Nancy Pelosi is now trying to tank AOC’s committee ambitions after helping orchestrate Biden’s fall, report says

AfterhelpingtopushPresidentJoeBidenoutofthe2024presidentialrace,HouseSpeakerEmeritaNancyPelosiisnowreportedlytryingtotankRep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez’sbidtobecomethetopDemocratontheHouseOversightCommittee. TopDemocratssaythatwhilethe35-year-oldisseenasthefavoriteintheracetotakeontherole,Rep.GerryConnolly,74,stillhasachance. Anumberofrankingmembersonvariouspanelswhoareintheirseventiesarefacingchallengesfromyoungercolleagues. “Manymembersareconcernedabout[the]precedenttheseracesaresetting,”aHouseDemocrattoldAxios. TwoHouseDemocratstoldtheoutletthatPelosihasbeenreachingouttomembers,pushingthemtosupportConnollyinsteadofOcasio-Cortez.TheybothwanttoreplacethecurrentrankingmemberonOversight,Rep.JamieRaskin. PunchbowlNewsinitiallyreportedonPelosi’soutreach. AHouseDemocrattoldAxiosthatOcasio-Cortez“hasprettymuchtheentire[Oversight]Committeewithher.” TheHouseDemocratsSteeringComm