Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 hours ago

    “I’ve got some news: I’ve decided to run against Nancy Pelosi to represent San Francisco in Congress. I know some of you might be surprised that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi is running again, but she is—for her 21st term!” Chakrabarti’s post read.

    I fucking hate boomers in political office. They refuse to let go of the reins. They want to hold on until death. Selfish.

    I saw a video last year asking people in the UK about USA politics and someone commented how old our leaders are.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 minutes ago

      Meh, it’s not the age thing for me. And I don’t care if someone works until they choose to retire, as long as the people want them. I think ageism and the appeal to some magical term limits thing is rather useless.

      I hate just how disconnected her comment was about the insider trading. It’s infuriating. Republicans do it, too, but she somehow became the face of this.

      I don’t know that her or others like her are doing anything to bring up the next set of leaders, though. I also don’t really see her fighting for progress. The age thing, the number of terms - entirely secondary and honestly, it’s just red herring in my view. All one has to do is look at Bernie.

    • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      I think she is too old to be a boomer, that generation was 1946 to 1964. She was born 1940