This, my dear liberals, is your (feminist) champion. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Jul 08, 2019
They call themselves the "Squad." From climate change to student debt to migrants in detention, progressive House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley have been energetic and outspoken since getting elected last November--and, as a result, have become inured to constant attacks from congressional Republicans and, of course, Fox News.
But how about from their own boss?
In an interview with the New York Times' Maureen Dowd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the Squad as "four people" who have their "public whatever and their Twitter world" but don't "have any following."
Ouch. This isn't the first time Pelosi has trolled the left-wing quartet. In April, when she was asked by Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes to comment on the newly emboldened progressive wing of her party, Pelosi responded: "That's like five people."
In the wake of November's midterms, Pelosi mocked calls from AOC and her allies for a Green New Deal: "The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it right?"
To be clear: none of these freshmen Democrats have personally attacked Pelosi and all four of them backed her bid for the speakership. As CNN's Nathan McDermott tweeted, "It is pretty notable that the most vocally anti-Pelosi Democrats (ala the moderates in swing districts who opposed her leadership) don't get as much criticism from her as the left-wing of the party."
How about Donald Trump? Pelosi is willing to criticize Trump -- "I've never encountered, thought about, seen within the realm of my experiences as a child or an adult, anybody like this" -- but only criticize. Nothing more. Not impeachment, that's for sure. The top Democrat in the House told Dowd that the president has engaged in criminal behavior but -- wait for it -- "you can't impeach everybody."
The New York Times interview is yet another reminder for liberals and leftists that if they want to oppose Trump, they have to oppose Pelosi too.
Read the full article at The Intercept.
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They call themselves the "Squad." From climate change to student debt to migrants in detention, progressive House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley have been energetic and outspoken since getting elected last November--and, as a result, have become inured to constant attacks from congressional Republicans and, of course, Fox News.
But how about from their own boss?
In an interview with the New York Times' Maureen Dowd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the Squad as "four people" who have their "public whatever and their Twitter world" but don't "have any following."
Ouch. This isn't the first time Pelosi has trolled the left-wing quartet. In April, when she was asked by Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes to comment on the newly emboldened progressive wing of her party, Pelosi responded: "That's like five people."
In the wake of November's midterms, Pelosi mocked calls from AOC and her allies for a Green New Deal: "The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it right?"
To be clear: none of these freshmen Democrats have personally attacked Pelosi and all four of them backed her bid for the speakership. As CNN's Nathan McDermott tweeted, "It is pretty notable that the most vocally anti-Pelosi Democrats (ala the moderates in swing districts who opposed her leadership) don't get as much criticism from her as the left-wing of the party."
How about Donald Trump? Pelosi is willing to criticize Trump -- "I've never encountered, thought about, seen within the realm of my experiences as a child or an adult, anybody like this" -- but only criticize. Nothing more. Not impeachment, that's for sure. The top Democrat in the House told Dowd that the president has engaged in criminal behavior but -- wait for it -- "you can't impeach everybody."
The New York Times interview is yet another reminder for liberals and leftists that if they want to oppose Trump, they have to oppose Pelosi too.
Read the full article at The Intercept.
Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is a British-born British-American political journalist, broadcaster, and author. He is a former senior columnist at The Intercept. He is the host of The Intercept podcast "Deconstructed." Hasan is also the host of Al Jazeera English's "UpFront." He has interviewed, among others, Edward Snowden, Hamid Karzai, Ehud Olmert, and Gen. Michael Flynn. He is also the author of two books--a biography of former U.K. Labor Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on the financial crisis and austerity economics. He is based in Washington, D.C.
They call themselves the "Squad." From climate change to student debt to migrants in detention, progressive House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley have been energetic and outspoken since getting elected last November--and, as a result, have become inured to constant attacks from congressional Republicans and, of course, Fox News.
But how about from their own boss?
In an interview with the New York Times' Maureen Dowd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the Squad as "four people" who have their "public whatever and their Twitter world" but don't "have any following."
Ouch. This isn't the first time Pelosi has trolled the left-wing quartet. In April, when she was asked by Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes to comment on the newly emboldened progressive wing of her party, Pelosi responded: "That's like five people."
In the wake of November's midterms, Pelosi mocked calls from AOC and her allies for a Green New Deal: "The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it right?"
To be clear: none of these freshmen Democrats have personally attacked Pelosi and all four of them backed her bid for the speakership. As CNN's Nathan McDermott tweeted, "It is pretty notable that the most vocally anti-Pelosi Democrats (ala the moderates in swing districts who opposed her leadership) don't get as much criticism from her as the left-wing of the party."
How about Donald Trump? Pelosi is willing to criticize Trump -- "I've never encountered, thought about, seen within the realm of my experiences as a child or an adult, anybody like this" -- but only criticize. Nothing more. Not impeachment, that's for sure. The top Democrat in the House told Dowd that the president has engaged in criminal behavior but -- wait for it -- "you can't impeach everybody."
The New York Times interview is yet another reminder for liberals and leftists that if they want to oppose Trump, they have to oppose Pelosi too.
Read the full article at The Intercept.
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