Was This Pelosi's Revenge on AOC for Calling for New Leadership?
Share Source: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Earlier this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down. Days later, Speaker Pelosi overlooked AOC for a coveted committee assignment. Payback? "I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party…the internal dynamics of the House has made it such that there's very little option for succession," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The Intercept. Fox News reports that Speaker Pelosi nominated four House Democrats to fill fi...