{"id":2384461,"date":"2024-12-29T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-frustrated-with-democrats-stuck-in-our-old-ways-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:30:03","slug":"crockett-frustrated-with-democrats-stuck-in-our-old-ways-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-frustrated-with-democrats-stuck-in-our-old-ways-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Crockett frustrated with Democrats &#8216;stuck in our old ways&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fcrockett-frustrated-with-democrats-stuck-in-our-old-ways-washington-examiner%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=2384461&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>Democratic\u2063 Representative Jasmine Crockett from Texas has voiced her \u200bfrustration\u2064 regarding the Democratic Party&#8217;s leadership, stating that\u2063 it is indeed &#8220;stuck\u200c in our old ways.&#8221; She highlighted the recent \u2063decision by the House Democratic caucus to choose Rep. Gerry Connolly over\u2062 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-officials-worked-to-finalize-climate-plan-during-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-emails-show\/\" title=\"Pentagon officials focused on climate plan amid Afghanistan withdrawal chaos, emails reveal.\">key \u2062position<\/a> on the House Oversight Commitee as a reflection of the party&#8217;s inclination towards age and seniority rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">embracing newer ideas<\/a>. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-trans-kids-are-beautiful-republicans-doing-a-lot-of-harm-to-children-advocates-biological-males-in-girls-sports\/\" title=\"AOC: Trans Kids Are Beautiful, Republicans \u2018Doing A Lot Of Harm To Children,\u2019 Advocates Biological Males In Girls Sports\">recent appearance<\/a> on MSNBC, Crockett\u200c acknowledged that both \u200dcandidates are qualified but \u200dcriticized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cuomo-among-contenders-for-bidens-attorney-general-pick\/\" title=\"Report: Cuomo Among Contenders for Biden\u2019s Attorney General Pick\">selection process<\/a> for\u200b failing to represent \u2063a progressive shift \u200cwithin the party.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jasmine Crockett frustrated with Democratic Party &lsquo;stuck in our old ways&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1921802\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jasmine Crockett\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> (D-TX) expressed frustration over the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jasmine Crockett\">Democratic Party<\/a>&lsquo;s aging leadership and complained that the party is &ldquo;stuck in our old ways.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The House Democratic caucus&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3261479\/aoc-loses-pelosi-backed-gerry-connolly-top-democrat-spot-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"selection\">selection<\/a> of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to be the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee was the most recent example of the party selecting age and seniority over newer ideas and options. Crockett, while on MSNBC Saturday, said she believes both members were qualified but argued that the decision does not send a good message.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3224765\/senate-democrats-hope-midterms-2024-downballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SENATE DEMOCRATS SEE HOPE FOR MIDTERMS WITH 2024 DOWNBALLOT RESULTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2738412&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a709225bbd7475ee08cce84ae62ff807\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;While I think both are absolutely qualified, I do think that within the Democratic Caucus, we are really stuck in our old ways of doing things, which is you get there by seniority. And so if you&rsquo;ve been there longer, you get the post, and I don&rsquo;t think we fully sit there and say, who may be best equipped for this moment?&rdquo; Crockett said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Texas<\/a> congresswoman also said that the country is looking at Democrats to &ldquo;show us you&rsquo;re willing to shake it up if it means we can move this country forward,&rdquo; alluding to Democrats&rsquo; bruising general election defeats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3236969\/biden-presidency-could-end-without-closing-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN MEDIA-LIGHT PRESIDENCY COULD END WITHOUT CLOSING PRESS CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connolly, a longtime member of the House Oversight Committee, recently had a cancer diagnosis, which heightened concerns by members who favored Ocasio-Cortez to be the lead Democrat on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-commits-to-nominating-black-woman-to-replace-feinstein-should-she-retire\/\" title=\"Newsom Commits To Nominating Black Woman to Replace Feinstein Should She Retire\">powerful committee<\/a>. Crockett did say she has confidence in Connolly leading Democrats on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett, a Democratic firebrand, also argued that Democrats should consider new approaches to leadership, noting House Republicans have term limits with their leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that within the caucus, we will have conversations about how we do leadership, because on the Republican side, they have term limits, and so you can&rsquo;t sit in those posts very long, so they end up shipping out their leadership more, a lot more frequently than we do on the Democratic side,&rdquo; Crockett said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Democrat was first elected in 2022 and had run a challenge to Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) for chairwoman&nbsp;of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee but handily lost.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett and Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s challenges were some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3249375\/democrats-break-tradition-start-challenging-unspoken-seniority-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"various challenges\">challenges<\/a> to incumbent House Democratic leaders that progressives launched in the wake of the election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1921802\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1921802\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jasmine Crockett frustrated with Democratic Party&#8217;s outdated ways<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2384463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP230317466924071.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[47563,3685,24305,32171,32076],"class_list":["post-2384461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-crockett","tag-democrats","tag-frustration","tag-political-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP230317466924071.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384461","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384465,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384461\/revisions\/2384465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}