Gerry Connolly, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said government workers should comply with an Elon Musk order that is being disputed by others. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sent out an email to federal...

Connolly secured his position on the pivotal Oversight Committee after leaders in the House Democratic caucus—most notably former Speaker Nancy Pelosi—backed Connolly’s bid over Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

While other Democratic leaders have been fumbling for a response to Trump, the administration has been in a public feud with Ocasio-Cortez. Tom Homan, Trump’s handpicked immigration czar, has even called on the Department of Justice to investigate the congresswoman after she advised migrant communities of their constitutional rights.

In contrast to Connolly’s pro-compliance message, Ocasio-Cortez recently wrote, “America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.”

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If nothing else, this whole situation is a very revealing about which Democrat politicians have proverbial balls, which ones have their balls in the clamp (probably for doing embarrassing stuff), and which ones have no proverbial balls at all.

    So far only AOC, Sanders, Pritzker, and a handful of others are showing they have the guts to stand up on the bullshit the administration is pulling.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      So far only AOC, Sanders, Pritzker, and a handful of others are showing they have the guts to stand up on the bullshit the administration is pulling.

      I really want to include the new DNC chair in that list.

      “We’re calling it the ‘Organize Everywhere’ tour,” Martin told ABC13. “It’s a simple premise that if we’re going to win throughout this country and get back into power, we have to organize everywhere. We’re visiting red states, purple states, and blue states on this tour. And Texas really is the future of the Democratic Party. This is such a critical battleground state as we move forward in the 2026 elections – of course, the 28 election cycle and beyond.”

      And

      “We have to earn their trust back, and part of that is not just showing up a few months before the election and asking them for their vote,” Martin said. “We have to get back to organizing year-round where we’re building trust with communities around shared values.”

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/abc13-has-1-on-1-with-new-democratic-national-committee-chair-ken-martin/ar-AA1zI1f4

      Like, he’s had the chair a month, and he’s going out and doing local station news interviews already.

      For the past 30 years every other chair would have been grifting huge dollar donors in exchange for more conservative policy positions right now.