Why AOC lost secret ballot for a seat on powerful House committee

[OneBro]

139. You're impressed with 20 to 30 year stays, I'm not.

Whether the person is a hardcore liberal, a moderate, or a right wing nut, if the only thing AOC or anyone else has to brag about after 20+ years is that they've been there for 20 plus years, that's great for them personally, but what's so impressive about that? There likely won't be much light between they way AOC, Lewis or Waters would vote on most bills.

If the point is that the person has been a very vocal member of Congress for all those years, then so what. Same-same. Most of them are vocal. If bills are being passed and the Republican Party is being put in check and held to account, THAT'S progress, but if the republican party grows stronger under your watch because you're too comfy in your seat or too polite to push back, what's so impressive about that. AOC is there to fight. THAT'S how she got her seat, and that's why she has such an energized base.

Some people, for example, want Feinstein clones in Congress, others want AOC clones. I'm of the second camp. Some people think Feinstein owns the seat and has earned the right to die in the seat if she so chooses because she has been there for so long. I disagree. We can acknowledge the good Feinstein has done while also recognizing that the next generation has lost faith in the old guard, and if they want to fight for Feinstein's seat, that does NOT make them enemies of the Democratic Party.