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.
This will be the legacy of the boomers. They lucked into massive wealth, closed the door behind them, and made sure we had to pry the reigns of societal control from their cold, dead hands. I feel for all the boomers that never escaped poverty and will still be dragged through history with the greediest generation on record to date.
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
I would read your book of poetry
May he rot in hell…
Well done.
He didn’t take the House Seat, he took a role within the organization.
thanks pelosi, you lich. i hope they find your phylactery.
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
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.
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.
We need to remove neo-liberals from the conversation.
Are the good policy choices here in the room with us?
/s
They would be if the DNC didn’t stranglehold the idea of “let’s use taxes for good things instead of war”.
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).
This is literally the epitaph of the Democratic party.
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.
Geriatric democrats trying to keep their grip on their right wing agenda.
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.
Did you know that the oldest mummy found was actually found in the United States?
Cue Pelosi…
“Hatshepsut has more energy than I do!”
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.
Stay classy, telling a reporter to “kill yourself” for factually reporting on Connolly publicly announcing his cancer diagnosis.
Why does the party value fealty and seniority so implicitly? There’s a place for the ‘elder statesman’ voice to share institutional wisdom and tribal knowledge, but this man cannot seriously have had more vigor and energy to pour into leadership than someone under half his age…
delete yourself and kill yourself or not the same thing
Go on and delete yourself, then.
So clever.
Ok then what does it mean, o enlightened one?
Yeah I do agree in this case I think she meant delete the account the whole time. Now if it was from a republican…
Remember:
- your side always has good intentions
- the other side is always doing what your side is doing but with malice
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?
JD Vance is on a killing spree
Whats with these old fucks not stepping down and enjoying what little they have left of their lives. Same with biden
They’re literally unable to do anything else except remain in their protected little cocoons arguing with each other while people fawn over them and pay them for their favor.
They’re like the minor peerage of old. All trying to hang on to their name and title to keep their ego afloat.
It’s the addiction of power. Once someone has acquired it, they can’t give it up. Only exceptional people have the strength to resist and step down. Take Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had been teetering on the line between this world and the next for years, if she had retired while Obama was president, the SCOTUS wouldn’t be so out of balance now. But she just couldn’t do it.
He was somewhat apprehensive about his first term; he just didn’t want Trump to get in.
When he came back for round two, he seemed to have unfinished business tho
Becase they then become like his, iirrelevant, and its too much to think about for them.
I agree, but it’s weird as fuck that people on Lemmy say this while asking for Bernie
Bernie has passed the baton to aoc, bernie supporters want him to run, and hes fighting for a good cause to change a corrupt system completely different then the old fucks clinging to power
That’s out of pure desperation.
I haven’t seen much asking for Bernie. Lots of praising Bernie for doing what’s right and we should have had him in 2016, but I see a lot more asking for AOC.
Bernie is the compromise.
Nothing is black and white. Bernie may be a geezer, but he has consistently good policy positions for his entire career, and has more integrity than the rest of the senate combined.
congressional healthcare is insane!!! why give that up in the years you need it the most!!!
They don’t need that, they’re rich.
Don’t they keep it for life?
I believe you have to serve 2 or 3 terms to keep it for life.
