Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misplaced to Rep. Gerry Connolly Tuesday in a bid for rating member of the Home Oversight Committee. The 35-year-old misplaced 131-84 within the closed door caucus vote.
Rep. Gerry Connolly
Connolly’s win comes simply over a month after he introduced he was battling esophageal most cancers.
Regardless of the chances stacked towards the polarizing progressive, Ocasio-Cortez saved her head held excessive following her loss.
“Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone – we live to fight another day. ♥️,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote through BlueSky.
The progressive has a historical past of leaning a lot additional left than senior Democrats, which has seemingly pitted her towards a few of her Democratic colleagues. AOC, nevertheless, has develop into probably the most high-profile members of the committee as she echoes the voices of many youthful progressives. Her recognition—and knack for grabbing consideration—additionally translated to help from different committee members main as much as the vote.
“She’s a very effective messenger, and that’s kind of the conclusion people have drawn from this election—that we haven’t had effective messengers,” Rep. Judy Chu instructed Politico.
Whereas Democrats have been scrambling for a solution to succeed in youthful voters in the identical approach as Donald Trump’s marketing campaign, it seems Ocasio-Cortez—who broke from social gathering beliefs in requires Medicare for All and Palestinian help—doesn’t have their vote of confidence simply but.
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