AOC Loses to the Gerontocracy

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

House Democrats choose not to elevate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, arguably the party's most compelling messenger, to Ranking Member on the House Oversight Committee—instead selecting 74-year-old Gerry Connolly, a committee lifer with no national reach. Jon and Dan discuss the magnitude of this missed opportunity, House Republicans laying the groundwork for an FBI investigation of Liz Cheney, whether Democrats should play ball on government funding, and a new effort to clamp down on progressive fundraising spam. Then, longtime immigration advocate Cecilia Muñoz stops by to talk with Jon about how Democrats found themselves out of the mainstream on the issue, and how we can win back voters' trust without compromising our values.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Fabro.
0:22.0	I'm Dan Pfeiffer.
0:22.9	I know what you're thinking.
0:24.3	Dan and I together on a Wednesday, not a Friday.
0:26.9	Is there a polling emergency?
0:30.1	Turns out only for Anne Seltzer.
0:32.8	Yes.
0:36.6	We are here together because Friday's episode is our annual Pundee show where all four of us
0:42.6	debate the worst takes of the year, including ours.
0:46.2	Then we're off for the holiday break.
0:47.7	So Dan and I thought we'd do one last normal episode here in the very abnormal year of
0:53.3	2024.
0:56.0	Are you as excited as I am, Dan?
1:01.1	John, I was just so worried that my takes were just going to be stuck in the fridge for weeks, and I had to get them out before they started to smell. I know. Well, you don't put them
1:06.0	on social media as much anymore, so. I know. I should, but because you're smart. Because you're
1:10.8	I watch what happens to you on social media. It know, I should. Because you're smart. Because you're smart.
1:11.7	I watch what happens to you on social media.
1:13.7	It's an object lesson.
1:15.3	You're a walking scared straight for your own podcast offline.
1:18.3	Canary in the coal mine.
1:19.9	Okay.
1:21.0	So we are going to talk about how House Democrats voted to
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