{"id":28604,"date":"2024-12-17T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/aoc-loses-bid-to-be-top-democrat-on-powerful-house-oversight-committee\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T19:17:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:17:48","slug":"aoc-loses-bid-to-be-top-democrat-on-powerful-house-oversight-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/aoc-loses-bid-to-be-top-democrat-on-powerful-house-oversight-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC loses bid to be top Democrat on powerful House Oversight Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was defeated in her bid to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee,<\/a> losing to Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia.<\/p>\n

Connolly, 74, bested the 35-year-old Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> with 131 to 84 votes in what is seen as a blow for progressives who backed Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the progressive “Squad.”<\/p>\n

“I thank my colleagues for their support and the confidence they\u2019ve placed in me to lead House Democrats on the Oversight Committee,” Connolly said in a statement after being elected by the House Democratic Caucus.<\/p>\n

Connolly called out “the Republican playbook,” in which he accused Republicans of using “debunked conspiracy theories” and enabling “the worst abuses of the Trump Administration.”<\/p>\n

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“This will be trench warfare.” Connolly said. “Now is not the time to be timid. I promise the American people that our Committee Democrats will be a beacon of truth and prepared from day one to counter Republican gaslighting.”<\/p>\n

When Fox News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram asked Connolly if he was up for a potential fight against the Trump administration, Connolly said he was “raring to go.”<\/p>\n

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“I did it before for four years, and bested them on a number of occasions, and I’m raring to go again,” he said.<\/p>\n

Connolly said that President-elect Trump “may feel more emboldened” after his reelection victory, though “that may also make him more reckless.”<\/p>\n

“There is a law in this land, and we’re going to make sure it’s enforced,” Connolly said.<\/p>\n

In his written statement, Connolly said Democrats will be “disciplined” and “laser focused on getting results on the kitchen table issues <\/a>that are affecting the American people the most.”<\/p>\n

“We will stand up for our democracy and for truth,” the statement said. “And we will protect the tremendous and historic progress we have made as House Democrats.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was defeated in her bid to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, losing to Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia. Connolly, 74, bested the 35-year-old Ocasio-Cortez with 131 to 84 votes in what is seen as a blow for progressives who backed Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the progressive … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}