Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), 35, reportedly told Democrat bosses that she has “matured” when she sought the top spot on the House Oversight Committee.
That was her closing pitch to party bosses, who worried Ocasio-Cortez was not ready for one of the most powerful posts in Congress, two sources told the Washington Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Paul Kane.
Ocasio-Cortez’s pitch failed, and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) soundly defeated her to become a ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. The bitter defeat is a win for the establishment, which is tightly controlled by party bosses who are often at odds with the congresswoman’s anti-establishment views.
Ocasio-Cortez tried to become an accepted member of the Democrat establishment during the last cycle by vocally defending the Biden family from Republican probes into its business dealings, but her political tact did not appear to pay off. Democrat vote against her with a vote of 131-84 on the House floor.
Time is on the side of Ocasio-Cortez. She is only 35 while many of her colleagues are octogenarians, such as Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who recently broke her hip. If Ocasio-Cortez continues to plot a career in politics, and not exit for a lucrative venture in the private sector, her power will likely increase. […]
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