Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, who edged out New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) for a top Democratic post in December before stepping down, died from esophageal cancer on Wednesday, becoming the third Democrat to die in office this term.
The late congressman made headlines in December when, with support from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he defeated AOC to lead the House Oversight Committee, despite reportedly violating stock trading laws, according to Raw Story. AOC would have been the youngest Democrat to chair a House committee at 35 years old.
These assholes are so scared of losing power and corporate money they’re willing to drop fucking dead on the floor of Congress rather than let the new generation take over.
Fuck these boomer assholes.
Schumer, pelosi, Ginsburg, and all the other fossils who refuse to retire until they fucking die are just as responsible as the orange piece of shit is for the current state of amerikkka
No, they are not. False equivalence just takes the focus off the people who really are responsible. Trump, his enablers, and his supporters created this disaster.
A lot of useless Democrats failed to stand up and try to stop it. They have much to answer for, but they are in a different category.
My guy, they are part of the enablers
It was a system of checks and balances, but the Democrats went along with consolidating power. So while yes, they aren’t the direct cause, they were the adults in the room and they failed in that responsibility.
thanks pelosi, you lich. i hope they find your phylactery.
This is literally the epitaph of the Democratic party.
The Democrats are like ancient kings who killed their children for fear of usurping their rule. Now the enemy is at the gates and they have no generals, the few champions they do have were cowed long ago.
Almost.
Establishment democrats are still living great lives under trump. They’re not enemies because trump doesn’t fuck with their money, unlike Bernie.
It’s the working class that has to suffer.
JD Vance is on a killing spree
lead to a vote gap in the Budget bill allowing republicans to pass it. Insane!
It’s insane to think it wouldn’t have passed anyway… They would have “found” a dem to flip, they always do.
There will always be a manchin, or a sinema, or a fetterman… Or a Cory fucking Booker who voted to confirm papa kush
Doesn’t even cost that much to flip a few.
Gotta love how they push for old bastards to die in office to enable Republican goals, instead of helping the progressives who are on their side.
I’m sure its just a coincidence that it happens constantly.
Love is a word for it, yes.
Geriatric democrats trying to keep their grip on their right wing agenda.
This is SO BAD! There’s only SO MANY OLD WHITE GUYS WITH CANCER the Democrats can Promote before GIVING UP and Conceding EVERY SINGLE ELECTION to the Republicans!
But guys, it was his turn! Just like Hillary in '16. Forget what the people want, we need to worry about stroking egos here.
Biden still got his turn though
And where did that get us?
Stole the house seat from AOC. Call me Gerry Atric.
DNC death numer three. That’s a Gerry Hattrick.
Replaced with someone over 70? You know the party’s Democratic
May he rot in hell…
I would read your book of poetry
Well done.
He didn’t take the House Seat, he took a role within the organization.
Hilarious … the only way to beat the old Democratic party is to wait for them to die
There’s always plenty of gerontocrats to take over.
This is sounding more and more like a Lord of the Rings sequel every time
The gift humans had in LOTR is shorter lives, so new ideas can flourish, grow, and change between generations.
Makes you really want that gift in 2025.
Let’s not pretend super old democrats are the only bad ones.
Yeah, age isn’t so much the issue when we have decent older people like Bernie Sanders and younger douchebags like Josh Gottheimer running around, the problem is that newly elected Democratic party members have all been told that they need to vote for the people who have been in DC the longest and one day eventually it will be their turn
That would be bad enough on its own, but coupled with the destruction of any kind of campaign finance regulations making it a lot easier for moderate Democratic party members to secretly work work with rich donors and Republicans to make sure progressives don’t stay in DC for long, we’ve ended up with a senior group of Democratic lawmakers who have shitty policies their voters hate and only know how to solve their problems through hippie punching
The problem isn’t that they’re old. The problem is that seniority trumps everything else. He was worse for the position, but he got it because he had seniority.
He wasn’t bad because he was old, he was just worse and got it because he was old.
No, just most of them, including almost all of the ones with the most power.
Name two people under 70 who’s amongst the 10 highest ranking in the party leadership.
I’ll even give you Hakeem Jeffries for free so you only have to find one.
We need to remove neo-liberals from the conversation.
Are the good policy choices here in the room with us?
/s
Even conservative think tanks agree, universal healthcare AT WORST would cover every American and cost the same as we are currently paying.
So, we pay the same to not cover every American or we pay the same to cover every American. Which is the good policy choice?
A: The policy choice that continues to funnel money to politicians fundraising activities (and pockets).
They would be if the DNC didn’t stranglehold the idea of “let’s use taxes for good things instead of war”.
When Alexander the Great died, his empire devolved into infighting and instability. Why would he plan for his successor at such a young age?
These democrats dying in office, leaving no protege nor successor in the wings, are doing the same thing to America but they have no excuse.
These ancient centrist fucks are the reason we’re in this mess. We don’t want their proteges in power. We need new blood that will fight instead of trying to maintain the status quo.
True, look at Pelosi’s choice to succeed her, Hakeem Jeffries. I thought he seemed good at first but he’s turned out to be just another hand-wringing wimp. So it’s not simply a matter of being too old, it’s a matter of clinging to the old ways.
edit: IOW, getting younger people in is necessary but not sufficient.
Did you know that the oldest mummy found was actually found in the United States?
Cue Pelosi…
I don’t know, guys. Hatshepsut has a proven track record of breaking political barriers for females, leading recovery from a foreign occupation into prosperity, and commanding prolific building projects including some masterpieces of ancient architecture: she delivers. What has AOC done? Dismissing all that accomplishment would be a mistake.
“Hatshepsut has more energy than I do!”
