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You'll see Alexander Ocasio-Cortez, 35 years old, was, a lot of us were hoping, would end up being the top Democrat, which would be the number two

position on the House Oversight Committee. The House Oversight Committee is a very, very powerful

committee. It's basically the investigative arm of Congress. And as, you know, James Comer showed us,

he's the Republican head of it. He's used that House

Oversight Committee to look into Hunter Biden and Burisma and Joe Biden and quack, quack, quack.

You know, the whole, the guy who just pleaded guilty to taking talking points from Putin and

using them against, and, you know, lies,

and using them against Joe Biden and, you know, all that kind of stuff. So anyhow, AOC was going to be

the number two person on that committee, or we were hoping. But the guy who has the greatest seniority

is a 74-year-old by the name of Jerry Connolly, who also has apparently throat

cancer, which, number one, is pretty awful stuff. My best friend had that years ago.

And number two, can kind of seriously impair your ability to speak.

And, but apparently Nancy Pelosi really hates AOC. And I, this is in my mind just pathetic.

I mean, Nancy Pelosi is in her 80s. Jerry Connolly is in his mid-70s.

And I don't mean to knock that.

I mean, I'm in my 70s.

But I really think if the Democratic Party wants to move forward,

if the Democratic Party wants to capture the youth vote,

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