Amid 'race card' allegations, Pelosi teaches Ocasio-Cortez a math lesson

[DonViejo]

Analysis: The more the New York lawmaker lashes out over the limits of her own influence, the more obvious those limits become — and the more the imbalance of power tilts in the speaker's direction.

July 14, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
By Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON — As they feud publicly, freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is slowly learning a painful lesson about American politics at the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Power is about numbers.

Pelosi has them and Ocasio-Cortez does not.

The more Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., lashes out over the limits of her own influence, the more obvious those limits become and the more the imbalance tilts in the direction of Pelosi, D-Calif. After all, their fellow politicians are nothing if not hypersensitive to even the slightest shifts in the winds of power.

Now, they're freely dunking on Ocasio-Cortez and her allies in the wake of her not-so-veiled allegation that Pelosi is discriminating against her clique, known as "The Squad," because of their lack of seniority, their gender and their skin color.

The idea struck much of Washington as so ridiculous that the list of Pelosi's defenders included not only a legion of congressional Democrats but also Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and President Donald Trump.

"One thing we will not tolerate," Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said, "is using the race question, otherwise known as the race card, on any member — especially a member who has an enviable record." If Pelosi had a problem on race, Norton added, "the whole world would know it."

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[quickesst]

1. Going to have to rebuild the Cheap Shot Meter....

.... since AOC just broke it.

[watoos]

2. I know this for a fact,

One of the top priorities for Republicans is to bring down AOC and her 3 friends.

Who in the Democratic party has brought more enthusiasm, more new members, than AOC?

Where is Steny Hoyer?

[Trumpocalypse]

3. That's not a fact

AOC is great for the GOP. They use her to fundraise.

Their goal is to win back the House in 16. And exploiting divisions in the Democratic Party helps them do that.