Get the popcorn, because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is going to war against Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested in a new interview that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should no longer lead Democrats in Congress https://t.co/7SGuNpocui pic.twitter.com/bBPYXHzS5P
— POLITICO (@politico) December 16, 2020
“I do think we need new leadership in the Democratic Party,” she told Politico:
.@AOC: "I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party."
Ocasio-Cortez says that the party had failed at grooming a "next generation" of younger lawmakers to succeed Pelosi and Schumer. https://t.co/fgJe18bSvb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 16, 2020
And, yes, this is a “direct shot” at Pelosi/Schumer:
Ocasio-Cortez takes direct shot at Pelosi and Schumer: “We need new leadership in the Democratic Party.” https://t.co/9tb8i9PrKA pic.twitter.com/PHCU2KgMcW
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) December 16, 2020
She went on to say that Dems are making a plan for a post-Pelosi future:
.@AOC says "the left isn't really making a plan" for @SpeakerPelosi's potential retirement, and warns that "there are folks more conservative than even they are willing to … fill that void" in leadership.https://t.co/BAGJOoM64m via @politico
— Quint Forgey (@QuintForgey) December 16, 2020
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Nancy Pelosi right now:
Pelosi rn https://t.co/asNK0ovt3H pic.twitter.com/WVSNZlK6yw
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2020
And it will only get worse as Joe Biden is forced to make concessions:
this is getting good, excited for the next season, I mean Congress@AOC takes direct shot at @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer
"we need new leadership in the Democratic Party."
via @politico https://t.co/roazBcOVRw
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) December 16, 2020
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