795321624801660?\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the leadership shuffle, Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota won a race to be the ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee.<\/p>\n<p>With 34 votes, she defeated fellow challenger Democratic Rep. Jim Costa of California, who got 22 votes, and Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia, who had been the top Democrat on the panel since 2021, got five votes.<\/p>\n<p>Axios noted that the full Democratic caucus will vote on the recommendations and is not required to accept them.<\/p>\n<p>One source told the site that Ocasio-Cortez was facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/indicted-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-fires-back-no-show-congresswoman-aoc-dem-infighting-goes-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hard sel<\/a>l with panel members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today&rsquo;s reminder that no change agent will be able to &ldquo;nice&rdquo; their way to power inside the Democratic Party &mdash; power will have to be ripped away from the establishment. They&rsquo;re not gonna give it away in exchange for good manners or being a &ldquo;team player.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQVglsCFE6\">https:\/\/t.co\/MQVglsCFE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1868792590457544890?\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The committee is &ldquo;made up of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-lincoln-project-knew-of-weaver-allegations-months-before-new-york-times-story\/\" title=\"Report: Lincoln Project Knew of Weaver Allegations Months Before New York Times Story\">senior members<\/a>,&rdquo; the House Democrat Axios did not name said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna support Steering and Policy. I&rsquo;m not on that committee, but I&rsquo;m assuming they listened to the candidates and hashed through it. So, there has to be a reason,&rdquo; Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/17\/aoc-gerry-connolly-steering-oversight-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And obviously I want to get on the committees I want to get on, so I&rsquo;m not going to piss anybody off,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wow-aoc-terrified-trumps-victory-pushes-insane-theory-next-term-will-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> said after losing the vote she would not give up and was &ldquo;locked in&rdquo; and &ldquo;just working hard right now.&rdquo;<\/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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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York was unsuccessful in her initial attempt to convert her prominent public image into political influence, as reported recently. The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee has put forward Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia as the preferred candidate for the ranking member position on the influential House Oversight Committee, according to Axios. Ocasio-Cortez aimed to challenge a more senior member despite opposition from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. <\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Tonight, Pelosi successfully removed AOC from the House Oversight Committee. After four years of largely aligning with the Democratic establishment, AOC faced rejection once again\u2014an ironic twist.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC, Connolly secured 34 votes compared to Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s 27, based on information from an unnamed panel member. Democrats are currently reorganizing their leadership in anticipation of the incoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>In another leadership contest, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland challenged Jerry Nadler for a top position on the Judiciary Committee; Raskin&#8217;s victory led to a scramble for his previous role on the Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In this reshuffle, Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota won her race for ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee with 34 votes against Jim Costa and David Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Axios noted that while these recommendations will be voted on by the full Democratic caucus, they are not obligated to accept them. One source indicated that Ocasio-Cortez may have struggled to gain support among committee members.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder emerged today that genuine change within the Democratic Party cannot be achieved through politeness or teamwork; power must be actively seized from established leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The committee consists primarily of senior members; one unnamed House Democrat expressed confidence in their decision-making process regarding candidates&#8217; qualifications and motivations.<\/p>\n<p>After losing her bid, Ocasio-Cortez stated she remains determined and is focused on working hard moving forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2380893,"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.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46754,46961,33723,46962,32603],"class_list":["post-2380892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-career-setback","tag-house-democrats","tag-leadership-struggle","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AOC.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380892","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=2380892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380896,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380892\/revisions\/2380896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}