Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) has urged President-elect Trump to “keep trying” after she lost the top Democratic nomination for the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the next Congress. I teased him for giving him a pep talk.
“You know it's bad that even President Trump has a bad feeling about me,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. post Social media platform X Wednesday.
Her response was to President Trump's previous post on Truth Social. The post encouraged her after the lawmaker lost the vote.
“It's such a shame that AOC lost the battle for the Democratic Party leadership position. She should keep trying. One day she will succeed!” Trumpwrote in his post.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who has more than a decade of experience as a panel member than the New York congressman, defeated Ms. Ocasio-Cortez in Tuesday's vote. Connolly's victory Monday came after the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, chaired by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, endorsed him and voted to confirm him. was expected.
Mr. Connolly also received support from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who lobbied on Mr. Connolly's behalf.
Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal critic of President Trump, previously warned in social media videos of the potential fallout from the 2024 election and highlighted the freedoms that could be threatened by President-elect Trump's presidential victory. Ta.
He has argued this year that it's time for Democrats to embrace a new generation of party leaders, a move that gained momentum after President Biden withdrew from this summer's presidential race. But Connolly's victory continued that trend, with Democrats putting senior lawmakers in charge of nearly every House committee in the next Congress.
