Humiliating payback? AOC rejected for coveted committee seat in Pelosi’s House

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Humiliating payback? AOC rejected for coveted committee seat in Pelosi’s House
December 18, 2020 | Tom Tillison

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., found herself on the outside looking in when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced appointments to several powerful committees.

The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee passed over Ocasio-Cortez in favor of Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y. on Thursday for the coveted House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

The Steering and Policy Committee held a contentious private meeting on Thursday, after Pelosi nominated four of the five openings and let the panel vote on the last spot — AOC lost the secret vote 46-13, according to Politico.

Rice is considered more moderate than the radical left democratic socialist, and Fox News reported that her selection is “the latest example of House Democrats bucking the firebrand who represents Brooklyn and Queens.”

The vote came the day after Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview on the “The Intercept” podcast that it’s time for Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to go.

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